Unidentified gunmen killed the commander of the Iranian Basij militia in the Arab-populated southwestern town of Darkhovin Tuesday night, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. Last Update: Wednesday, 22 January 2020 KSA 12:09 - GMT 09:09

Iraqi President Barham Salih met US President Donald Trump in Davos on Wednesday and discussed reducing foreign troops in the country, the Iraqi presidency said, after Washington spurned an Iraqi request earlier this month to pull out its troops. “During the meeting, reducing foreign troops and the importance of respecting the demands of Iraqi people to preserve the country's sovereignty were discussed,” the statement said. Iraq's parliament passed a non-binding resolution on Jan. 5 requesting the government to end the presence of foreign troops in Iraq following US air strikes that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been synonymous with international representation of Bollywood for a few years now. Most recently while attending World Economic Forum at Davos in the capacity of ambassador for Global Citizen, Priyanka addressed influential leaders and business tycoons to join hands for the cause of meeting sustainable goals and shaping an egalitarian hub.  The World Economic Forum is committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. The forum's meeting this year has been looked forward to and Priyanka highlighted issues that need immediate attention worldwide. At the

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - At an impoverished, forlorn zoo in Sudan's capital, the park's few remaining lions are starving in rusted cages - their ribs protruding, eyes glassy and skin flaccid, desperate for food and water. The unsettling images, shared on social media by a local animal rights advocate, drew impassioned responses from thousands around the world. But it wasn't enough to save two lionesses at the Khartoum zoo, said local activist Zuhair al-Sarag. “This is actually a crime,” he said, adding that the park once teemed with animals. “Someone should be held accountable.” With the staff at the destitute Al-Qurashi Park, as the zoo in Khartoum is known, unable to feed and look after the animals,

SAN FRANCISCO/CAIRO (Reuters) - Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said. The United Nations' officials plan a public statement asserting that they found credible a forensic report commissioned by Bezos' security team which concluded that his phone probably had been hacked with a tainted video sent from a WhatsApp account belonging to Saudi's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. The report by FTI Consulting concluded that massive amounts of data began leaving Bezos' phone about a month

Dubai welcomed a record 16.73 million tourists in 2019, an improvement over the previous two years driven by soaring Chinese, Russian and Omani visitor numbers. The number of international visitors grew by 5.1 percent last year but is still short of its 2020 target of 20 million tourists. “While the global economy remains in a state of flux, we can clearly see an exciting opportunity to further grow Dubai's dominance in the tourism industry in 2020,” said Dubai Tourism chief Saeed al-Marri, according to the Dubai Media Office. Chinese tourists rose by 15.5 percent to 989,000 and Russian visitors increased by 7.4 percent to 728,000.

Written and executive produced by Janetti, the animation will be voiced by some of Hollywood's own royalty. In addition to Bloom as Prince Harry, the series will feature Tom Hollander as both Prince Philip and Prince Charles, Alan Cumming as George's butler Owen and Iwan Rheon as Prince William.