DUBAI (Reuters): According to local media, long-awaited changes to Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly’s cabinet are imminent, with new finance and foreign ministers scheduled to take office on Wednesday. The Gaza War on its border, economic difficulties, and ongoing power outages that have irritated Egyptians and forced some enterprises toRead More →

RIYAD : Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries demanded an immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza on Saturday, dismissing Israel’s rationale for its actions against Palestinians as self-defense. According to the final statement of the unusual joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh, the International Criminal Court was asked to probeRead More →

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Authorities say an explosives-laden car exploded at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 40 others. The Hirshabelle state interior minister, Abdirahman Dahir Gure, reported the toll to press. “Twenty of the wounded haveRead More →

BEIRUT (Reuters) – On Wednesday, Lebanon’s culture minister tried to remove the picture “Barbie” from theaters, claiming that it “promotes homosexuality” and opposes Christian beliefs. Minister Mohammad Mortada is backed by the powerful Shi’ite armed group Hezbollah, whose leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has increased his rhetoric against the LGBT population,Read More →