Trawling Iraq’s threatened marshes to collect plastic waste
CHIBAYISH: Iraq’s vast swamplands are the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, but the waterways are drying out and becoming so clogged with waste their very existence is…
Sudan arrests Communist Party figures as thousands protest coup
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces arrested leading anti-coup figures on Thursday, their party said, during protests by thousands against last year’s military takeover. “Security forces raided the house of the political…
Britain’s Prince William meets with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI: Britain’s Prince William met newly-appointed UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Monday to offer condolences on the death of Sheikh Khalifa. Sheikh…
Three ports in Kuwait suspend operations due to bad weather
All maritime operations at three Kuwaiti ports have been suspended after bad weather struck the Gulf country. Shuwaikh port, Shuaiba port, and Doha port are temporarily supsnded, Kuwait News Agency…
El-Sisi, US national security adviser hold talks
CAIRO: The US government is hoping to “develop partnership relations” with Cairo, an Egyptian presidential spokesman said after meetings between President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and US National Security Adviser Jake…
UN envoy for Yemen concludes visit to Aden
RIYADH: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded a two-day visit to Aden on Wednesday. During his visit, Grundberg met with the President of the Presidential Leadership Council,…
Shooting of 2 Palestinian journalists by Israeli forces condemned, independent probe sought
Israel faced international outrage and demands for an independent inquiry on Wednesday after a veteran US-Palestinian journalist was shot dead in the occupied West Bank. UN Secretary General António Guterres…
Arab journalists angrily mourn killing of Palestinian colleague, blame Israeli forces
Arab journalists paid tribute on Wednesday to Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot and killed — which they blamed on Israeli gunfire — while covering developments in…
‘Heinous’ shooting of Palestinian journalist by Israeli forces condemned
RAMALLAH: Shock, anger and sadness flooded through the Palestinian territories following the killing of senior Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, at the hands of the Israeli army early on…
UN Yemen envoy in Aden to sustain truce, revive peace talks
AL-MUKALLA: Hans Grundberg, UN special envoy for Yemen, on Tuesday landed in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on a two-day visit aimed at salvaging a shaky truce between warring…