Photo (AP) Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue Prime Minister Theresa May’s rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown, as major retailers warned the U.K. could face food shortages if it leaves the bloc without an agreement. Lawmakers threw out May’s Brexit deal two weeks ago and will debate

Photo (AP) A decade after discovering natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Israel is starting to feel the geopolitical boost. Its newfound riches have fostered economic bonds with its neighbors, tightening relations with Arab allies, and built new bridges in a historically hostile region — even without significant progress being made toward peace with

Somali Foreign Minister, Ahmed Issa Awad on Sunday held talks with his Kuwait counterpart, Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad on the sideline of Arab Economic Forum. Minister Awad and his Somali delegation on Saturday arrived in Beirut to attend the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit. The two leaders discussed on the several issues, including the

Photo (AP) Qatar has announced that it will invest $500 million in Lebanese government bonds to support the Mediterranean country’s struggling economy. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani made the announcement in comments to Qatar’s state news agency. Monday’s announcement came a day after Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made

PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Chadian President Idriss Déby, Sunday | Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds private meeting with Chadian President Idriss Déby • Chad’s defense and internal security ministers tell Israel Hayom that Chad intends to sign document officially reinstating diplomatic relations with Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in

Qatar donated 68 armored vehicles to Somalia on Thursday, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said. The armored vehicles, delivered in Mogadishu, will strengthen the Somali state, which is battling an Islamist insurgency,A briefing at the Mogadishu Port was attended by the Minister of Defense of the Somali Government of Qatar, General Mohamud Ali, the Qatari military official,

Photo (AP) British Prime Minister Theresa May is reaching out to opposition parties and other lawmakers Thursday in a battle to put Brexit back on track after surviving a no-confidence vote. European Union countries are also debating on how to move forward now that the U.K. Parliament has rejected May’s Brexit withdrawal deal with the

ACROSS THE Horn of Africa evidence is mounting that relations with Gulf countries are growing stronger. Last month representatives from Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia gathered in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the creation of a new Red Sea security alliance. Three months earlier the prime ministers of Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul-Ghait said that restoring Syria’s membership was subject to approval by the majority of member states. Syria’s membership in the Cairo-based league has been suspended since 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime launched a harsh crackdown on pro-democracy protests, sparking eight years of civil war. Unfreezing Syria’s membership “is subject to

British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses Parliament ahead of the vote on May’s Brexit deal, in London, Britain, January 15, 2019 in this screengrab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political upheaval that could lead to a