Kurds vote for regional Parliament as Barzani draws battle lines in fight for Iraq presidency BAGHDAD: Results from Iraq’s Kurdish election on Sunday are expected to bolster the plans of veteran statesman Massoud Barzani
more 386Kurds vote for regional Parliament as Barzani draws battle lines in fight for Iraq presidency BAGHDAD: Results from Iraq’s Kurdish election on Sunday are expected to bolster the plans of veteran statesman Massoud Barzani
more 329BEIRUT: Syrian rebels denied on Sunday they had pulled any heavy arms from a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarization deal there draws closer.Regime ally Moscow and
more 360Afghanistan recently ended its 2018 Asia Cup journey in Dubai with a series of impressive performances, filling Afghans at home with joy. With victories against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, a tie against India and a competitive
more 461(CNN)A 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday followed by a massive tsunami, which killed more than 830 people.Hundreds of others have been injured and tens of thousands have been displaced
more 344ABU DHABI: The UAE on Sunday approved a zero-deficit 60.3 billion dirham ($16.4 billion) budget for 2019, up 17 percent from this year’s budget and the largest in the country’s history. According to the
more 419JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday released a French-Palestinian lawyer held without charge for the past 13 months over unspecified allegations, his lawyer said.Salah Hamouri, 33, was freed at Jerusalem police headquarters after being brought from
more 353DUBAI: Dubai International Airport released a statement on Sunday confirming that flights were operating as normal after a news report claiming the Houthi militia had launched a drone attack against the airport.“With regards to
more 326The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has soared to more than 800 with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers struggle to reach outlying communities cut off from communications and
more 387Humans kill an estimated 100 million sharks annually and experts have warned that certain species face extinction if the trend continues. Consumption of shark fin soup, primarily in China and Vietnam, is the biggest
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