Beirut- Russian warplanes hit on Sunday a position controlled by the moderate opposition in northwestern Syria, killing one fighter and injuring several people. Two rebel sources told Reuters on Sunday that jets believed to be Russian hit Babeska, a village in Idlib province that has become a haven
Serbians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, with conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic the runaway favorite despite opposition accusations he is steering the nation toward authoritarian rule. Vucic, 47, is hoping to clinch more than 50 percent of the ballot, winning a five-yea
Spain said it would not “initially” veto an attempt by an independent Scotland to join the European Union after Britain has left the bloc as British Finance Minister Philip Hammonds will travel to India next week to boost international trade as Britain begins the process to leave the uni
London – Everything changes but César Azpilicueta. Coaches, team-mates and competition: for the first time since he arrived in London the Champions League is just something he watches on. Results have changed, European absence compensated by domestic dominance. His diet has changed – he has be
In 1981 the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre opened his book “After Virtue” with a passage that is now famous. Imagine if we lost the theoretical coherence of science. Imagine if we still used scientific words like neutrino and atomic weight, but had no overall framework to explain how they fit togeth
Armenians voted for a new parliament on Sunday for the first time since the adoption of constitutional reforms aimed at transforming the ex-Soviet country into a parliamentary republic A tight race is expected between the ruling party and a former coalition partner that heralds the start of a parlia
Firefighters managed on Sunday to bring under control a blaze that had broken out at a residential tower that was still under construction in Dubai. Clouds of smoke billowed over central Dubai after a fire burned for several hours in the tower near the city’s largest shopping mall. The fire er
As UK Prime Minister Theresa May starts the clock on Britain’s departure from the European Union, there’s no real question that the divorce is going to hurt both parties — and the UK, to be sure, much more than the EU. But this isn’t to say there’s no upside. The right
Russian police announced on Sunday that they have detained dozens of opposition protesters, a week after hundreds of others were arrested during a rally organised by leading Putin critic Alexei Navalny. “Twenty-nine people were detained by police for breaches of public order,” the city p
The Philippine government and Maoist rebels restarted peace talks on Sunday in Oslo, but without a ceasefire. The conflict between the government and the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has raged since 1968 and killed more than 40,000 pe
Caracas – Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Saturday retreated from a decision to take over legislative powers from the National Assembly, in what was seen as an attempt to tighter President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power. “This controversy is over,” Maduro said just after midnight at a
Riyadh – Yemeni ambassador to the United States Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak confirmed a “radical” change in the United States’ stances on Yemen under the President Donald Trump Administration. Recent statements made by Washington officials point out a more decisive and focused approach in the Yemen
Aden – Disagreements between the two insurgent Houthi and Saleh militias in Sana’a have escalated to such an extent that one of Saleh’s party leaders submitted to the general prosecutor an official statement accusing Houthi leader Abdel Malik al-Houthi of racism. Adel Shujaa, member of general secre
Durban – Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa demanded an audience of scientists and intellectuals to confront hate-fostering atmospheres. They should give emphasis to an aware civilization, religious representatives, intellectuals, academic ins
Baghdad – Iraq’s parliament has rejected a decision to hoist the flag of the Kurdistan Region alongside the Iraqi flag on public buildings and institutions in region. The parliament instead unanimously voted on only flying the Iraqi flag. The parliament also voted for distributing oil extracte
Gaza – Gaza Strip’s ruling authority Hamas announced that it has finalized its new charter draft and has distributed it to party political members and the public advisory council. The announcement comes a few days before it is expected for the charter to be publicly reviewed at a press confere
Tunisia – Up to 10,000 migrants stranded in Libya will be flown back to their home countries this year, head of the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) Libyan office said. Othman Belbeisi added however that the returns can only play a limited role in tackling migrant flows toward Europ
Beirut – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) accused the Syrian regime and its allies of using chemical weapons in their bombardment of the Hama governorate on March 25. MSF reported that the “regime targeted Latamneh hospital in the northern Hama governorate, killing two people and causing severe respira
Over 200 people were killed in mudslides in southern Colombia that have also killed scores in Peru and Ecuador. Rescuers clawed through piles of mud and twisted debris Sunday in search of survivors after violent mudslides destroyed homes. Hundreds of people have also been injured. The army said in a
Ramallah – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed his disappointment over the recent Israeli decision to build a new settlement on land the Palestinians seek for a state. He voiced his alarm at the development and condemned the move, his spokesman said on Friday. Israel
