Jordan, US Discuss Military Cooperation
Amman, March 09 (QNA) – Jordanian Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Freihat, Thursday met with his US counterpart, Gen. Joseph Dunfordand, Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported. Talks during the meeting tackled cooperation and coordination between the armed forces of the two countries, as well as the latest regional and international developments. (QNA)
Qatar Urges International Community To Shoulder Responsibility To End Israeli Occupation
Geneva, March 09 (QNA) – The State of Qatar has renewed call on the international community to shoulder its responsibility and ethical duty to put an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and stop the ongoing aggressions, violations and massacres perpetrated against the Palestinian people, lifting the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza […]
Al Zayani Meets Dutch Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, March 09 (QNA) – GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani met on Thursday with Dutch Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Joost Reintjes. The meeting reviewed mutual cooperation ties between GCC and Netherlands and means of boosting and developing them on all fronts. it also discussed regional and international developments and issues of […]
French Election Poll: Macron Consolidates Lead Over Le Pen
Paris, March 09 (QNA) – Harris Interactive poll shows Macron one percentage point ahead of National Front’s Marine Le Pen in the first round.Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has taken the lead for the first time in polling before the French presidential election, beating the far right’s Marine Le Pen in the initial round. The Harris […]
Pakistan indefinitely closes border with Afghanistan amid rising tension
Author: Jibran Ahmad | ReutersThu, 2017-03-09ID: 1489068108808066000PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistan has indefinitely closed two border crossings with Afghanistan after opening them for two days to let through Afghans with visas, officials said on Thursday.The official border crossings were abruptly ordered closed last month after a series of attacks Pakistan blames on militants sheltered in Afghanistan, heightening tension between […]
Death toll in Daesh attack on Kabul hospital jumps to 30
Author: By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH | APWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1489053827027172900 KABUL, Afghanistan: Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens in an attack claimed by the Daesh group. The attack on the 400-bed military facility, located near two civilian hospitals in Kabul’s […]
Women go on strike in US to show their economic clout
Author: ERRIN HAINES WHACK | APWed, 2017-03-08ID: 1489041429386328400 PHILADELPHIA: American women stayed home from work, zipped up their wallets, wore red and joined rallies across the country to demonstrate their economic clout Wednesday as part of International Women’s Day events around the globe. The Day Without a Woman protest in the US was put together by organizers […]
Russia deployed cruise missile in violation of treaty: US general
Author: Agence France PresseThu, 2017-03-09ID: 1489018813455152000 WASHINGTON: Moscow has deployed a land-based cruise missile system that contravenes a 1987 US-Russia arms control treaty and poses a risk to the West, a top US general said Wednesday. General Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers that the missile system’s deployment “violates the […]
Trump tweet signals ongoing support for Guantanamo
Author: The Associated PressThu, 2017-03-09ID: 1489004639140568000WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump appeared on Tuesday to reinforce his campaign support for the continued use of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, using an early morning tweet to discuss the facility, which his predecessor had vowed to close. The tweet decrying the release of Guantanamo detainees who returned to the battlefield was […]
Decried as Muslim ban, will the revised decree pass legal muster?
Author: AFPThu, 2017-03-09ID: 1489004638930567400WASHINGTON: US attorneys general, civil liberties groups and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump’s revised ban on refugees and travelers from six mainly Muslim countries.But can they succeed in overturning a measure that was deliberately crafted to remove the red flags raised by US courts over the first attempt? That […]
