Son of senior MP among five dead in south Lebanon: Hizbollah
The group, in a statement, said that Abbas Raad, son of the head of Hizbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohammed Raad, was "martyred on the road to Jerusalem". Later Hizbollah issued separate statements with the identities and photographs of four other fighters who were also killed. The group and Israel have been...
Yemen’s opposing sides to hold talks in Geneva over prisoner swap
Negotiations overseen in Switzerland by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross will see Yemen's warring parties holding talks in Geneva starting Saturday to discuss a prisoner exchange, according to rebels and government officials. Hostilities have largely stopped since a UN-brokered ceasefire took effect in April last...
Tunisia recalls Morocco envoy in W. Sahara row
Tunisia said Saturday it would recall its ambassador from Morocco for consultations, a day after the kingdom did the same in response to Tunisia's president hosting the Polisario movement's head. The Polisario wants an independent state in Western Sahara, a stretch of mineral-rich desert which Morocco sees as a part...
Morocco fumes at Tunisia, recalls envoy over Polisario meeting
Morocco has taken offense at the hosting of the head of the Polisario movement by Tunisia’s president and recalled its ambassador in Tunis. The Polisario wants an independent state in the Western Sahara, a large mineral-rich area Morocco sees as a sovereign part of its country.
Algeria pardons over 1,000 convicts, releases 70 Hirak detainees
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday pardoned over 1,000 convicts and ordered "clemency measures" for 70 people detained over links to the country's Hirak protest movement, to coincide with Ramadan. Tebboune signed "a presidential decree pardoning 1,076 convicted detainees" on the occasion of the start of Ramadan, the presidency said,...Facebook whistleblower wants to start a youth movement
Francis Haugen, 37, plans to tour universities early next year. She stresses her role would simply be to get the youth movement started, envisaging it as a campus-based movement where students could help teens deal with internet-related problems their parents might not understand.
Low turnout as Lebanese mark two years of protests
Lebanon marked the second anniversary of its defunct protest movement with a low-key demonstration in Beirut Sunday, while many stayed away amid grinding economic woes and deadly tensions over a port blast probe.
Savills says GCC real estate to benefit from global migration
The Middle East’s real estate sector may benefit from the return of global population movement to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.
Oman to continue with ban on commerce, movement
There will be no relief for citizens of Oman from the restrictions imposed by the government to halt the spread of the Covid infection in the country.
Oman eases Eid lockdown, some curbs to remain to halt Covid
The night-time closure of businesses and curbs on movement of people and vehicles will remain in place
