Category: News

‘I have not seen the painting, but I was not convinced at all by the photo of it,’ said an old masters specialist. ‘We can’t be sure but … I … Read More

Iran plans to verify whether the US is actually lifting sanctions through oil exports and via international banking transactions, a member of Tehran’s negotiating team said in an interview published … Read More

The city was built more than 3,400 years ago during the opulent reign of Amenhotep III, one of Egypt’s most powerful pharaohs, said Zahi Hawass, the Egyptian archaeologist overseeing the … Read More

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday it was unclear whether Jordan’s Prince Hamza remains under de facto house arrest and voiced concern at what it called a … Read More

Russia’s Sputnik V shot is less effective against the South African COVID-19 variant but still does better than other vaccines, the lead scientist behind it was quoted as saying on … Read More

The Lebanese pound declined further on the black market Friday, trading at LL12,350 against the dollar.

Syrian government forces fired a missile at a civilian vehicle in a rebel-held village in the country’s northwest on Thursday, killing seven people, including three children from the same family, … Read More

Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to call for calm after frustration among pro-British unionists over post-Brexit trade barriers helped trigger some of the worst violence … Read More

Iran released on Friday a South Korean ship and its captain detained since January after South Korea promised to try to secure the release of Iranian funds frozen in South … Read More

Hundreds of women demonstrated in Khartoum on Thursday demanding reforms to ensure equality, two years on since the mass protests that led to the fall of dictator Omar al-Bashir.