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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to hospital for checks, according to state media [File: Waleed Ali/Reuters] The king has ruled since 2015 and is custodian of Islam’s holiest sites. His son Mohammed bin Salman is next in line. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to hospital, suffering from […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Sunday, July 19, 2020 EU leaders failed to break the deadlock after two days of talks over the trillion-euro COVID-19 rescue package, and will return to the negotiating table on Sunday. Pushing talks into a third day, European Council […]

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) thanks anti-gun violence supporters following a rally with fellow Democrats on the East Front steps of the U.S. House of Representatives October 4, 2017, in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo)  John Lewis, the civil rights warrior who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and was nearly killed in police beatings before serving […]

MARK STONE/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Researchers have developed a tiny wireless camera that is light enough to be carried by live beetles. The team at the University of Washington in the US drew inspiration from the insects to create its low-powered camera system. Its beetle-cam can stream up to five frames per second of low-resolution, black […]

President Donald Trump was contradicted by a Fox News reporter over his claim that Joe Biden plans to defund the police NICHOLAS KAMM AFP/File Washington (AFP) US President Donald Trump has clashed with a Fox News interviewer over his claims that Democratic challenger Joe Biden plans to defund the police. During the interview conducted on the […]

Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus. (Reuters) US professors at Virginia Tech have been able to develop a coating that can reduce the longevity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 coronavirus, on solid surfaces, according to a new study published. The professors working at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday strongly denounced the latest Saudi air raids against Yemen, calling on the United Nations to stop Riyadh’s atrocities “by any means possible”. The reaction by Iran came after Saudi fighter jets hit wedding parties in Yemen’s Hajjah and Jawf, killing and injuring more than 25 civilians, including […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answers reporters’ questions following Friday prayers, Istanbul, Turkey, July 17, 2020. ( AA Photo)  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday that Turkey “will not allow our Libyan brothers to stand alone,” heralding a new deal with the Libyan government, this time with United Nations involvement. “Our ties with Libya have a […]

European Union leaders during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, July 2020.  EU leaders head into a second day of discussions over the coronavirus recovery package, with talks hitting roadblocks on Friday night. The meeting is set to reconvene at 11.00 CET, with hopes to broker a compromise on the trillion-euro […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin following a joint press conference in Moscow, March 6, 2020. (AA)  Senior officials from the ruling parties in Turkey and Russia held a videoconference Thursday. They discussed coronavirus pandemic and developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. The meeting was attended by Turkey’s Justice and Development […]