Sat, 2018-12-08 22:56 DUBAI: Arab countries need to improve their education systems, a leading UN official has said, with only the UAE performing impressively in the sector. Hany Torky, the UNDP’s chief technical adviser, said GCC countries were spending the same … read more
Author: Associated Press ID: 1544287528960163400 Sat, 2018-12-08 (All day) CAIRO: An Egyptian lawyer says he and others have filed a court case to force the parliament to start a debate on amending a constitutional clause that bars President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1544286331510058500 Sat, 2018-12-08 16:23 TRIPOLI: Libyan tribesmen protested at the giant El Sharara oilfield on Saturday and shut down production, the force guarding the facility and a spokesman for the protesters said. State oil firm NOC had … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1544281928739596100 Sat, 2018-12-08 14:38 CAIRO: Egyptian police killed two gunmen who carried out last month’s attack on a bus carrying Christians in Minya governorate to the south of Cairo, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Police, helped … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1544280737389480300 Sat, 2018-12-08 14:43 (Adds Lebanese comment, background) JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese border opened fire at suspected Hezbollah activists on Saturday, the military said, the first such incident since Israel launched a crackdown this week … read more