- In what was the fifth election since the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein with the promise of...
The turnout falls below even that recorded in 2018, when 44.5 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.
The election was held under tight security in a country where key parliamentary blocs have armed factions.
- An investigation by a law firm has concluded that Georgieva manipulated data in favor of China while in a senior...
The lack of clarity over her future comes with the IMF and the World Bank set to begin their fall meetings on Monday.
The IMF board met again with representatives of the firm, WilmerHale, and with Georgieva over the weekend.
- Last weekend, Algeria recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace, which France regularly uses...
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the return of the Algerian ambassador to France was "conditional on total respect for the Algerian state".
France has said it will cut the number of visas it grants to citizens of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
- The country is already reeling under the impact of its worst-ever economic crisis, shutting down of power stations due to...
Offshore companies are legal and were established to reduce the tax burden on some companies that require foreign branches.
Lebanon was first in terms of registering individual companies in tax havens, with nearly 3 million papers leaked.
- A Libyan Airlines flight with about 255 passengers on board flew into Cairo International Airport, marking the first time in...
Flights between the neighboring countries had been suspended due to the conflict in Libya and the closure of its airspace to air traffic
Cairo International Airport organized a protocol celebration for the arrival of the Libyan Airlines flight
- Speaker of Saudi Shura Council Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh reviewed the kingdom's ties with Italy...
G20 Parliament Speakers emphasize the importance of building international consensus on the pandemic situation.
The G20 is capable of encouraging the international effort to boost immunization for all the world's population, a joint statement said.
- The novelist won the literature's top award for his unflinching portrayal of their effects on the refugee experience.
Gurnah called Brexit "a mistake" and European governments' immigration policies "inhumane".
He is the fifth African-born writer to win the literature Nobel, having fled to Britain from Zanzibar in late 1967.
- Blinken had met virtually in mid-September with Lapid and top Emirati foreign policy adviser Anwar Gargash, as well as top...
Blinken had met virtually in mid-September with Lapid and top Emirati foreign policy adviser Anwar Gargash, as well as top diplomats from Bahrain and Morocco
The meeting amounted to a full embrace by President Joe Biden of the so-called Abraham Accords
- Security was tight, with all airports closed from Saturday evening to dawn on Monday across Iraq, where despite the government's...
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi's political future hangs in the balance, with few observers willing to predict who will come out on top
Dozens of election observers deployed by the European Union and the United Nations were set to monitor the vote
- An Israeli missile strike on an air base in central Syria has killed two Damascus-allied foreign fighters and wounded several...
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the two foreigners were killed in the raid
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the two foreigners were killed in the raid on the T4 air base




















