Qatar on Tuesday welcomed a Turkish-Russian agreement to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. According to a Tuesday statement released by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, the agreement will prevent the death of civilians and avert a feared humanitarian crisis. The ministry also voiced its support for continued efforts to find a political solution

Germany’s coalition government forced out the nation’s spy chief on Tuesday for his controversial comments and contacts with far-right politicians. Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the domestic intelligence agency BfV, had sparked a debate in the country by contradicting Chancellor Angela Merkel on recent far-right unrest in eastern Germany. Despite Merkel’s strong condemnation of the far-right

The historic meeting between the leaders of Djibouti and Eritrea on Monday ‘opens a new page to promote peace and stability in the region’, the Saudi Arabia foreign minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said. Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki met his Djibouti counterpart, Ismail Omar Guelleh met in Saudi Arabia, one day after the Gulf nation

At least 23 people were killed in a weekend of violence targeting minorities in the ethnic Oromo heartland near the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a police source said. The state-owned Ethiopia News Agency (ENA) said an organised mob looted and carried out a series of murders in and around Burayu town. Oromia Regional Police Commissioner

An Egyptian criminal court ordered the arrest of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s two sons on charges of stock market manipulation, state news agency MENA reported Saturday. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, with seven other businessmen, are accused of violating stock market and central bank rules to make unlawful profits through dealing in shares of Al Watany

Super Typhoon Mangkhut smashed through the Philippines on Saturday, as the biggest storm to hit the region this year claimed the lives of its first victims and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. Roughly four million people were in the path of destruction the storm slashed through the northern tip of Luzon

Cargill will pay $1.5 million to 138 terminated employees to resolve charges that the company’s managers violated the Civil Rights Act by refusing to allow Somali-American Muslim workers to pray during their breaks at a meatpacking plant in Colorado, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday. The commission found reasonable cause to believe Somali,

The White House threatened Tuesday to hold Iran responsible for any attacks by Tehran’s allies on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq. In a written statement, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Iran did not act to stop “attacks by its proxies in Iraq, which it has supported with funding, training and weapons”. “The United States will

For the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia, 11th September 2018 marks a new dawn, as they celebrate the New Year with the resolve to be more peaceful and united. In a show of unity, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki opened a border crossing at Bure, a region that saw some

The United States is “gravely concerned” by reports of excessive force used by Uganda’s security forces against lawmakers and journalists in the northwestern town of Arua, a State Department official said on Monday after the country’s opposition called on Washington to suspend military support to Kampala. Five lawmakers, including opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, who is