DUBAI (REUTERS) – The United Arab Emirates has adopted amendments that would allow the Gulf state to grant citizenship to investors and other professionals including scientists, doctors and their families, the government said on Saturday (Jan 30). “The UAE Cabinet, local Emiri courts and executive councils will nominate those eligible for the citizenship under clear […]

GAZA (AFP) – Using crutches, Palestinian Mohamed Aliwa leaps from one concrete slab to another, determined that his missing leg won’t stop him doing parkour, a sport that brings respite from grim reality in Gaza. The Palestinian teen’s right leg was amputated near the knee in 2018 after he was hit by Israeli army fire […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — As the results of the American presidential election rolled in on Nov. 4, a young Sudanese couple sat up through the night in their small town south of Khartoum, eyes glued to the television as state tallies were declared, watching anxiously. They had a lot riding on the outcome. A year earlier, […]

AMMAN (AFP) – Omar’s heart sinks when he trudges past his closed school gates in the Jordanian capital Amman – now part of his trip to work, to repair and clean kerosene heaters. The 14-year-old, who dreams of becoming a pilot, is one of many minors experts say have been forced prematurely into the labour […]

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said Saturday (Jan 23). The accident happened on Friday in the Shah Khalid neighbourhood of Rawalpindi city, near the capital Islamabad. Mr Hamza Naveed, 18, […]

DUBAI (REUTERS) – The website of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday (Jan 22) carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone alongside a threat of revenge over the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone attack. The image first appeared on a Persian-language […]

DUBAI (REUTERS) – The Twitter account of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday (Jan 22) carried the image of a golfer resembling former US President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge over the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone attack. The post carried the text of remarks by […]

DUBAI (REUTERS) – The Twitter account of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday (Jan 22) carried the image of a golfer resembling former US President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge over the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone attack. The post carried the text of remarks by […]

BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests in a crowded market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people in the first such attack in several years, according to Iraq’s interior ministry. “The first suicide bomber blew himself up after pretending to be sick to gather people around him,” said Maj. […]

BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests in a crowded market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people in the first such attack in several years, according to Iraq’s interior ministry. “The first suicide bomber blew himself up after pretending to be sick to gather people around him,” said Maj. […]