LONDON, May 10, (AFP): Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to demand greater transparency from Britain’s overseas tax havens, which critics say help promote …
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IS leader for Anbar killed in strike
WASHINGTON, May 9, (Agencies): A US-led coalition air strike has killed a senior Islamic State leader in Iraq’s Anbar province and three other jihadists, the …
Read More »Man whose wife killed US teacher gets life
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 9, (AP): A court in the United Arab Emirates handed a life sentence on Monday to the husband of an …
Read More »SWIFT technicians left bank exposed – ‘Messaging caused much more risk’
DHAKA/BOSTON, May 9, (RTRS): Bangladesh’s central bank became more vulnerable to hackers when technicians from SWIFT, the global financial network, connected a new bank transaction …
Read More »Son of Bin Laden urges ‘jihadist unity’ in Syria
DUBAI, May 9, (Agencies): The son of al-Qaeda’s late founder Osama bin Laden has urged jihadists in Syria to unite, claiming that the fight in …
Read More »‘Terror’ trial for 13 in teen girl killing
ISLAMABAD, May 8, (AP): Thirteen members of a Pakistani tribal council who allegedly strangled a girl to death and set her body on fire as …
Read More »Gunbattle kills Saudi soldier
DUBAI, May 8, (RTRS): A Saudi soldier died in a gunbattle with militants in the western Taif region outside Mecca on Sunday, state news agency …
Read More »Afghan ‘crash’ inferno kills 73
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, May 8, (AFP): At least 73 people were killed Sunday when two passenger buses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a …
Read More »Saudi ‘reshuffle’ highlights serious shift away from oil – Vision 2030 ‘core’
RIYADH, May 8, (Agencies): With a major government reshuffle, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and his powerful son have shown their determination to move the kingdom’s …
Read More »Saudi oil minister axed in government overhaul – Naimi replaced by Al-Falih
RIYADH, May 7, (AFP): Saudi King Salman replaced his long-serving oil minister on Saturday as part of a major government overhaul which comes as the …
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