Photo/Reuters/Neil Hall/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash Iran should come to the negotiating table with world powers and Gulf countries to seek a new deal that would deescalate regional tensions and revive its economy, a senior United Arab Emirates official said on Sunday. Tensions in the Gulf have

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a public gathering at the city of Yazd, some 410 miles (680 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with

Police have revealed new details of a ‘SIM swapping scam’ that could have serious implications for victims. (iStock/Bombuscreative) TORONTO — Ontario residents are being warned of a new scam called “SIM swapping” that allows fraudsters to steal your personal information and even empty your bank accounts. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said through the scam,

Turkish official says small businesses should be protected from big companies For a healthy economy, all stakeholders should get their share of the pie, a senior official of the Turkish Presidency said. Just producing is not enough, said Hakan Yurdakul of the presidency’s Economic Policies Council, adding equitable distribution is key for a sustainable economy.

Oromo youth chant slogans during a protest in-front of Jawar MohammedÕs house, an Oromo activist and leader of the Oromo protest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia is facing political anxiety amid pending elections, delayed political reforms, and forces opposed to reforms, fuelling inter-ethnic violence in the country. Trouble started when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced

Policemen stand guard next to a security barricade on a street, before the Supreme Court’s verdict on a disputed religious site claimed by both majority Hindus and Muslim, in Ayodhya, India, November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES. India’s Supreme Court on Saturday awarded a bitterly disputed religious site to Hindus, dealing a defeat

Photo (AP) A U.S. judge on Friday said a former Twitter (TWTR.N) employee could be released on bond, with travel restrictions, while he awaits trial on charges of spying for Saudi Arabia. Magistrate Judge Paula McCandlis, of the U.S. District Court in Seattle, said her decision to grant Ahmad Abouammo, 41, bond would go into

President Uhuru Kenyatta signs Data Protection Bill, 2019 into law at State House in Nairobi on November 8, 2019. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday signed into law a bill to regulate collection, retrieval, processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal data. The move was commended by the cloud computing arm of Amazon, which announced that

Photo/Al Jazeera Iran’s air defense force has shot down an “unknown” drone in the country’s southwest, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The agency said that Iranian air defense forces hit the drone in the early morning at the port city of Mahshahr, which is in the oil-rich Khuzestan province and lies on

Lawyer Kibe Mungai representing petitioner Constitutional and Human Rights court says judgement will be delivered on notice. Budget cuts make it hard for judges stationed in different places to convene and write judgement Treasury slashed Judiciary’s budget by Sh3 billion last month, citing revenue shortfalls. A three-judge bench presiding over the Kenya-Somalia maritime border dispute