Photo Reuters International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday she expects the United States and China to reach a deal to end their trade dispute, which has unnerved financial markets and cast a shadow over the global economy.“I would say ‘Yes’,” Lagarde said at the Milken Institute Global Conference when asked whether

Elizabeth White The United Nations can sometimes be a figure of fun for its breathless commitment to the dullest of minutia, but spare a thought for the members of the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) as they solemnly submit hundreds of pages of reporting each year on the illicit Somali charcoal trade. Charcoal

Photo (AP) Political uncertainty and volatile oil prices are weighing heavily on economic growth in the Middle East this year, according to a new report released Monday by the International Monetary Fund. The report, which looks at the economies of 23 countries spanning North Africa, the Levant, the Persian Gulf, but also Djibouti, Somalia, Afghanistan

2 suspects were arrested earlier this month in Turkey on charges of spying for UAE One of the suspects, who was arrested on charges of spying for the UAE, committed suicide by hanging himself in Istanbul’s Silivri prison.Body of the suspect, identified as Zaki Y. M. Hasan, was found hanging from the bathroom door in

Doha,Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met yesterday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Ahmed Isse Awad, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and means of developing them, in

Ibrahim al-Senoussi, a former aide to ousted President Omar al-Bashir, right, speaks at a press conference a day after a meeting of the Popular Congress Party, an Islamist party close to al-Bashir, was attacked by protesters, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 28, 2019. The leader of the party says 64 members were wounded in clashes.

Photo AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO Polls predict the far-right Vox party could take more than 10 percent of the vote Spain voted Sunday in an uncertain snap general election marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the outer margins of politics. Opinion polls give outgoing socialist premier Pedro

Royal court ex-adviser Qahtani, who is allegedly involved in Khashoggi’s killing, not present at trials, officials say. One of the two top Saudi royal officials linked to journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing has been absent in the closed-door trial of 11 suspects, multiple sources have told the AFP news agency. Saudi prosecutors have said that deputy

Photo (AP) People’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive is off the market – Idris Elba is married! The actor, 46, married model Sabrina Dhowre on Friday during a three-day ceremony in Morocco, according to British Vogue, who exclusively covered their wedding for the magazine’s July 2019 issue. The magazine reports the couple exchanged vows at the

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. Several people have been shot and injured at a synagogue in San Diego, California, on Saturday, said San Diego County authorities. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) POWAY, Calif. (AP) —