Category: World News
Rights group tries to block new Saudi ship from leaving France with arms
Paris(ANN)-A French rights group sought on Tuesday to block the loading of what it said were munitions onto a Saudi Arabian ship docked in southern France, as pressure mounts on Paris to stop military sales to the kingdom, reports Reuters.
Trump, Saudi Arabia warn Iraq against Middle East conflict
Washington(ANN)-US President Donald Trump issued a new threat to Tehran on Sunday, tweeting that a conflict would be the “official end” of Iran, as Saudi Arabia warned it stood ready to respond with “all strength” and said it was up
Trump denies US plan to send 120,000 troops to counter Iran threat
Washington(ANN)-President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a New York Times report that US officials were discussing a military plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East to counter any attack or nuclear weapons acceleration by Iran, reports
Iran cleric: US “fleet can be destroyed with one missile”
Tehran(ANN)-A senior Iranian cleric said in a Friday prayers sermon that the United States’ navy fleet could be “destroyed with one missile”, as a US aircraft carrier headed to the Gulf, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported -says Reuters. The
Trump and Kushner being sued for keeping Saudi meetings off the record
Columbia , US, (ANN)-A lawsuit has been filed against US President Donald Trump and his son in law, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, alleging their failure to keep records of meetings with foreign government officials, including some from Saudi
Rouhani’s brother handed jail term in graft case-Iranian judiciary
Tehran(ANN)-An Iranian court has sentenced President Hassan Rouhani’s brother to an unspecified jail term, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday, in a corruption case the president’s supporters allege is politically motivated, reports Reuters. “This person (Hossein Fereydoun) was found
Yemen’s Houthis begin radical reforms plan
Sana’a(ANN)-The Houthi Ansarullah movement’s new “National Vision” lays out Sana’a’s road map towards building a “modern, stable and democratic state,” which seeks peace and equal cooperation with the international community. The Ansarullah’s incumbent President of the Supreme Political Council in
Saudi Arabia, UAE grant $3 billion aid to Sudan’s junta
Riyadh(ANN)-Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have announced a joint package of aid worth $3 billion for Sudan, where military leaders seized power from President Omar al-Bashir last week. The two Persian Gulf Arab countries said in a statement carried
Sri Lanka’s bloody day: Blasts target churches, hotels
Colombo (ANN)-Several explosions have hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, reportedly leaving at least 207 people dead and 450 others wounded, police say. The explosions hit St. Anthony’s Church in Colombo and St. Sebastian’s Church in the
US Mideast plan will not include land transfer from Egypt’s Sinai: envoy
US Congresswoman proposes cutting Israel aid Washington(ANN)-US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan will not involve giving land from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula to the Palestinians, an American envoy said on Friday, Reuters reports. Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s Middle East envoy,