(Reuters) – Flights at the Dubai International Airport in United Arab Emirates were being grounded following reports of unauthorized drone activity, Sky News reported on Friday. Dubai airport, which handled 89.1 million passengers in 2018, is the world’s busiest airport for international travelers. People took to Twitter to complain about the flight delays. “Stuck for ages at Dubai airport runway […]

For more than 50 years, Zarcero’s ‘Senor Scissorhands’ has cut and trimmed the city’s gardens into international fame. In 1964, Evangelista Blanco began sculpting the gardens at the foot of the St Raphael church in Zarcero, Costa Rica. More than 50 years later, the gardens and their topiaries have become a symbol of the city and an international tourist attraction. […]

More than 300 arrests made after five security forces killed in clashes in Tehran involving Sufi Muslims, reports say. At least five Iranian security forces were killed in separate car-ramming attacks and a stabbing, blamed on Sufi Muslim followers who had been protesting alleged religious repression by the government in Tehran. Three police officers were killed and several wounded in […]

Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee reveals his last words to her were ‘It will not be long’… and she thought he was chatting to staff when he did not emerge because he was so happy Fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveals last words to her He told Hatice Cengiz ‘it will not be long’ just before he entered Saudi consulate When […]

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro has invited a US special envoy to Venezuela after revealing in an AP interview that his foreign minister recently held secret meetings with the US official in New York. A senior Venezuelan official said the second of two meetings took place Feb. 11 — four days after the envoy, Elliott Abrams, said the “time […]

The messages, posted along a busy road, plead: "Kathryn, I was an an idiot. Please forgive me & be my Valentine. I love you". Motorists couldn't believe their eyes as they spotted the signs, complete with read love hearts, along the Bangor carriageway in Northern Ireland ahead of the romantic day of love. But it's unclear if the mysterious Kathryn ever […]

Leading opposition figure joins growing list of detainees over his alleged contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood group. Egyptian police have arrested Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a leading opposition figure and former presidential candidate, over his alleged ties with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. State Security Prosecution has ordered his detention for 15 days in prison pending investigations on charges related to leading a terrorist […]

More than 80 activists and students, imprisoned last month during protests against rising food prices, released. Sudan has released more than 80 political activists and students, who were imprisoned in the wake of deadly protests last month against rising bread prices and the government’s economic policies. The move was ordered on Sunday by President Omar al-Bashir, his aide said.  “We […]

Israel has jailed seven Eritrean asylum seekers after they refused to be deported to Rwanda, human rights groups say. Seven Eritrean asylum seekers have been transferred to an Israeli prison indefinitely after refusing to be deported to Rwanda, Israeli human rights groups reported. The asylum seekers are the first to be placed in indefinite detention since the Israeli government announced […]

‘New Colombia News’ aims to offer a different post-conflict alternative to traditional media. One year after the Colombian government signed its peace deal with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) rebel group, the former fighters are launching a TV network. “New Colombia News” aims to offer a different post-conflict alternative to traditional media. But its reporters are facing resistance from […]