Many baffled by Taliban reneging pledge on girls’ education
KABUL, Afghanistan: A news presenter on Afghanistan’s TOLO TV wept as he read the announcement. Images of girls crying after being turned back from school flooded social media. Aid groups…
Pakistan could hold early elections, interior minister says as PM calls mass rally
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday there was a chance of early elections in the country as parliament is expected to vote later this month in…
Russia accuses Hunter Biden of ‘funding Ukrainian biological weapons labs’
Russia has accused US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, of funding biological weapons labs in Ukraine, The Telegraph has reported. Moscow has previously claimed that Kyiv had been developing…
Students call on universities to divest from companies supporting Israeli war crimes, apartheid
Students across the world on Wednesday held demonstrations on campus, calling on their universities to withdraw their investments in companies complicit in Israeli war crimes and apartheid. Protests were held…
UN-Arab League cooperation essential for tackling regional crises, says UN chief
The UN and the Arab League remain united in their pursuit of multilateral solutions to “cascading” challenges facing the Arab world, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. Stronger cooperation…
Three years on, Syria Kurds warn world allowing Daesh to rebuild
QAMISHLI, Syria: The Syrian Kurdish forces that spearheaded the battle to crush the Daesh group’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” in 2019 warned on Wednesday that the world’s lack of support risked allowing…
Saudi alfanar invests $1.3bn to produce sustainable aviation fuel in the UK
Riyadh-based alfanar has invested £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in a UK project which produces sustainable aviation fuel from waste. The Lighthouse Green Fuel project generates more than 180 million liters…
Egypt intends to raise $500m of Samurai bonds amid diversification efforts
Egypt is intending to raise $500 million worth of yen bonds, also known as Samurai bonds, this week as it attempts to diversify funding, Bloomberg reported. This comes as a…
Abu Dhabi’s ADQ to invest $2bn in Egyptian state-owned stakes: Bloomberg
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ will invest $2 billion to acquire stakes in some state-owned Egyptian businesses, Bloomberg reported citing unnamed sources. The agreement encompasses an 18 percent stake…
Egypt’s Sisi hosts UAE, Israeli leaders at Red Sea resort: presidency
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Israel’s prime minister Naftali Bennett and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday in the Egyptian Red…