Moroccans elect new leaders in the shadow of the virus
RABAT, Morocco: Moroccans voted Wednesday for a new parliament and local leaders in elections that have been reshaped by the pandemic, and whose outcome is hard to predict as opinion…
US launches Mideast drone task force amid Iran tensions
The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet said on Wednesday it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to…
Aramco signs multiple deals to expand industrial investment program
Saudi Aramco announced plans to expand Namaat, its industrial investment program – signing multiple deals with global companies to build capacity in critical sectors. The Saudi-listed company said it signed…
Western-trained Afghan soldiers now fighting for Taliban: UK military sources
LONDON: Afghan soldiers trained by western forces have switched sides to fight for the Taliban, UK military sources revealed on Tuesday. Officers in the British military, who have analyzed recent…
UK teenager jailed for killing restaurant owner during a carjacking
LONDON: A Manchester court sentenced a 15-year-old to four years and nine months in jail for running over a restaurant owner and killing him while speeding off with his stolen…
Johnson: ‘Retrograde elements’ of Taliban must not gain the upper hand
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he believes the Taliban has changed since it was ousted from power by the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, in a…
Taliban deny foreign interference claims by Iran; Pakistan rejects role in Panjshir capture
KABUL: The Taliban on Tuesday rejected claims of foreign interference in their Panjshir Valley takeover, as Iran condemned the group’s capture of the last holdout Afghan province and Indian media…
France’s Lafarge loses ruling in Syria ‘crimes against humanity’ case
France’s top court on Thursday overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges brought against cement giant Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria’s civil war.…
Questions plague Israeli security forces after jailbreak
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities remained short on answers Tuesday over how six Palestinian prisoners’ escape from a high-security jail went unnoticed and where they could have gone, with a vast manhunt…
Nuclear monitoring in Iran ‘seriously undermined’: IAEA
VIENNA: The IAEA said in a report Tuesday that its monitoring tasks in Iran had been “seriously undermined” after Tehran suspended some of the UN agency’s inspections of the country’s…