Laptops, Tablets On Airplanes
The United States and Britain have banned laptops and tablet computers from passenger cabins on certain airlines' flights from some airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa, citing terror...
Tag: Middle East
The Billionaires Club Shrank By 283 Last Year
The billionaire population took a hit last year, declining 3.1% from its record high in 2015, according to a report from Wealth-X released Tuesday. That's the first annual drop since the financial...
Laptop, Tablet Bans On Flights
Britain and the US on Tuesday banned laptops and tablet computers from the passenger compartment of flights from several Middle East and North African nations. The restrictions are different in the...
US and UK Ban Cabin Laptops On Some Inbound Flights
The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Bombs could be hidden in laptops, tablets,...
China’s Xi Calls For Peace In Meeting With Netanyahu
Chinese President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for peace between Israel and an independent Palestine "as soon as possible" during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, state media...
US Bans Laptops, Tablets From Cabins On Flights From Middle East
The United States warned Tuesday that extremists plan to target passenger jets with bombs hidden in electronic devices, and banned carrying them onto flights from 10 Middle East airports. Senior US...
Top Class Hospital Attend Dubai-Africa Health Roadshow In Accra
Some fifteen world-class standard medical facilities have been showcased at the maiden edition of the Dubai-Africa Partnership for Better Health Roadshow in Accra. The two-day event, which opened on...
Archaeologists Discover Invisible Solution
The recent plundering of priceless artefacts from Syria and Iraq by both terrorists and criminal gangs has taken place on an unprecedented scale. Stolen items have been turning up in Europe and the...
US Poised To Curb Electronic Devices On Middle East Flights
The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a dozen Middle East nations, according to two airlines from the region and media...
Google Sorry For Adverts Alongside Extremist Content
A top Google executive on Monday apologised after UK company and government adverts appeared alongside extremist content on its Internet platforms. The apology from Matt Brittin, president of...
David Rockefeller, Last Grandchild of John D. Rockefeller, Dies
David Rockefeller, a former head of Chase Manhattan bank and luminary in political and philanthropic circles, died Monday at the age of 101, a spokesman said. He died in his sleep due to congestive...
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Says State Hounding Him
Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu argued Monday Israel was unnecessarily hounding him 12 years after he was freed from prison, as he appeared in court over breaches of his release terms. The...
Kuwait Lawyer Seeks Ban On Expat Drivers
A Kuwaiti lawyer filed a lawsuit Monday seeking a temporary driving ban on millions of expatriates to ease traffic congestion in the oil-rich Gulf state. Lawyer Mohammad al-Ansari called for a...
Abbas To Meet Egyptian Leader Ahead of Trump Talks
Mahmud Abbas will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday with ties strained between them and ahead of the Palestinian leader's talks with Donald Trump in Washington. The...
Tourism To Food, Buddhist Thailand Hunts Halal Gold
From hotels with segregated swimming pools to jelly made from seaweed instead of pig bones, Buddhist Thailand is chasing halal gold as it welcomes Muslim visitors and touts its wares to the Islamic...
Two Senior Yemen Rebels Survive Deadly Convoy Strike
Two senior Yemen rebels survived a Saudi-led coalition air raid on their convoy in the southwestern province of Taez Saturday that killed eight of their guards, military and medical sources said. The...
Thousands of Kurds Protest Against Turkey’s Erdogan In Frankfurt Leftright 10/10leftright
"The Europeans should hear us, empathize with our suffering and help us Around 9,000 Kurdish supporters demonstrated in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday against Turkish President Tayyip...
UN Official Resigns Over Israel Apartheid Report
The head of the United Nations' West Asia commission, Rima Khalaf, has resigned over what she described as the pressure to withdraw a report that was critical of Israel. The report accused Israel of...
UN Official Says Quitting Over ‘Israel Apartheid’ Report
Jordanian UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report in which she accused Israel of being an "apartheid state". Khalaf,...
Popular Saudi Cleric Banned From Twitter
A Saudi Islamic leader with more than two million Twitter followers has been banned from writing by a court that convicted him of jeopardising public order. Awad al-Qarni, previously accused of links...