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Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova will vie for the top job at the World Trade Organization, seeking to convince its 164 members they can steer the body through intensifying global trade tensions and rising protectionism. A final 24-hour flurry added three names to the field to replace Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, who will quit at the end of August, a year earlier than expected. With three of the six previous director-generals coming from Europe and the others from Thailand, Brazil and New Zealand, pressure has been building to choose a leader from Africa. However, the continent has not united on…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that U.S. and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen as he renewed his call for the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran. “The Security Council must extend the arms embargo on Iran to prevent further conflict in the region,” Pompeo told a State Department news conference. “No serious person can possibly believe Iran will use any weapon it receives for peaceful ends.” ♦ Pompeo says China took ‘incredibly aggressive action’ in recent clash with India Pompeo is leading a…

Bahrain Coast Guard Commander announced on Wednesday that the land backup patrols arrested in separate cases three men for violating the shrimp catching ban. Different quantities of shrimps were seized from them. Legal processings were taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of taking “incredibly aggressive action” in a recent clash with India over a disputed section of the nuclear-armed neighbors’ border, saying the incident could not be assessed in isolation. On the night of June 15, Chinese forces and Indian troops fought for hours with rods and clubs, resulting in a dramatic escalation that left 20 Indian soldiers killed, with some falling to their deaths in the freezing waters of the Galwan river in the western Himalayas. On Monday, Indian government sources said China began pulling back troops from along the…

Nigeria resumed domestic flights on Wednesday after a hiatus of around three months as Africa’s most populous country relaxes restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus. The airports for the capital, Abuja, and commercial hub Lagos reopened for flights. A handful of other airports will open on July 11 and the remainder of airports will resume flights on July 15. The resumption of flights is the latest step by the government to reopen Africa’s biggest economy, which has also been hit hard by low oil prices. In recent weeks it has lifted a ban on interstate travel,…

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Saudi Arabia nominated a former economy and planning minister to head the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, a WTO document showed, amid a last-minute flurry of submissions to succeed the incumbent Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down in August. “The following communication, nominating Mr Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri for the position of Director-General, has been received from the Delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 8 July 2020,” a WTO document showed. Muhammad Al-Tuwaijri became an adviser to the royal court in March, Saudi Arabia’s state news agency said, retaining the rank of minister.

BRAVE Combat Federation, a product of His Highness Shaikh Khaled bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s vision, is back to holding events across the world, taking the Kingdom of Bahrain’s name to the highest places in sports. The announcement was recently made by BRAVE CF president Mohammed Shahid, who reinforced that the fastest-growing MMA organization on the planet will be back at the end of the month, with shows in Romania. It will become one of the first sports properties to return to action with the Covid-19 pandemic, following all of the national and international guidelines to guarantee a safe environment for…

England and West Indies players took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the start of play in the first test at Southampton as international cricket returned after a four-month absence. Moments before the first ball was bowled at an empty Rose Bowl, West Indies’ fielding players knelt in the outfield while their England counterparts did the same around the field. A Black Lives Matter logo also was on the collar of the test shirts worn by players from both teams for the match played in a strict isolated environment and following repeated testing of players…

Saudi Arabia has reported 3,036 new cases and 42 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 220,144. The death toll raised to 2,059 after reporting the new deaths. Saudi is holding the 13th position for most coronavirus cases worldwide, just below Pakistan. Meanwhile, 3,211 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 158,050. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases are in Riyadh (288), followed by Jeddah (243) and Taif (187). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1280844083133657089?s=20