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No easing of UAE vegetable ban, following pesticide outrage

( The New Arab )- The UAE said a ban on the import of some vegetables from Jordan, Egypt, Oman, Lebanon and Yemen will stay despite regional media reports that it might ease restrictions.  Abu Dhabi's ministry of climate change and environment ordered the ban after UAE labs found high...

Bomb kills 25 as it hits convoy of Pakistan Senate deputy

 A bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate Friday in the violence-plagued province of Baluchistan, killing at least 25 people, officials said. At least 35 people were wounded in the blast near the town of Mastung, 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial...

Brexit means changing N.Ireland peace deal

Former British prime minister Tony Blair said Friday that the landmark 1998 peace agreement for Northern Ireland -- which he helped to negotiate -- would have to be changed because of Brexit. "The Good Friday or Belfast Agreement was formulated on the assumption that both countries were part...

EU demands talks with US over possible airline laptop ban

The EU is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible U.S. ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the United States, an EU source said Friday. The European Union has not yet received a response from Washington to its request, the source said. The U.S. Department of...