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Saudi women at Al- Janadria festival near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 17 February 2018. (EPA Photo) Saudi Arabia is set to allow women to apply for military service in several governorates including Riyadh, Mecca and Medina as part of its Vision 2030 plan. According to a statement by the country’s General Security division, military positions will […]

Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – An Iraqi criminal court sentenced on Sunday 15 Turkish women to death on charges of joining the Islamic State (IS) group, judicial sources were quoted as saying.  All the 15 Turkish women have admitted belonging to the IS group, AFP quoted the sources as saying. The court sentenced another Turkish woman to […]

Dressed in military uniform, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on Sunday the East of the Suez Canal Counter-Terrorism command, a statement by presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said. Sisi inaugurates the East of the Suez Canal Counter-Terrorism command (Photo: Egyptian presidency) Several top state and army officials attended the event, including Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Minister […]

Pyongyang has accused Washington of bringing “clouds of war” to the region by imposing “the largest-ever” sanctions during the Olympic Games, but says it is still open to direct talks with the US. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in talks with Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, and North Korea’s ceremonial head […]

Amira Adawe has a radio show, Beauty-Wellness Talk, which is a platform where the Somali community can talk openly about skin lightening without fear of being outed or stigmatized.Nancy Rosenbaum for NPR Amira Adawe has just arrived at a Somali-American community radio station in Minneapolis where she hosts a weekly call-in show called Beauty-Wellness Talk. After peeling off her […]

A February 25th photo taken in the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region. Photo: Hamza al-Ajweh/AFP The leaders of Germany and France urged Russia on Sunday to exert “maximum pressure” on Syria for an “immediate” implementation of a UN ceasefire in the war-ravaged country, Berlin said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel […]

The budget allocated for religious institutions in the coming year is set to increase by 10 percent, which will give them $550 million. (Al Arabiya) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized the large budget allocated to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s ‘Islamization of Science’ project. Rouhani said during a speech on Saturday at the 31st round […]

According to the document about the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s suggestion to amend some parts of the Constitution approved at the second plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and released Sunday by the Xinhua News Agency, it has been added to the Constitution that the CPC leadership is the most […]

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has rejected media reports that cocaine discovered in one of the facilities of Russia’s embassy to Argentina has any relation to diplomatic mail, Zakharova wrote on the Facebook page of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday. Earlier, some media outlets said that […]

Hyundai Santa Fe (Reuters File Photo) Toyota and Hyundai have recalled roughly a combined 110,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles, including the 2018 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, and the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport. In its recall announced Saturday, Hyundai says some of Santa Fe vehicles are at risk for the steering […]