Qatar prepares for busy cruise tourism season
With less than three months to go before cruise season officially kicks off, Qatar is getting ready to welcome thousands of new visitors to its…
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Kerry hopes to reveal cooperation plan with Russia on Syria in August
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he hoped to announce in early August details of a U.S. plan for closer military cooperation…
Can antiquities save Egypt?
Cairo – “The exhibition is incredibly successful with high turnout, and we study holding it in different museums inside and outside Egypt,” said Dorwis Hana,…
Syrians in Lebanon hit by arrests, curfews and hostility after bombings
Suicide bombings in Lebanon last month have prompted mass arrests, curfews and reported vigilante-style attacks directed at the large Syrian refugee population, leaving many Syrians…
Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm
Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000…
Cheap and easy access to doping ‘attracting drug tourists’ to Dubai
DUBAI // Performance-enhancing drugs are widely and cheaply available in Dubai despite being banned, leading the emirate to attract “drug tourists”, former Olympic athletes living…
Syria civil war: Air strikes hit Aleppo hospitals
Syrian government air strikes have put four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Aleppo out of action in the past 24 hours, according to…
Israel, the UN’s Sixth Committee and international law
Perhaps, in yet another demonstration of the increasing impotence of the United Nations, Israel recently took over the chairmanship of the General Assembly’s Sixth Committee….
Kuwait set to award $27B contracts this year
Kuwait’s projects market continued to expand in the second quarter of this year in spite of the low oil prices and the state is expected…
Turkey investigates those who say coup attempt was hoax
Turkish prosecutors are investigating people who have alleged on social media that a July 15 coup attempt was a hoax carried out by the government,…