Italian police use water cannon on port protesters
ROME: Police in Italy used water cannon and tear gas against protesters at the northeastern port of Trieste on Monday following a three-day demonstration against a new mandatory workplace Covid…
Gunmen kill dozens in Nigeria’s troubled north
BUJA: Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang attacked a village market in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto’s state killing dozens of people, the state government said Monday. Heavily armed gangs known locally…
French ambassador ordered out of Belarus in diplomatic spat
PARIS: France says that its ambassador to Belarus has been ordered out of the country. In a communique Monday, France’s Foreign Minister said that Ambassador Nicolas de Lacosate’s departure on…
Egypt poverty rate falls 3% despite pandemic
Egypt’s poverty rate has fallen to the lowest level in 20 years, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. CAPMAS defines poverty based on material…
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah says Beirut violence was a dangerous event
The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah said on Monday that last week’s Beirut violence in which seven Shiite Muslims were shot dead was a dangerous development and marked…
Yemeni government takes new measures to curb devaluation of riyal
Yemeni government takes new measures to curb devaluation of riyalAL-MUKALLA: The Central Bank of Yemen on Monday closed six exchange firms and shops for not complying with its anti-speculation regulations,…
UAE and UK foreign ministers discuss strengthening cooperation
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have pledged to develop areas of joint cooperation and enhance their development relations. The ministers met in…
Turkey shifting Syria strategy after Kurdish militia’s attacks
ANKARA: Turkey is shifting to a proxy force strategy and diplomacy with the US and Russia to counter the Kurdish People’s Defense Units in Syria instead of deploying its own…
Squid Game: India police’s viral post on road safety inspired by hit show
Police in India’s Mumbai city have put out a message on road safety drawing inspiration from Netflix’s smash hit, Squid Game. The Korean drama tells the story of a group…
Myanmar army general Min Aung Hlaing excluded from leaders’ summit
The army general who seized power in Myanmar in February has been excluded from an annual summit of regional leaders later this month. The Association of South East Asian Nations…