Ditching the euro to return to the franc would harm the purchasing power of the French, President Francois Hollande and central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Saturday, in tacit warnings against the National Front. According to Reuters, opinion polls show the anti-EU, anti-immigra
Tens of thousands of pro-EU protesters took to London’s streets Saturday, in defiance of the terror threat, to mark the bloc’s 60th anniversary just days before Brexit begins. Organizers said around 80,000 people had joined the march calling for Britain to stay in the European Union, eve
Talk about taking a bazooka to kill a fly: A US general reported last week that an unnamed ally used a $3.4 million Patriot missile to shoot down a hostile $200 commercial drone. General David Perkins’s point wasn’t that this was a technically remarkable feat — although it certainl
In one of the most highly anticipated Group of 20 communiques in a long time, the US administration appears to have prevailed over the objections of many countries, including from Europe, Australia and China. In an outcome that not so long ago would have been deemed unlikely, the communique dropped
The man responsible for the death of four people near Britain’s Houses of Parliament on Wednesday had spent time working in Saudi Arabia but did not have a criminal record there or attract the attention of the security services, the Saudi embassy in London said on Friday. “During his tim
Riyadh- Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development announced its plan to support the non-profit sector through providing 60,000 job opportunities in this sector and training workers in line with National Transformation Program (NTP) 2020. The initiative achieves highest levels of financial secur
Dubai- Emaar Malls, the shopping-center unit of Dubai’s biggest publicly traded property developer, made a bid for online retailer Souq.com seeking to challenge an existing offer from Amazon.com Inc., according to sources familiar with the matter. Amazon restarted talks to acquire Souq.com in a deal
European Union leaders celebrated the bloc’s 60th anniversary at a special summit in Rome on Saturday during which they renewed their vows with a commitment to a common future without Britain. Meeting without British Prime Minister Theresa May, the other 27 member countries signed a declaratio
A Lebanese businessman was on Friday charged in the US for violating sanctions through his support for Lebanon’s “Hezbollah,” less than two weeks after he was reportedly deported to the United States from Morocco. Kassim Tajideen, 62, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., nearly e
Israel has ignored a United Nations Security Council resolution asking it to halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territory, Nickolay Mladenov, the world body’s Middle East envoy, said Friday. Although the Security Council resolution passed December 23 demanded that Israel imme
The United Nations expressed grave concerns on Saturday over reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. “We are stunned by this terrible loss of life,” Lise Grande, the humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said in a statement, after claims that at least 200 people had
Geneva – Saudi Arabia called for assigning more international experts at the United Nations Human Rights Council office in Yemen. The move aims at backing the investigations of the Independent National Committee in identifying violations committed on the ground. Saudi Ambassador to the UN in G
Egypt announced on Saturday that it has resumed imports of Brazilian meats, two days after it said it was suspending them until the meat was confirmed safe for consumption. The agriculture ministry said in a statement it had resumed imports from authorized Brazilian slaughterhouses, adding shipments
Gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Friday shot dead a senior Hamas official who was freed by Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap, the interior ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. The group blamed Israel for the killing. Gunmen opened fire on Mazen Faqha in the Tell al-Hama neighborhood, Iyad al-Bozum, an
Taiz – Houthi and Saleh militias have started transferring Hodeidah city detainees into unknown locations, according to informed sources in the western Yemeni city. They expressed fear that Houthis will turn these areas into targets for coalition forces, which usually strikes military bases an
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday he has asked the United Nations to help the South American nation address severe medicine shortages, a rare acknowledgement of the country’s desperate situation. “I have asked the United Nations to regularize the whole medicine issue. The United
Jordan- Saturday marks the beginning of delegate meetings in preparation for the upcoming Arab League Summit scheduled for March 29. Permanent representatives of states to the Arab League will be preparing resolution drafts that will be presented before the preliminary meeting of foreign ministers o
Ankara – The possibility of naturalizing Syrian refugees, who have fled the war in their country to Turkey, has turned into a heated topic among Turkish parties with camps divided between those who support the measure and others that view it as a threat. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had pr
Washington- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the US Senate’s confirmation of David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s nominee, to be ambassador to Israel. Netanyahu declared on Twitter that Friedman “will be warmly welcomed as President Trump’s representative
Baghdad- Top Shi’ite cleric in Iraq and leader of the Baghdad-based Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr has warned, without naming a specific side, that his life is under serious threat. Speaking to thousands of supporting demonstrators on Friday, Sadr urged the crowd and the movement to push further w
