At least 16 people believed to be injured in blast   A tourist bus was hit by an explosion near the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, according to security sources. At least 16 people were injured in the blast on the road outside the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Sunday. The bus ...

This is the speech delivered yesterday evening by the president of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri during the iftar held by the Future movement at the Seaside Arena: Ramadan Kareem, from our beloved Beirut to our people in Akkar, Meniye, Denniye, Kalamun, Zgharta, Koura and Batroun. Ramadan Kareem to ...

Researchers create altered synthetic genome, in move with potential medical benefits   Scientists have created the world’s first living organism that has a fully synthetic and radically altered DNA code. The lab-made microbe, a strain of bacteria that is normally found in soil and the human gut, is similar to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his top advisers he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, three U.S. officials said on Thursday. “He doesn’t want to go to war. It’s not who he is,” one official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ...

The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri condemned the terrorist sabotage acts that targeted oil tankers off the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates, considering them a dangerous threat to the safety of navigation in one of the most important waterways in the world. He said that ...

Four commercial vessels were targeted by “sabotage operations” near the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates without causing casualties, the foreign ministry said on Sunday, without giving details of the nature of the sabotage. The incident occurred near the UAE emirate of Fujairah, one of the world’s largest bunkering ...

Pentagon officials suggest Tehran preparing attack on American forces   The US is to install an air defence missile system in the Middle East to counter the “escalating” threat posed by Iran, the Pentagon has said. The Department of Defence confirmed it was sending the Patriot surface-to-air missile system to the region in ...

Iran announced Wednesday it was partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, marking a serious escalation in Tehran’s faceoff with the United States.President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech that Iran would reduce its “commitments” to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, but would not fully withdraw, ...

US president tells rally China ‘broke the deal’ and publishes list of imported products that will face higher tariffs from Friday   Donald Trump has warned that China has “broke the deal … so they’ll be paying” as the US and China moved to within 36 hours of a full-scale ...

  Android Auto — the in-car platform that brings the look and functions of a smartphone to the vehicle’s central screen — is getting a new look and improved navigation and communication features that will roll out this summer. The improvements and new look were revealed Monday during Google I/O ...