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May 19, 2019
GCC countries begin enhanced maritime security patrols: US Fifth fleet
DUBAI — Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) began “enhanced security patrols” in the international waters of the Arabian Gulf area on Saturday, the US Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth fleet said on Sunday.The GCC countries were “specifically increasing communication and coordination with each other in support of regional naval cooperation and maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf,” the Facebook statement said. — Reuters
May 19, 2019
Explosion hits tourist bus near Egypt's Giza pyramids
CAIRO — An explosion targeting a tourist bus injured at least 12 people near a new museum being built close to the Giza pyramids in Egypt on Sunday, two security sources said.Most of those injured were foreign tourists, the sources said. One security source said they included South African nationals.There were no reports of deaths. A witness, Mohamed El-Mandouh, told Reuters he heard a "very loud explosion" while sitting in ...
May 19, 2019
After fleeing bombs, Syrian families shelter in olive groves
ATMEH, Syria — Families who fled the Syrian government and Russian strikes in northwestern Syria are sleeping in an olive grove near the Turkish border without enough food and no place else to go.They are some of the 180,000 people who have escaped an upsurge in violence in the last militant bastion in the last few weeks. It marks the most intense escalation between President Bashar Al-Assad and militants factions ...
May 19, 2019
UAE welcomes King Salman's call for emergency summits
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has welcomed Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman’s call for emergency summits of Gulf and Arab leaders in Makkah on Ramadan 25 (May 30) to discuss ways to enhance regional security and stability in the wake of the attacks on commercial vessels in UAE territorial waters and on two Saudi oil pumping stations, UAE news agency (WAM) reported.The call for high-level ...
May 18, 2019
Youngest female minister: Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 harnessing youth’s potential
By Jamal Al-DobahiOkaz/Saudi GazetteABU DHABI — At 25 years of age she is the youngest female minister in the world.Shamma Al-Mazrui was appointed as UAE’s Minister of State for Youth Affairs in Feb. 2016 at age 22, making her the youngest member of the UAE Cabinet and the youngest government minister in the world.In an interview with Okaz/Saudi Gazette, she described the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 as very ambitious and based ...
May 18, 2019
US issues warning to airlines flying over Gulf region
Bahrain asks its citizens in Iran, Iraq to leave immediatelyManama/Washington — Bahrain warned its citizens on Saturday against travel to Iraq and Iran and asked those already there to return “immediately” for their safety, state news agency BNA said.The Bahrain Foreign Ministry cited, “unstable regional circumstances, dangerous developments and potential threats,” according to BNA.Earlier on Saturday Exxon evacuated its foreign staff from an Iraqi oilfield.The Federal Aviation Administration warned US ...
May 18, 2019
Panicky Erdogan govt blocks broadcast of Kanter matches
NEW YORK — Panicking over the growing popularity of the National Basketball Association (NBA) star Enes Kanter, a vocal critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish authorities have reportedly instructed sports broadcaster not to air the NBA’s Western Conference finals between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers.Kanter represents Portland Trail Blazers and S Sport, NBA’s primary television outlet in Turkey, did not air first two games of ...
May 18, 2019
US issues warning on airspace near Gulf as Iran tensions simmer
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an advisory to US commercial airliners flying over the waters of the Arabian Gulf to exercise caution as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to simmer.The advisory, issued by the FAA on Thursday and circulated late on Friday, said the warning came amidst “heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region which present an increasing inadvertent risk to US civil ...
May 18, 2019
Amid lull in airstrikes, rebels reinforce NW Syria frontlines
BEIRUT — Airstrikes stopped in northwest Syria over the past 12 hours, rescuers said on Saturday, as Turkey-backed rebels arrived at the fronts to help fight the army and its Russian ally.A spokesman for rebels said they rejected a ceasefire proposal from Moscow as long as government forces remain in villages they had advanced into in recent weeks.There was no immediate comment from Ankara or Moscow.At least 180,000 people have ...
May 18, 2019
Exxon evacuates foreign staff from Iraqi oilfield
BASRA/DUBAI — Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff, around 60 people, from Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, a senior Iraqi official and three other sources told Reuters on Saturday.The evacuation came just days after the United States withdrew non-essential staff from its embassy in Baghdad, citing a threat from neighboring Iran, which has close ties to Iraqi Shiite militia.Production at ...
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