OIC holds talks on Afghan peace process
Last month, Afghani government and Taliban resumed peace talks in Doha. Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Yousef al-Othaimeen, held talks Wednesday...
Deaths approach 100,000 UK COVID-19 toll is ‘horrendous’, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - As the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday that the numbers were horrendous...
British Airways-owner IAG buys Air Europa in cut-price 500 million euro deal
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways and Iberia owner International Airlines Group has agreed to buy Spain’s Air Europa for 500 million euros ($606.7 million),...
Britain reports record 1,610 daily COVID-19 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported a record number of deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday with 1,610 people dying within 28 days of positive coronavirus...
Iraq grants $20bn construction projects to Chinese companies
Some $20 billion worth of projects in Iraq were awarded to Chinese companies, an official said on Sunday.
An initial approval for the construction of projects in the...
Last heir to Ottoman throne passes away at 90
Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu, the last heir to the throne of the now-defunct Ottoman Empire, passed away late Monday at the age of 90, the...
Nearly 10 million children in war-ravaged Afghanistan face hunger, aid group warns
Over 9.7 million children in war-torn Afghanistan are in desperate need of urgent support because of the country's crippled economy amid an almost decades-long...
UK still looking at mid-Feb for COVID lockdown review: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s government is still aiming to review COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in mid-February, Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis said on Tuesday.
“When we...
Around 1 in 8 people in England had COVID-19 antibodies last month: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - An estimated 1 in 8 people in England had antibodies against the coronavirus during December, suggesting they have had COVID-19 previously,...
General. Al-Sisi seizes assets of first elected Egyptian President Morsi, and 88 Muslim Brotherhood...
A court ordered the seizure of assets inherited by the family of Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president.
An Egyptian court on Sunday ordered the...