Author: Sun, 2020-09-27 08:20DUBAI: The Dubai government’s regular inspection activities as economic activities are further normalized, to ensure that businesses and individuals keep to coronavirus safety protocols, have resulted into fin...

Author: Sun, 2020-09-27 08:37DUBAI: Yemen’s information minister Muammar Al-Eryani has condemned the Houthi missile attack on a school in Marib.Several people were critically injured as the missile hit the school only minutes after stu...

Author: Sun, 2020-09-27 09:12DUBAI: Jordan reported its highest single-day coronavirus count since the pandemic began with 850 new cases on Saturday, up from 620 the previous day, with heath officials confirming most of them have been loc...

Author: APID: 1601189895457454000Sun, 2020-09-27 07:11RABAT: With air and sea borders closed for months and eight cities barring people from entering or leaving, Morocco has been pulling out the stops to stanch the spread of coronavirus....

Author: By JOSEPH KRAUSS | APID: 1601152914822664400Sat, 2020-09-26 19:24JERUSALEM: Israel will hold rare talks with Lebanon next month in an effort to resolve a longstanding maritime border dispute, an Israeli official said Saturday.Th...

Author: Sun, 2020-09-27 01:10TRIPOLI, NEW YORK: The UN has condemned clashes between two armed groups in a residential suburb of the Libyan capital and the use of heavy weapons.UNSMIL, the world body’s support mission in Libya, in a st...

Author: Sun, 2020-09-27 01:23KHARTOUM: Sudan does not want to link its removal from a US terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the country’s economy with a normalization of relations with Israel, Prime Minister Ab...

Author: Sun, 2020-09-27 01:29NICOSIA: Dissident Iranian singer Omid Tootian has for days been sleeping in a tent in the buffer zone of the world’s last divided capital, after being refused entry by the Republic of Cyprus.“I can’t go to...

Author: Associated PressID: 1601121195130138800Sat, 2020-09-26 11:25DUBAI: Iran and Iraq on Saturday pledged to improve border cooperation and boost trade between the two neighbours that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic."We...

Author: Zaynab KhojjiID: 1601139966001705900Sat, 2020-09-26 20:26CAIRO: Egypt has launched a campaign to promote nature reserves, raise environmental awareness and support ecotourism.The Ministry of Environment said the campaign was in...

Author: Associated PressID: 1601142364501851100Sat, 2020-09-26 17:43BEIRUT: A car bomb killed at least seven civilians in a Turkish-controlled area of northeastern Syria on Saturday, Syria’s state-run news agency and a war monitor reporte...

Author: ReutersID: 1601143346501931900Sat, 2020-09-26 18:00BEIRUT: The Lebanese security forces killed at least two militants during a heavy exchange of fire on Saturday with an armed group in northeast Lebanon, close to the Syrian border...

Author: Zaynab KhojjiID: 1601145169812055300Sat, 2020-09-26 21:53CAIRO: Lebanese authorities have handed over three of the accused in the case of the gang rape of a young woman in a hotel in Cairo, known as the Fairmont incident, to the E...

Author: Sat, 2020-09-26 08:58DUBAI: The UAE has been re-elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for another two-year period during the group’s annual general conference.The UAE recently activa...

Author: Sat, 2020-09-26 08:56DUBAI: Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said ending the Houthi militia’s coup was the main requirement to bring back peace and order in the country.“Following several hard-hitting years of the mili...

Author: Sat, 2020-09-26 09:45DUBAI: Dubai Economy fined 14 commercial establishments and issued warnings to five more due to non-compliance with coronavirus measures, state news agency WAM reported.The establishments activities were va...

Fri, 2020-09-25 22:00DUBAI: One of the most popular websites for monitoring activity relating to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus comes from this very region. Launched in March, coronameter.co is a free resource that attracts tens of thousands...

Fri, 2020-09-25 23:56LEBANON: As Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib continues his efforts to form a new government, on Friday he presented to President Michel Aoun a proposal for “distributing the ministries to various sects...

Author: Sat, 2020-09-26 02:03TAIZ: Lorries filled to the brim with goods labor up and down the dangerously winding and precipitous road of Hayjat Al-Abed, the mountainous lifeline to Yemen’s third largest city.Unlike all other routes li...

Author: AFPID: 1601044223913172500Fri, 2020-09-25 14:11UNITED NATIONS, New York: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international conference early next year to “launch a genuine peace process” while criticizing the rece...

Author: Associated PressID: 1601029717761833900Fri, 2020-09-25 10:26CAIRO: Over a dozen migrants trying to reach Europe drowned in the Mediterranean Sea when their small dinghy capsized off the coast of Libya, the United Nations reported...

Author: Fri, 2020-09-25 08:03DUBAI: A presidential decree mandating equal pay for men and women in the private sector took effect on Friday, state news agency WAM reported.The new law stated that “female employees shall receive wages e...

Author: Fri, 2020-09-25 09:15DUBAI: Yemen’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Hadhrami blamed the Houthi militia for the Safer oil tanker’s looming disaster as the militia continued to block the United Nation’s help to access the damage. Al-...

Author: AFPID: 1601016531060939600Fri, 2020-09-25 06:44ANKARA: Turkish authorities on Friday issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor, over pro-Kurdish protests six years ago, officials and local media said.The warrants relat...

Author: Fri, 2020-09-25 00:20BEIRUT: DNA tests were on Thursday being carried out on five bodies washed up on Lebanon’s northern coast.Examinations were expected to reveal if the dead were among the latest victims of a migrant boat trag...