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US and European powers discuss Iran threat with Gulf countries in Riyadh
CAIRO: Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, began a two-day visit to Egypt on Thursday as part of a tour that also includes Jordan. It is their first official ... -
Chinese city says it mass tested 30,000 for COVID-19 at mega center, rounded-up runaways
Shamima Begum’s Daesh husband denounces terror attacks but still wants caliphate LONDON: A Dutch man who married British Daesh bride Shamima Begum has said he does not condone terror attacks ... -
Jordan’s crown prince meets Egyptian president in Cairo
MOSUL / BOGOTA: Caked in the fine yellow dust kicked up by his tractor-drawn planter, Farman Noori Latif jumps down to survey his work. He has spent the morning sowing wheat ... -
UK’s Truss visits Southeast Asia to boost security ties
DHAKA: In the lowlands of Bangladesh, where the changing climate brings floodwaters that remain for months, farmers are reviving an ancient form of hydroponics to stay afloat.As the annual flood ... -
Sudan security forces fire tear gas against anti-coup protests
DUBAI: Besides Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama, few religious leaders today command as much respect among Muslims and non-Muslims alike as Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the 91-year-old “supreme marja” ... -
‘Golden Man of Islamabad’ brings peculiar street art of living statues to Pakistan capital
MANILA: With the global spotlight still cast on the COVID-19 outbreak, a Filipino paramedic on a mission with Doctors Without Borders in Africa is drawing attention to another health crisis ... -
Philippines loosens COVID-19 restrictions in capital region
DUBAI: Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 was shown to cut by 89 percent the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, ... -
Pope to revisit island of Lesbos on trip to Cyprus, Greece
From traditional to abstract, Arab pavilions at Expo 2020 Dubai seize the imagination DUBAI: World Expos have a long and illustrious past, not least for their lasting contributions to urban ... -
Vietnam seeks information from Iran about seized oil tanker
DUBAI: Living conditions in Lebanon have deteriorated steadily since mid-2019 when the country began experiencing severe economic and financial problems, which have since been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and ... -
Iraq’s civil society protest movement seeks to find a voice in parliament
DUBAI: As world leaders convene in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, the untapped potential of hydrogen among other alternative energy sources has occupied the attention of experts and delegates who ... -
Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital
ISLAMABAD: Family and friends on Monday paid tribute to late Pakistani pilot Capt. Fazal Ghani Mian, the former chief pilot of Pakistan International Airlines who operated the first-ever Emirates flight from Dubai ... -
Bahrain urges its citizens to leave Lebanon amid row
CHICAGO: Palestinian Christian Said Khoury was praying at the iconic Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem when drops of water trickled on his head from the roof above. Maybe it was ... -
UK’s Johnson and Egypt’s El-Sisi hold bilateral talks on sidelines of COP26
LONDON/BEIRUT: When Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati formed a government in September, ending a 13-month-long political stalemate, a collective sigh of relief was heard across the land. But the writing ... -
As migrant shipwreck survivors remember dead, hundreds more die this year trying to reach Italy
ROME: Almost 18,000 people in the past eight years — 1,000 this year only — have lost their lives or gone missing while trying to reach Italy from North Africa, ... -
Israel recalls Poland envoy over ‘anti-Semitic’ property claims law
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Egypt has ‘open budget’ to fight coronavirus, says finance minister
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Russian tourists delighted with return to Egyptian resorts
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Iran’s Raisi names US-sanctioned Mokhber as first VP
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Proven false 100 years ago, antisemitic ‘Protocols’ document is still being exploited
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Thousands demand justice on anniversary of port blast in Lebanon
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