GAZA: Shadi Khail, a scrap collector in the Gaza strip, was killed during Israeli airstrikes this month, leaving his mother, wife and two children destitute.
“He said he was going to collect plastic and sell it and get diapers and milk for the boy. He was never back,” his wife, Asma, said in their three-room house in Gaza City. “He came in a coffin.”

CAIRO: As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt’s first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs.
Since April, commuters on the network’s newest line have seen women take the controls in the driver’s cab, with reactions ranging from raised eyebrows to outright disapproval, according to the two pioneers.

KHARTOUM: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has arrived in Sudan, state media reported in the country still wracked by unrest since the 2019 ouster of its leader accused of genocide.

“The ICC prosecutor and a court delegation will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and he will be visiting the Darfur region,” the state news agency SUNA said.

CAIRO: A huge fire that broke out at a Carrefour hypermarket in Egypt’s Mediterranean port city Alexandria was put out on Saturday without any loss of life, the Ministry of Interior said.

In a statement, the ministry added that the fire broke out in the central air conditioner at the top of the mall building in Muharram Bek where Carrefour is based, noting that it did not affect the rest of the building.

Sirens sounded and people at the mall left in a panic as columns of smoke rising from the fire were seen.

JEDDAH: The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, on Saturday touched down in Riyadh on a private visit where he is expected to meet Saudi officials, the official Saba news agency reported.

Al-Alimi will discuss Saudi Arabia’s economic support to the council and its humanitarian interventions in Yemen.

He thanked the Saudi leadership for its support to the Yemeni people and the council and its continued efforts to return peace and stability to the country and alleviate the suffering of Yemenis.