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April 23, 2018
Houthi political leader Saleh al-Sammad killed in coalition raid
AL-HUDAYDAH - Houthi militias have announced the death of the head of their political council Saleh Ali al-Sammad after a coalition raid.Sammad headed the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council and was the second on the Arab Coalition’s list of wanted people in Yemen.Al Arabiya sources said Sammad was killed in an air raid near the suburb of al-Buraihi, south of al-Hudaydah province.Sources who spoke to Al Arabiya said Sammad was under ...
April 23, 2018
Images released of suspects in Palestinian assassination
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian police on Monday released computer-generated images of two men suspected of assassinating a Palestinian scientist in a drive-by shooting in Kuala Lumpur, as they stepped up a hunt for the pair.Fadi Mohammad Al-Batsh, 35, was struck down in a hail of bullets by motorbike-riding attackers Saturday as he walked to a mosque for dawn prayers.The family of Batsh, a member of Hamas who was said to ...
April 23, 2018
Anti-Hezbollah candidate beaten in southern Lebanon
Beirut — A candidate running against Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary elections was in hospital on Sunday after being assaulted by a group of men in his southern hometown, he told AFP.Journalist Ali Al-Amin is a vocal critic of the Tehran-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah, and is challenging the party in the upcoming May 6 legislative election."I was hanging up the very first picture of myself at the bottom of my street ...
April 23, 2018
Turkey's heated economy: Trigger and key factor in snap polls
Istanbul — Turkey's economy, the fastest growing in the G20 but haunted by an uncertain long-term outlook, is key to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to call snap polls and will also be decisive for the outcome.Turkey recorded stellar growth of 7.4 percent in 2017 but the data has failed to douse fears over the underlying health of the economy which is marked by double-digit inflation, a wide current account ...
April 23, 2018
14 Saddam-era officials still jailed in Iraq
Baghdad — Fourteen officials from Saddam Hussein's regime are still in Iraq's prisons, 15 years after the late dictator was deposed by a US-led invasion in 2003, according to an AFP survey.Of the list of 55 suspects most wanted by the coalition that invaded Iraq, six were executed, six were killed in combat, eight died in captivity, five are on the run, and 16 were freed by the Americans before ...
April 23, 2018
Libyan coastguards recover bodies of 11 migrants
TRIPOLI — Libyan coastguards recovered the bodies of 11 migrants who died off Libya's western shore during an attempted crossing to Italy on Sunday, a spokesman said.More than 80 migrants survived the incident off the city of Sabratha, about 70 km (44 miles) west of Tripoli, and coastguards brought them back to the nearby city of Zawiya, said naval coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem.The migrants were from various sub-Saharan African countries, ...
April 23, 2018
Turkish fledging party to run in June polls after membership boost
ISTANBUL/ANKARA — A fledgling Turkish political party founded by a popular former interior minister will be allowed to run in snap June elections, authorities ruled on Sunday, after 15 parliamentarians from the main opposition switched parties to bolster its ranks.Turkey's top electoral board ruled the nationalist Iyi (Good) Party would be allowed to participate in the polls, a board official said.President Tayyip Erdogan this week called for snap parliamentary and ...
April 23, 2018
Iraq polls: Abadi, Maliki, Ameri vying for premiership
Baghdad — An incumbent prime minister, his ousted predecessor and a paramilitary chief instrumental in defeating the Daesh (the so-called IS) group are the three favorites vying for Iraq's premiership.Since Saddam Hussein was toppled in the US-led invasion of 2003, the constitution has vested key powers in the prime minister, a post reserved for the majority Shiite population.Under a system of checks and balances designed to avoid a return to ...
April 23, 2018
Taxi drivers, Uber square up on Istanbul's roads
Istanbul — Istanbul's bright yellow taxis, ubiquitous and perennially honking for custom, appear ingrained in the daily life of the Turkish metropolis.But could the fast-growing ride sharing app Uber make them a thing of the past?Uber has enjoyed soaring popularity in Istanbul, where users appreciate the cashless payment system, security and convenience of hailing a cab by phone.But, as in several other European cities, this has stoked antagonism with official ...
April 22, 2018
Iran threatens to 'vigorously' resume enrichment if US quits deal
New York — Iran warned Saturday it is ready to "vigorously" resume nuclear enrichment if the United States ditches the 2015 nuclear deal, and said further "drastic measures" are being considered in response to a US exit.Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in New York that Iran is not seeking to acquire a nuclear bomb, but that its "probable" response to a US withdrawal would be to restart ...
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