Thu, 2021-08-19 23:24 DAMASCUS: Loud explosions shook the Syrian capital late on Thursday as state media reported Israeli airstrikes around Damascus. The state-news agency SANA said Syrian air defenses confronted the Israeli planes, while the pro-Syrian government Cham FM Radio reported … read more
Author: Thu, 2021-08-19 23:03 ALEXANDRIA: Houthi rebels in Yemen have been holding a young journalist abducted in Sanaa for more than a week, as the militia’s clampdown on outspoken academics, journalists and social media activists intensifies. After detaining Younis Abdul … read more
Author: Thu, 2021-08-19 23:09 LONDON: The UAE announced that it will host an international humanitarian summit in Dubai next year as part of its Expo 2020. The summit, to be held on March 30, aims to find appropriate solutions to … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1629401417876223100 Thu, 2021-08-19 22:32 TUNIS: Tunisia will from Aug. 25 require 10 days of quarantine for visitors who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The move is to help keep the pandemic under control as cases … read more
Thu, 2021-08-19 21:46 ANKARA: Zakira Hekmat, president of the Afghan Refugees Solidarity Association in Turkey, said her nights have been sleepless since hearing that the civilian government in Afghanistan had fallen to the Taliban. She fears this political change in her … read more