MBS pushes on with NEOM as US points finger over Khashoggi killing
It seems an unlikely vision, a megacity in the desert with no cars or roads, all run by machines that can recognize your face.
Superficial? Resonant? KAWS retrospective opens in Brooklyn
For exhibition curator Eugenie Tsai, KAWS’s characters manage to be light-hearted but also melancholic and introspective. They ‘resonate with all of us in life in general, she said. Not everything … Read More
US special envoy for Afghanistan arrives in Doha
The United States’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has arrived in Doha, sources said on Thursday, where he is set to meet with the insurgent Taliban at a delicate … Read More
UN: 20 migrants die after thrown overboard en route to Yemen
The International Organization for Migration says at least 20 migrants are dead after smugglers threw 80 overboard during a voyage from Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen.
Western powers scrap plan for IAEA rebuke of Iran, diplomats say
Britain, France and Germany have scrapped a U.
Yemen separatist forces say soldiers killed in attack on convoy in Aden
A car bomb killed or injured a number of fighters travelling in a convoy of vehicles belonging to Yemen’s main southern separatist forces in the city of Aden Thursday, the … Read More
New attack on Iraqi air base fits profile of Iran-backed militia, US officials say
Tensions between the United States and Iran simmered on Wednesday after a new rocket attack against Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base that hosts U.S. forces, which U.S. officials told Reuters … Read More
Kuwait’s emir travels to US for regular medical checks
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah traveled on Thursday to the United States for “usual” medical checks, state news agency KUNA reported without giving further details.
Yemen’s Houthis claim missile hits Saudi oil facility
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they attacked a Saudi oil facility in the port city of Jeddah on Thursday, the latest in a series of cross-border missile and drone strikes the … Read More
Abiad calls for tighter border control measures
Dr. Firass Abiad, director of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, called Thursday for tighter border control measures for passengers arriving at Beirut international airport