Lebanon: Syrian refugees squeezed out of livelihoods
Omar first came to Lebanon from Syria’s Idlib province as a teenager 25 years ago, eventually climbing the economic ladder from driving a taxi and…
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Porn star as Dubai brand ambassador
Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has been picked as brand ambassador for Dubai-based smartphone brand XTouch. Farhad Khan, vice-president for commercial at XTouch, told Gulf News…
Riyadh: Woman being tortured by Saudi family rescued, arrives home
The woman arrived at the Mumbai airport early on and was escorted to Ahmedabad by the officials of the Women Crime Branch. A 45-year-old woman,…
Russian couple climbed Dubai skyscraper – Video
The latest stunt is by Russian Dmitry Chernysh and his girlfriend, who made it to the very top of Millennium Tower in Dubai Marina. Not…
Lebanese journalist to Israel: Kill Nasrallah
A Lebanese TV news anchor drew the ire of the Hezbollah terrorist organization over the weekend, after she tweeted that Israel ought to carry out…
Erdogan says that imprisoned German journalist is a terror agent
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has accused a jailed Turkish-German journalist of being a terrorist agent, comments which are likely to cause further unease in Berlin…
Twitter: Saudi cleric was banned
A Saudi Islamic leader with more than two million Twitter followers has been banned from using the social media platform by a court which convicted…
Mosul: Iraqi forces seize ground in Old City
An operation began on February 19 to retake Mosul’s west, the last major Islamic State group urban bastion in the country, which includes the Old…
UN official quits over ‘apartheid’ Israel
UN chief Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of the head of the UN West Asia commission after he asked her to remove from the…
London: Teens accused of plotting to join Daesh in Syria go to trial
Four teenagers accused of planning to travel to Syria to join Islamic State will face trial in the summer. Ahmedeltigani Alsyed, 19, along with two…