Several arrested over plot to kill Madagascar president, attorney general says
Madagascan authorities arrested several people, including foreign nationals, on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting to kill the president, the attorney general said.
Iran opens oil terminal in Gulf of Oman to bypass Strait of Hormuz
Iran has opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday, to allow Tehran to avoid using the Strait of Hormuz shipping … Read More
Saudi Arabia denies Pegasus spyware allegations
Saudi Arabia has dismissed as “baseless” allegations that it used Israeli-supplied Pegasus malware to spy on journalists and human rights activists.
Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Games eve
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organizers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former Prime Minister Shinzo … Read More
Lebanese pound stable near record low
The Lebanese pound was little changed on the black market Thursday, trading at LL22,400 against the dollar.
Syria army shells rebel bastion, killing seven: Observatory
The Syrian army shelled the Idlib region Thursday killing seven civilians, three of them children, in its third deadly bombardment of the rebel bastion in a week, an anti-regime monitor … Read More
Two Gulf carriers involved in “minor incident” at Dubai airport
The tail of a Gulf Air passenger aircraft was hit by another plane at Dubai International Airport on Thursday, Bahrain’s state news agency BNA reported, in what a Dubai Airports … Read More
Water crisis protests persist in Iran, with chants in capital: reports
Protesters angry about water shortages took to the streets of southwest Iran for a sixth night in a row on Tuesday, with mounting violence, while Tehran residents chanted anti-government slogans, … Read More
Pandemic goes on for the unvaccinated, Biden tells Trump-area town hall
President Joe Biden pleaded with Americans on Wednesday to get vaccinated, as rising COVID-19 cases threaten to undermine progress against the pandemic and slow the country’s economic rebound.
Macron calls national security meeting to discuss Pegasus spyware
French President Emmanuel Macron has called a national security meeting on Thursday morning to discuss the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware after reports about its use in France emerged this week, government … Read More