Category: World News
UAE, and Bahrain to reopens embassies in Syria after 7 years
Damascus(ANN)-Arab states are preparing to restore their presence in Syria after years of absence following the outbreak of a foreign-sponsored conflict more than seven years ago, with Bahrain being the next in the line of countries to reopen its embassy in Damascus. Diplomatic
US envoy Brett McGurk resigns over Syria
Washington(ANN)-The US State Department’s senior envoy to the so-called anti-Daesh coalition, Brett McGurk, has resigned over President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria. McGurk submitted his resignation on Friday, a US State Department official said on Saturday, adding that
Erdogan: US sanctions cannot hurt Turkey-Iran ties
Istanbul(ANN)-Ankara and Tehran need to prevent the US sanctions from impeding the neighbouring countries to reach their bilateral targets, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, reports Anadolu Agency. “We must stop the US sanction decision on Iran from impeding us
Oman grants Israel permission to use air space says Netanyahu
Tel Aviv (ANN)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has boasted that Arab countries are falling in line and submitting to Israel’s financial and technological superiority. Claiming that Oman had allowed Israeli planes overfly rights, Netanyahu said that he was working on
Houthis in Sweden for peace in Yemen, not to surrender’
Sweden stockholm(ANN)-Spokesman and chief negotiator for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says the delegation has participated in the UN-brokered peace negotiations in Sweden to restore peace in the conflict-plagued Arab country, and not to surrender. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Lebanon-based
Africa Conference: Europe’s Future Lies in the South and not the North, says Italian Finance Minister at Africa Conference
PRESS RELEASE Africa is currently home to five of the world’s fastest growing economies, and only 4 African countries out of 54 will record negative growth in 2018, compared to 8 in previous years ROME, Italy, (ANN) — “Africa is
Bin Farhan: ‘Bin Salman will be removed unexpectedly by palace coup’
Riyadh(ANN)-Saudi dissident prince Khalid bin Farhan Al-Saud stated that the newly formed opposition bloc, announced two weeks ago, is an expression of renunciation regarding an imposed political reality in Saudi Arabia, namely the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s seizure of
Saudi, Russia leave world guessing after OPEC meeting
Vienna(ANN)-OPEC has tentatively agreed an oil output reduction but is reportedly waiting for Russia to declare its commitment before deciding the exact volumes for a cut aimed at propping up crude prices. The agreement was reached during the Thursday talks between
The US Congress is finally doing its job regarding Yemen
Washington(ANN)-The US Senate sent a strong message to the Trump administration on Wednesday by supporting a bill that would force Washington to cut its support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Even though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and
US. Senators call for action against Saudi crown prince MBS over Kashoggi Killing
“There is Zero Chance Saudi crown prince not behind Kashoggi murder”Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) Washington(ANN)-After a closed-door briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday, top US senators said there is “zero chance” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)