Sun, 2022-07-24 21:56 KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait named the emir’s son Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah as prime minister on Sunday, replacing caretaker premier Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid, Kuwait News Agency reported on Sunday. Sheikh Ahmad was deputy prime minister and interior minister in the … read more
Sun, 2022-07-24 19:25 LONDON: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg condemned on Sunday a Houthi attack that hit a residential neighborhood in Taiz that killed a child and injured 10 others. The Houthi attack injured 11 boys and … read more
Sat, 2022-07-23 23:32 PARAKH, Iraq: Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq’s Kurdish mountains when deadly shelling slammed into it this week. Turkey denies that its forces were responsible for … read more
Sat, 2022-07-23 22:51 DUBAI: Tobacco use remains a serious health concern in countries across the Middle East and North Africa, which have some of the highest proportions of smokers in the world. Despite this high prevalence of tobacco use in … read more
Sat, 2022-07-23 22:56 BEIRUT: Political observers fear a strike by Lebanon’s public sector employees that started a month ago will turn into civil disobedience if it is not dealt with properly, amid government efforts to address their grievances. The heads … read more