Overnight raids against terrorists in France and Belgium saw the arrest of five suspects linked a bikers’ club called the Kamikaze Riders, officials and sources said Wednesday. A number of weapons were seized in the two raids. A series of searches in the gritty Anderlecht district of Brussels
China made an order on Wednesday of 140 Airbus planes, worth $22.8 billion, in what the company’s chief executive Tom Enders said was “one of the biggest contracts signed in a long time by the European aircraft maker. The deal was signed during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Berlin. Airbus sa
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy underlined on Wednesday the importance of the country’s unity in wake of Catalonia’s separatist coalition’s unveiling of a bill ensuring an independence referendum will take place despite Madrid’s objections. “To all Catalans, to all Spaniards, I want
Emirates and Turkish Airlines have been exempt from the US ban on travelers carrying laptops and computer tablets on flights. Emirates announced Wednesday that it had won an exemption from flights headed to the US from its base in Dubai. Emirates is the third carrier after neighboring Abu Dhabi̵
Volvo Cars announced on Wednesday that it will end the production of gas-only cars by 2019. All new models produced by the Swedish carmaker will be electric or hybrid starting from that date. This makes it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by
Monaco – This renovated one-bedroom apartment is on the fourth floor of Le Grand Large, a complex on a Mediterranean bay, about a five-minute drive from the center of Monaco. The area, called Fontvieille, was developed on reclaimed land in the 1970s and ’80s, and includes a 275-slip marina. It
London- Andrea Belotti, Torino After Manchester United’s pursuit of Antoine Griezmann ran into a brick wall, their search for a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic took them to Real Madrid’s Álvaro Morata. The Spanish striker remains top of their list but United have also been keeping an eye on a you
London – British experts announced that their country is on the precipice of a revolutionary discovery in genomic testing making it a normal part of National Health System (NHS) care, beginning with cancer patients and those with rare diseases. In her annual report, Chief Medical Officer Professor D
Argentine star Lionel Messi agreed on Wednesday to a contract extension with FC Barcelona that will see him stay with the Catalan club until 2021. The megastar who joined Barcelona as a teenager 17 years ago will remain at the club until he is 34 under the new deal, the Spanis club announced, ending
Taiz – Clashes intensified in Maerib and al-Jawf fronts as the Yemeni National Army continues to advance backed by the air force of the coalition forces amid besiege enforced by the insurgents in Serwah, their last stronghold in the region. Yemeni army retrieved new sites on different fronts of Jawf
After his remarks on the fate of Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad sparked concern about a French shift in policy, President Emmanuel Macron sought on Wednesday to ease these fears by meeting with Riad Hijab, head of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee, which represents a group of military
Jeddah- Experts and specialists in the economy field saw that Qatar is likely stepping towards a new phase and a dangerous one in its national economy that has been undergoing a trust issue with foreign investors during the past days. They expected the losses to directly affect the Qatari economy in
Ramallah– Palestinian government in Ramallah decided to force thousands of employees in the Gaza Strip into early retirement, in an attempt to force Hamas Movement to cede control of the strip. On Tuesday, Palestinian Authority (PA) announced it had “sent into early retirement” 6,145 employees in th
Rome- The statements by Austrian defense minister about controlling the surge of refugees to it from Italy have upset Rome that summoned its ambassador on Tuesday. In its statement, the ministry said that the Austrian government statements on deploying the army forces on border between the two count
London– Qatar is planning to increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity by 30 percent to 100 million tons from 77 million tons per year, Qatar Petroleum’s CEO Saad al-Kaabi announced. During a press conference, Kaabi said that the new additional volumes will be secured by dou
Beirut – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri met on Tuesday with Minister for Displaced Talal Arslan to address the means to finalize the issue of the internally displaced people in Mount Lebanon and the formation of a working group to study the pending cases. In remarks following the meeting, Arsl
Tel Aviv – An Israeli activist from an extremist settler organization was found guilt on Tuesday of the 2015 arson of a church in Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee. The district court in the Galilee city of Nazareth found Yinon Reuveni guilty of “aggravated arson” and two counts of crim
Beirut – The Lebanese Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc of Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned on Tuesday the latest remarks by “Hezbollah” leader Hassan Nasrallah against Saudi Arabia, its policy and officials, warning that they may negatively impact Lebanon. The bloc said in a statement after its week
Khartoum- The African Union concluded its 29th ordinary session on Tuesday, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, during which African leaders have discussed the reform of the Union’s institutions, youth issues, and the need to end conflict and wars in the continent. While the summit has seen heavy
Baghdad – Head of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement Moqtada al-Sadr requested from Iraqi Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani the postponement of the autonomous region’s independence referendum that is planned for September. Sadr added: “I ask my brother Masoud Barzani to postpone the referendum, especially sin
