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Qatar blockade enters fourth year: Timeline

On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt abruptly severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and imposed a land, sea, and air blockade in hopes of making it comply with a long list of demands. The four states accuse Doha of supporting terrorism, an...

Airbus warns it may sue airlines over undelivered jets

Airbus is ready to sue airlines that refuse to honour contracts to take aircraft, its chief executive was quoted Friday as saying, raising the stakes in a stand-off between some manufacturers and airlines over the coronavirus crisis. The warning came as Airbus prepared to unveil what...

Russia sends second batch of fighter jets to Syria

Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, Moscow's embassy in Damascus said, with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the country's airspace. President Vladimir Putin last week ordered Russia's foreign and defence ministries to hold talks...

France cancels 2020 Bastille Day parade over coronavirus

France said Thursday it will not hold the Bastille Day military parade due to social distancing norms, replacing it with a ceremony to pay tribute to health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than the traditional march of soldiers and display of military hardware down the...