Unnerved and exposed, Trump struggles to regain campaign mojo
Washington, United States - Donald Trump has never lacked for self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin...Geostrategy Politics
In Beirut, US envoy says ‘no more time to waste’ on Gaza ceasefire
US envoy Amos Hochstein's Lebanon trip comes a day before ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel are set to resumeGeostrategy
Jordan’s EMRC grants approvals for EV charging infrastructure
AMMAN, JORDAN - The Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) has issued over 300 authorizations for the installation of electrical...EMRC records indicate a distribution of 49 publicly accessible charging stations alongside 14 privately owned stations.
The capacity for the installation of multiple charging units at a single site, with 230 charging facilities holding establishment permits.
Parisians vote in anti-SUV parking and pollution referendum
Paris, France -- Parisians were voting on Sunday in a referendum on tripling parking costs for hefty SUV-style cars, a campaign...Some 1.3m people in Paris are eligible to cast their ballot on the change, which would see cars weighing 1.6 tons or more charged $19.50 per hour for parking in central areas.
Fully electric cars would have to top two tons to be affected, while people living or working in Paris, taxi drivers, tradespeople, health workers and the disabled are exempted.
Number of visitors to Qatar rises 31.9 percent in December, says report
DOHA, QATAR - The total number of inbound visitors to the country reached about 519 thousand in December 2023, recording...Qatar Monthly Statistics bulletin said the highest number of visitors was from the Gulf Cooperation Counci at 33 percent.
According to the bulletin, the total number of registered new vehicles in December 2023 has reached 3,390 new vehicles.
Hamas weighs Gaza truce as Israeli onslaught nears fifth month
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne was in Egypt and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expected in the region in...Sejourne said he he told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi of France's desire "for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and restarting talks for a... two-state solution".
Experts and rights groups told AFP that Israeli forces have destroyed buildings near the border in an attempt to create a buffer zone inside the Palestinian territory.
Turkey commemorates last year’s deadly earthquake
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people -- and parts of...Grieving Turks are still coming to terms with how a 7.8-magnitude tremor could upturn the lives of millions of people in a matter of seconds.
An updated toll released on Friday showed that 53,537 people had died across 11 southeastern provinces officially designated as the disaster zone.
Houthis vow response after US, UK strike dozens of Yemen targets
Saturday's strikes hit "36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen in response to the Houthis' continued attacks against international and commercial shipping...The joint air raids in Yemen late Saturday followed a separate wave of unilateral American strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria
It is the third time that British and American forces have jointly targeted the Houthis, whose attacks in solidarity with Palestinians have disrupted global trade
Tunisia’s Jabeur supports Saudi Arabia after criticism from tennis greats
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates--Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur on Saturday threw her support behind the potential staging of the WTA...She applauded the response of Saudi envoy to the US to criticism from two women tennis stars of the WTA's possible deal with the kingdom
Jabeur said that it will be amazing to see not just women but also men to be inspired and that it is very important to support Saudi Arabia's bid
Israel forges buffer zone inside Gaza at risk to civilians: experts
Since Hamas fighters stormed across the border on October 7, Israeli forces have targeted structures in Gaza within a kilometre...The plan, not publicly confirmed by Israel, appears to entail taking a significant chunk of territory out of the already tiny Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip
Last month, the Israeli army's deadliest day since the ground invasion began in late October offered a glimpse of the tactics being used to clear the border area
US and UK bomb Houthi targets in joint air raids
Scaling up attacks in the Middle East, US and UK carried out joint air raids in Yemen after a separate...The joint attacks hit 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen
The Houthis began targeting vessels in November in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
No deal yet on Gaza truce, says Hamas official
Osama Hamdan, a top Hamas official in Lebanon, said the movement's leaders were reviewing a proposed framework hammered out by...The Hamas official said that an agreement had not yet been reached
He said the movement will announce their position soon