Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Female suicide bomber wounds 8 in Turkish city of Bursa

A female suicide bomber wounded eight people when she blew herself up near the main mosque in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa on...

Roche haemophilia drug wins FDA nod, with a warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Roche's Hemlibra, a new medicine for haemophilia A that the Swiss drugmaker is counting on...

Nigeria's Barkindo emerges as frontrunner for OPEC boss

A Nigerian oil technocrat has emerged as frontrunner to take the top job at OPEC, with members seeing Mohammed Barkindo as what would be...

Pro-Brexit MEP Nigel Farage quits as UKIP leader

Eurosceptic MEP Nigel Farage, a major driving force behind Britain's vote to leave the European Union, on Monday stepped down as leader of the...

Gulf banks under pressure from low oil prices

Banks in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are being increasingly challenged by a liquidity squeeze resulting from low oil prices, Moody's Investor Services...

China appoints special envoy to Syria

China said Tuesday it has appointed its first special envoy to Syria, as part of efforts to increase its diplomatic footprint in the Middle...

Algeria’s Tebboune and Macron discuss Sahel: presidency

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Sahel and Libya's conflict over the phone on Saturday,...

Yemen suicide bomber targets Aden police chief

A suicide bomber targeted the police chief of Yemen's second city Aden on Thursday in the latest attack against senior officials in the base...

Olympics: Huge queues and angry fans mar the start of Rio Games

The Rio Olympic Games got off to a shambolic start on Saturday as fans queued for hours at security checkpoints to enter venues, with...

Police role praised for peace and security

Prince Faisal bin Bandar recently received in his office Riyadh police officers who paid him a courtesy call. The Riyadh governor complimented the police officers...

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