Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Sunday it had held war games in the Gulf over the past several days, saying they were aimed at “confronting possible threats” by enemies, the state news agency IRNA reported. U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday that the United States believed Iran had started carrying ... Read More »
North Korean state media called on Monday for the United States to drop sanctions, saying Pyongyang had demonstrated good faith by ending its nuclear weapons testing and handing over the remains of U.S. troops killed in the Korean War. The statements came just days after a confidential United Nations report ... Read More »
Islamic State has executed one of dozens of Druze hostages abducted from Syria’s southern province of Sweida last month, a Syrian news website and a monitor said yesterday. ISIS killed the 19-year-old male student on Thursday after kidnapping more than 30 people, mostly women and children, from a village in ... Read More »
In one of the latest posts on the Android Developer Blog, Google has laid down ground rules for Android phone manufactures that allows them to have one or even two display cutouts in devices, but not more than that. Google has explained how developers should make changes to their app’s ... Read More »
Tsunami warning issued after tremors shake popular tourist destination At least 91 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok, near Bali. The earthquake, which hit early on Sunday evening, prompted local authorities to issue a tsunami warning although the alert was later lifted. Authorities ... Read More »
Venezuelan officials on Sunday gave a more detailed description of the two drone bombs used in an attempt to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, saying that each craft carried about 2 pounds of plastic explosive and that the plot was foiled, in part, by equipment designed to jam radio signals. Six ... Read More »
Circulation of petition follows tried and tested model for government goals seeming to have grassroots support A petition demanding that Egypt’s president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, remain in power beyond his two-term limit is circulating within Egyptian institutions and among pro-state figures. A photograph of the petition was provided to the ... Read More »
Tech giant surged on Thursday afternoon after its own app mistakenly put its valuation above the $1 trillion mark earlier in the day Apple’s market valuation surged past the $1 trillion point on Thursday, the first time in history a company has reached that level. Shares surged 2.5 per cent ... Read More »
It’s only a matter of time before the milestone is reached, but investors are advised against complacency over the tech firms Will it or won’t it? The question dominating Wall Street all week has been whether Apple will become the first company with a stock market valuation of a trillion ... Read More »
Chinese human rights groups criticise internet company for reportedly designing software that would leave out blacklisted content Google is working on a mobile search app that would block certain search terms and allow it to reenter China after exiting eight years ago due to censorship and hacking, according to US ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
