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Amman, the capital of Jordan, is a fascinating city of contrasts – a unique blend of old and new, ideally situated on a hilly area between the desert and the ...
- MINNEAPOLIS, US: The US’ first Somali-American state legislator is poised to set the same historic mark in Congress after winning a crowded Democratic primary in Minnesota to replace Rep. Keith Ellison. State Rep. Ilhan Omar captured the Democratic nomination for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating a former Minnesota ...
- KHARTOUM: At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, official media said.A woman on board also died when the vessel carrying more than 40 children sank about 750 kilometers (470 miles) ...
- WASHINGTON: Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan Wednesday, warning several other prominent critics they too risk being blacklisted.In a highly unusually directive, Trump claimed that Brennan — a former station chief in Riyadh who rose to lead the formidable spy agency — ...
- NEW DELHI: India is planning its first manned space mission by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday. Delivering his fifth independence day speech from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, Modi said that the manned flight would be the culmination of India’s recent advances ...
- KABUL: Afghan government forces have regained control of Ghazni city after five days of intense fighting with Taliban militants. National forces, backed by US-led troops, launched a combined operation on Wednesday to force the last of the Taliban fighters from the outskirts of the strategic city. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ...
- GENOA, Italy: Rescuers hunted for survivors among towering slabs of wreckage on Wednesday after a bridge collapse that killed 39, as furious government ministers rounded on the viaduct’s operator, saying it should pay fines and compensation and lose its concession.The 50-year-old bridge, part of a toll motorway linking the port ...
- JEDDAH: Qatar defied US President Donald Trump on Wednesday and promised to plough $15 billion into Turkish financial markets and banks, amid a collapse in the value of the lira and a looming trade war between Turkey and the United States. The bail-out followed talks in Ankara between the emir ...
- ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court on Wednesday ordered the release of Amnesty International’s Turkey chair who has spent more than a year in jail over alleged links to the 2016 failed coup, the rights group said.First detained in June 2017, Taner Kilic should be released in the next hours, Amnesty’s Turkey ...
- ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court on Wednesday ordered the release of Amnesty International’s Turkey chair who has spent more than a year in jail over alleged links to the 2016 failed coup, the rights group said.First detained in June 2017, Taner Kilic should be released in the next hours, Amnesty’s Turkey ...
- KOCHI: Flights in and out of the Indian tourist hotspot of Kerala were canceled for three days Wednesday as severe monsoon flooding ravaged the region.At least 39 people have been killed in the past three weeks and more than 50,000 displaced in an area famed for its palm-lined beaches and ...
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Abadi faces US wrath at U-turn on Iran sanctions
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