Two Italian workers and a Canadian taken hostage in Ghat southwestern Libya on September 19 have been freed overnight and were flown to Italy, the Italian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The three – Danilo Calonego, Bruno Cacace and Frank Poccia – were working on airpor
It’s time for U.S. voters to say goodbye to Hillary and Bill Clinton, Donald Trump said Saturday in his first weekly radio address for the Republican Party, stressing his bid for president is a movement and a “once-in-a-lifetime chance to take our government back” from wealthy camp
Geneva-U.N. rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani has said that ISIS reportedly killed 50 of its own militants in the Ghazlani military base in Iraq’s Mosul city for alleged desertion. She also spoke on Friday of credible reports that 180 people were killed in Kokjali town in eastern Mosul. “W
Cairo – Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail defended his government by telling a news conference on Friday that the current stage Egypt is passing through is very critical stage. On Thursday, the Central bank floated the Egyptian pound and raised interest rates while the petroleum Ministry i
Baghdad- In an effort to scale down tensions with neighboring Turkey, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed that the controversial Popular Mobilization Forces, a paramilitary Shi’ite militia, will not be partaking in the offensive to free Tal Afar from ISIS hold. PM Abadi has been fighting
Dubai-The United Arab Emirates and Argentina have signed an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation with the aim of boosting expanding joint economic partnerships, a move that is expected to improve trade between the two countries, which currently stands at 1.08 billion dollars. The agreement
Tel Aviv- As part of his efforts to win the votes of Jews, Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged in a message to Israel and its American backers to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. The letter was sent in a joint statement from Jason Dov Greenblatt and
Beirut-The death of a young Lebanese footballer while fighting alongside the so-called Hezbollah in Syria was a sign of the depth of the crisis that the party is suffering from. Qassem Shamkha, 19, a footballer in Lebanon’s Premier League, has joined dozens of young Hezbollah militants who hav
Maybe it’s just me, but I think the FBI is trying to send a message about next week’s election. It’s not just that FBI Director James Comey informed Congress that there may be things on Anthony Weiner’s computer pertinent to his investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server. Nor is it the
People laughed at the idea that Manchester City played well in their first game against Barcelona two weeks ago. But they lost 4-0, it was pointed out. They ended up with 10 men. They handed Lionel Messi his latest Champions League hat-trick on a plate. All true, yet City did play well in the Camp [
Rabat-Moroccan police from the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation have arrested five people suspected of ties with ISIS and of plans to carry out attacks. The Moroccan Interior Ministry said in a statement released on Friday that the five suspects were arrested in the northern city of Tetouan
As predicted, the Federal Reserve refrained from any new policy measures this week. In doing so, it avoided being subjected to uncomfortable political scrutiny just six days before the U.S. presidential election. Yet through words and its members’ vote, the central bank took a step in validati
An overwhelming majority of voters are disgusted by the state of American politics, and many harbor doubts that either major-party nominee can unite the country after a historically ugly presidential campaign, according to the final pre-election New York Times/CBS News Poll. In a grim preview of the
Beirut-As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri launched his non-binding consultations with parliamentary blocs on Friday, signs began emerging on differences among different parties on their shares in the new government. President Michel Aoun, who was elected on Friday, reiterated during a meeting w
Amman-The number of U.S. troops killed in a shooting outside the Prince Faisal air base in the south of Jordan rose to three on Friday. A Jordanian officer was also wounded A Jordanian medical source said that “the number of U.S. servicemen killed on Friday is three.” The Jordanian army had earlier
Yemen’s legitimate and internationally-backed government led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi reaffirmed its refusal to discuss fundamental national topics concerning the future of the presidency office and the government with putschists. In a press statement, the Deputy Premier and Ministe
According to a spokesman for the army, French warplanes have tripled their rate of airstrikes to support Iraqi forces since the start of the offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS. During the French Ministry of Defence’s weekly press conference, the spokesman, Colonel Patrik Steiger, said that “Frenc
An upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic has hit its GDP, which is likely to grow at 4.5 percent this year rather than 5.2 percent as forecast in July, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. Next year’s GDP was projected at 5.0 percent, down from an initial forecast of 5
Federal officials have warned authorities in New York, Texas and Virginia about an unspecific threat of attacks by the al Qaeda militant group around Election Day, putting local law enforcement on alert the weekend before Tuesday’s vote, officials said on Friday. A U.S. government source in Wa
Turkish diplomatic sources confirmed that meetings and talks with US officials regarding the operation to liberate Raqqa, ISIS’ stronghold in northern Syria, are still ongoing, as opposed to the Syrian Democratic Forces’ announcement that Turkey will not participate in the operation. The sources tol
