Egyptian student dies from heart attack after being bullied at school by classmates

Sun, 2023-02-26 22:00

CAIRO: A high-school student, who said she was bullied by her classmates, has died following a heart attack.

Rodina Osama, 16, was studying in the first year of secondary school at a private establishment in Giza Governorate, south of Egypt.

It was claimed that some of the student’s female colleagues attacked her and addressed her with offensive words, describing her as ugly.

Osama filed a complaint against them to school administrators but received no response.

In this March 21, 2022 photo, students attend a class at a school in el-Arish city, Sinai Peninsula. Egypt's education ministry has recently instructed all schools to combat bullying in all its forms after the death of a student victim of bullying in Giza governorate. (AFP)

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First cargo ship docks at Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port

Sun, 2023-02-26 22:22

AL-MUKALLA: A commercial ship, carrying 724 containers of various items, docked at Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah for the first time in seven years, the Iran-backed Houthis — who control the port — said on Saturday.

Abdul Wahab Al-Durra, the Houthi minister of transportation, told reporters that container, fuel, and other commodity ships had begun entering ports from Djibouti, where they were examined under the UN Yemen Verification and Inspection Mechanism.

A coastguard boat sails past a commercial container ship docked at the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah, as a container ship carrying general commercial goods docked at the port for the first time since at least 2016, in Hodeidah, Yemen February 25, 2023. (REUTERS)

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Turkiye begins to rebuild for 1.5 million homeless after disaster

Sun, 2023-02-26 01:56

ANKARA: Turkiye has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes as the combined death toll in Turkiye and Syria surpassed 50,000.

Over 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkiye and Syria.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority announced the death toll in Turkiye rose to 44,218 on Friday night. With Syria’s latest announced death toll of 5,914, the combined death toll in the two countries rose to above 50,000.

This photograph taken on February 22, 2023, shows a crane demolishing a building destroyed by the Feb. 6 earthquakes in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkiye. (AFP)

A destroyed building is seen at night, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkiye, on February 21, 2023. (REUTERS)

A view shows Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency's temporary shelter for earthquake survivors in Kirikhan, Turkiye on February 8, 2023, in the aftermath of the M-7.8 earthquake that hit the country's south. (REUTERS/File Photo)

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Tunisia holds prominent critics of president in pre-trial detention

Sun, 2023-02-26 00:00

TUNIS: A Tunisian anti-terrorism investigative judge has decided to hold three prominent politicians and a high-profile businessman in pre-trial detention, their defense team said, amid a continuing crackdown targeting opposition figures.
The four men are the first to face a judicial hearing among over a dozen leading figures critical of President Kais Saied who have been detained this month.

Tunisia police stand guard at a checkpoint outside the Interior Ministry during a demonstration against the President in Tunis on January 14, 2023. (AFP)

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Jordan to host Palestinian-Israeli talks as violence spirals

Sat, 2023-02-25 23:46

AMMAN: Jordan will on Sunday host a “political-security” meeting between Israel and the Palestinians to try and restore calm to the occupied Palestinian territories after deadly violence, a Jordanian government official said.
The meeting to be held in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba will also be attended by US and Egyptian representatives.
It aims at “building trust” between Israel and the Palestinians, the official said on Saturday.

Palestinian youths burnt tires during a recent protest near the Israel-Gaza border, east of Jabalia refugee camp. (AFP)

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