The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is planning a futuristic £400bn (€445bn) desert city where residents will be able to visit glow-in-the-dark beaches, watch cage-fighting robots and drink alcohol. Leaked documents reveal the vast, and some say unrealistic, ambitions of Mohammed bin Salman for Neom, a city larger than Wales and spread across the country’s […]

Journalists’ union says a think-tank report on Turkish journalists working for foreign media ‘incites people to hatred’. A union of Turkish journalists has filed a legal complaint against an Ankara-based think-tank, alleging that a report published by it makes dozens of journalists working for foreign media organisations “public targets”. The 202-page report, which was released by the Foundation […]

NEW DELHI — Iran has released nine Indian mariners it had held after seizing a foreign tanker that it claimed was smuggling Iranian oil, the Indian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The tanker, the Riah, which is based in the United Arab Emirates but registered in Panama, was seized nearly two weeks ago in the […]

GENEVA/BEIRUT (REUTERS) – Air strikes by the Syrian government and its allies on schools, hospitals, markets and bakeries have killed at least 103 civilians in the past 10 days, including 26 children, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement on Friday (July 26). “These are civilian objects, and it seems highly unlikely, […]

Zwelivelile Mandela says Israeli apartheid is the worst form of apartheid ever witnessed. London, United Kingdom – The grandson of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has delivered a damning condemnation of “Israeli apartheid”, in a high-profile expression of solidarity between South Africans and Palestinians. Zwelivelile Mandela, an MP of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), made the comments […]

AMMAN (NYTIMES) – A popular Jordanian coastal resort on the Red Sea has found a new use for out-of-service tanks, armoured troop carriers and even a helicopter: as building blocks of an artificial reef and an underwater museum. A helicopter donated by the Royal Jordanian Air Force was one of several military relics submerged Wednesday […]

Figure released by UN agency includes at least 60 detained migrants, who died in a devastating air attack on Tuesday. Almost 1,000 people have been killed since Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar launched a push three months ago to capture the capital, Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The figure announced on Friday […]

LONDON — President Hassan Rouhani of Iran suggested Wednesday that his country might release a British-flagged tanker in exchange for the return of an Iranian ship seized by the British military off the coast of Gibraltar. Iranian officials had previously implied such an offer might be forthcoming, describing the capture of the British tanker as […]

Away from the limelight and the huge fan-base, these cricketers are enjoying a sport they love. On a standard cricket field with a 22-yard pitch, two teams field 11 players each and play the game in a manner seemingly similar to international cricket. But these players are not getting the limelight or a huge fan […]

Jordan has unveiled its first underwater military museum off the coast of Aqaba. At a ceremony on Wednesday, the kingdom sank several military vehicles, including tanks, troop carriers and a helicopter. The vehicles, imitating a battle formation, have been stationed at a coral reef in the Red Sea. Local authorities said the display offers a […]