Fri, 2022-08-19 21:53 DUBAI: Educators across the Middle East and North Africa region are benefiting from a newly launched tool that aims to help them after three years of school-fee freezes and stagnation of education spending owing to the COVID-19 … read more
Fri, 2022-08-19 20:20 LONDON: Attacks on aid workers in Yemen have increased at an “alarming” rate, the country’s UN humanitarian coordinator said on Friday. David Gressly marked World Humanitarian Day on Aug. 19 by highlighting the “extremely challenging” environment that … read more
Sat, 2022-08-20 00:29 BAGHDAD: Thousands of supporters of Iraq’s religious leader Moqtada Sadr stepped up their pressure tactics on Friday with a weekly prayer session in the high-security Green Zone they have occupied for three weeks. Main category: Middle-East read more
ID: 1660914559927921700 Fri, 2022-08-19 16:12 WASHINGTON: Washington said Thursday it was “concerned” by the Israeli government’s forced closure of several Palestinian NGOs operating in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military announced earlier in the day that it had conducted … read more
Thu, 2022-08-18 22:52 RAMALLAH: Israel defied condemnation by the UN and the EU on Thursday by raiding and closing down seven Palestinian rights groups in the West Bank. Security forces stormed the groups’ offices in Ramallah and seized files, computers … read more