Tue, 2021-05-04 19:49 AMMAN: Lawyers and activists trying to prevent the eviction of some 87 Palestinian residents from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah district of Jerusalem appeared to be upbeat this week. Palestinian lawyer Hosni Abu Hussein told Arab … read more
Author: AP ID: 1620144383777958100 Tue, 2021-05-04 19:10 CAIRO: An Egyptian court Tuesday rejected an appeal by the owner of a massive container ship of the court-ordered seizure of the vessel over a financial dispute. Egyptian authorities have impounded the hulking … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1620140983827743500 Tue, 2021-05-04 18:20 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Health Minister Hassan Al-Tamimi resigned on Tuesday over a fire from an exploding oxygen tank at a Baghdad COVID-19 hospital last month that killed over 80 people, the government said in … read more
Author: Mon, 2021-05-03 21:42 CAIRO: Egypt has outlined four plans to mitigate the effects of the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the country’s irrigation system. Mohammed Ghanem, spokesperson for the Ministry of Water Resources and … read more
Mon, 2021-05-03 20:05 BAGHDAD: Three rockets were fired Monday evening toward Iraq’s Balad air base north of Baghdad, a security source told AFP, but without causing US casualties or damage, the Pentagon said, citing initial reports. The rockets fell in … read more