By AHMED AL-HAJ, ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — May 31, 2017, 1:23 PM ET Forces backed by the United Arab Emirates have taken over the airport in the southern city of Aden, according to …
The Pioneering Spirit vessel, which will carry out construction of the offshore section of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline, transited Istanbul’s Bosphorus on May 31, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. The Transport, Maritime …
foreign trade deficit rose to 4.95 billion in April with a 16.7 percent year-on-year increase, official data showed on May 31. While the country’s imports surged 9.9 percent year-on-year to $17.7 billion, exports rose …
By Sylvia Westall and Tom Finn | DUBAI/DOHA Just 10 days after President Donald Trump called on Muslim countries to stand united against Iran, a public feud between Qatar and some of its Gulf …
Total US National Security Spending, 2017-2018 (All figures are $ billions; then-Year $) (Sources: Table 25-1 from Analytical Perspectives and Table 26-1 Budget by Agency and Account in 2018 OMB Budget) National Security Program …
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (L-R), with his counterparts Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark, Erna Solberg of Norway, Juha Sipila of Finland and Bjarni Benediktsson of Iceland hold a soccer ball during their meeting …
A United Arab Emirates government minister on Sunday warned that an alliance of Gulf Arab states was facing a major crisis and he said there was an urgent need to rebuild trust. Anwar Gargash, …
Haftar’s LNA had intensified an offensive to oust Ansar al-Sharia from Benghazi [File: Reuters] Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia armed group announced its own dissolution on Saturday, saying it has been “weakened” by fighting in Benghazi. …
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it was being pumped “like a milking cow” by “infidel” Americans. “These people (the Saudis) appear to believe …
by Mona Eltahawy CAIRO — Just over a week after Dina Ali Lasloom, a 24-year-old Saudi Arabian, was dragged onto a plane from Manila to Riyadh with her mouth taped shut and her arms …
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