Newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden has chosen his long-time aid, Anthony Blinken to serve as America's new top diplomat in his cabinet. He must still be approved by a majority of US senators but after nearly two decades of working closely with Biden, he has been described as his "brain trust...
As the Trump administration winds down, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed a New York Times report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was killed last year in Tehran and accused Iran's government of allowing the jihadist network to establish a "new home base" there. His speech was intended to ra...
In a diplomatic breakthrough, Saudi Arabia and its three Arab allies agreed to restore full ties with Doha at a summit in the kingdom on Tuesday. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was met in the historic city of Al-Ula by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The two men, wearing face m...
At this historic moment in time, the COVID-19 global pandemic has already caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and disrupted the lives of billions more. Introduction of a vaccine is essential to reducing the tragic loss of life and helping to get the pandemic under control as well as pr...
On US President-elect Joe Biden’s lenghthy to do list is a pledge to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), - one of the signature, if hotly debated, achievements of Donald Trump's predecessor in the White House, Barack Obama.
Since withdrawing from...
US President Donald Trump will cut his country's military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon announced this week. Acting defence secretary Christopher Miller said the number of US soldiers in Afghanistan will fall from 4,500 to 2,500 by the time Trump leaves office early next year, stop...
Both in their 40s, Emhoff, divorced, and Harris, single, met on a date arranged in 2013 by Harris’s best friend, Chrisette Hudlin, a public relations consultant. The date was set up by text, and then the two met for dinner the next night. In her memoir, The Truths We Hold, Harris has written ...
As the pandemic rages on, pressures are mounting to get a vaccine available for use as soon as possible. The 11th KAIMRC Annual Forum for Medical Research was held virtually this week to discuss global challenges and prospects of a Covid-19 vaccine. Thirty-two international experts from global acade...
As his hope of winning re-election at the polls fades, Donald Trump has been engaged in a flurry of legal activity to try to improve his chances and cast doubt on the election results, laying ground for contesting the outcome in battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt...
The US 2020 election is fast approaching, but for months, the President has been warning that he might not concede the election in November if he loses.
"We're going to have to see what happens," Mr Trump said last month. "You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and th...