Mon, 2023-03-13 22:41 ALULA: Jordan’s northern town of Umm Qais was honored at the UN World Tourism Organization’s Best Tourism Villages awards ceremony in AlUla on Sunday. The BTV initiative is the flagship project of the UNWTO’s Tourism for Rural … read more
Mon, 2023-03-13 22:51 TUNIS: Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout amid boycotts following President Kais Saied’s July 2021 power grab. The new assembly, elected in two rounds … read more
Mon, 2023-03-13 01:08 ALEPPO: Mohammed Alaa Al-Jaleel, a 42-year-old ambulance driver known famously as the ‘cat man of Aleppo’, proves himself again as a superhero to his feline friends in northwest Syria. This time, Al-Jaleel is taking in the cats … read more
Sun, 2023-03-12 22:42 AL-MUKALLA: Houthi representatives from Yemen, who were set to attend UN-mediated prisoner exchange talks in Switzerland, chewed narcotic qat on an aircraft heading from Sanaa to Amman, a source told Arab News. The Houthis’ conduct annoyed the … read more
Sun, 2023-03-12 23:08 BEIRUT: A Lebanese clergyman has expressed his support for a woman candidate for the presidency. Beirut’s Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Aoude asked during his Sunday sermon: “What would the situation be like if a female candidate … read more