Category: World News
Oil prices jump after US air strike kills top Iranian commander
Oil prices jumped to the highest level in more than three months on Friday after the US killed a top Iranian military commander in Iraq, sparking fears that escalating conflict in the region could disrupt global oil supplies, Reuters reports. An
Iran names new Quds Force commander after US kills Soleimani
Tehran(ANN)-Ismail Qaani has been appointed as the new commander of the elite Quds Force after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani late yesterday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ismail Qaani today. Qaani fought in the Iran-Iraq
UAE to inaugurate first nuclear plant
Dubai (ANN)-The UAE’s first nuclear power plant will start operations in the first quarter of 2020, local media reported yesterday. Official sources at the state-run Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) told Al-Hadith that the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant’s first reactor was
US Embassy in Iraq evacuated amid angry protests over airstrike on PMU
Baghdad (ANN)-The United States’ Embassy in Baghdad has been evacuated after thousands of angry Iraqi demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the compound to condemn Washington’s fatal military aggression that targeted Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU). Also on Tuesday, Iraqis
Turkey’s Cavusoglu warns of Syria-like crisis in Libya
Ankara(ANN)-Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned Saturday against attempts to create a situation in Libya similar to that in civil war-torn Syria, Anadolu reports. “They want to turn [the situation in] Libya to [the one in] Syria. If today Libya
Johnson can’t keep Scotland in UK against its will: Scotland’s first minister
London(ANN)-Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will. Johnson and his government have repeatedly said they will not give the go ahead
US aircraft carrier escorted out of Gulf by Iran
Tehran(ANN)-Satellite images have been released showing a US Navy aircraft carrier being escorted away by Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) craft today, amid a year of heightened tensions in the Gulf waters. The group of 20 small crafts reportedly surrounded
Erdogan, Macron trade barbs in ‘brain death’ dispute
Paris(ANN)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has engaged in a war of words with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron after the latter said NATO was dying owing to a lack of coordination between member states to respond to Ankara’s Syria offensive. In
Yemeni forces down Saudi Apache
helicopter using ‘new technology’, images available: Spokesman Sana’a(ANN)-Yemen’s Armed Forces have downed a Saudi Apache helicopter using “new technology” and have filmed the operation, the force’s spokesman has said. “Yemen’s air defenses have managed to down a Saudi Apache helicopter with
Global Gender Summit 2019: African Leaders Take on the Responsibility to Urgently Close the Gender Gap
PRESS RELEASE The 2019 Global Gender Summit, the first to be held on the continent, kicked off on Monday with a strong call to surge ahead on gender issues and move from commitment to action. KIGALI, Rwanda, (ANN)- ‘There is