DUBAI (REUTERS) – The United Arab Emirates will shift to a working week of four and half days with a Saturday-Sunday weekend from the start…

Powerful associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean. Send any friend…

BAGHDAD (AFP) – It was meant to compete with the Taj Mahal in grandeur, but former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s monumental Al-Rahman Mosque project was…

VIENNA (REUTERS) – Indirect US-Iranian talks on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke off until next week as European officials voiced dismay on Friday…

ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkish police on Thursday (Nov 25) fired tear gas at hundreds of women protesting in Istanbul against male violence. The protesters held…

DUBAI (REUTERS) – UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday (Nov 23) that he wanted to deepen cooperation with Iran in his talks…

HARGEISA, SOMALIA (AFP) – The people smugglers promised Fentahun Derebe passage to Saudi Arabia, where the young Ethiopian could make more money than he had…

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli deputies Monday (Nov 22) approved a Bill to limit a prime minister’s term in office to eight consecutive years, in the…

RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (AFP) – Gaza resident Mustafa al-Sawaf posted a scathing criticism online of the “path of humiliation” Palestinians endure when leaving the crowded…

HAIFA, ISRAEL (REUTERS) – An 86-year-old great-grandmother was crowned “Miss Holocaust Survivor” on Tuesday (Nov 16) in an annual Israeli beauty pageant designed to honour…

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Israel said on Sunday (Nov 14) that children aged five to 11 would be eligible for vaccination against Covid-19, and that a…

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (AFP) – Nuclear talks between world powers and Teheran on reviving the Iran nuclear deal will resume in Vienna on Nov 29, the…

TEL AVIV (AFP) – Israel’s justice ministry said on Tuesday (Nov 2) Google had blocked sites of a hacking group that leaked user details of…

MARIB, YEMEN (AFP) – At least 22 people were killed in a Houthi rebel missile strike on a mosque south of the strategic Yemeni city…