Bahrain Economy Set For Further Slump Following Renewed Political Clampdown
On June 14, a court in Bahrain ordered the main opposition party Al Wefaq to be closed and its funds seized, following a request by…
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Sanda of time, 1910: Difficult living conditions in ancient Egypt – In photos
The city of Meroë lay undiscovered for two millennia before British archaeologist John Garstang excavated it in the early 20th century – and created some…
Tourist girl from Holland fined $800 and deported from Qatar
Qatar is to deport a Dutch woman who was convicted of adultery on Monday and given a one-year suspended sentence after she reported being raped…
Abdulrahman al-Rashed: “The Saudi-Iranian struggle in Iraq”
What is happening today in Iraq and Syria is due to decades of conflict between two major axes, Iran and the Arabs. It began with…
Qatar businessman renews calls for resumption of agriculture city
In the latest push to increase home-grown food production in Qatar, the country’s business sector has reportedly again called for the establishment of a new “agriculture city”. Mohammed…
Over 95% of water in Gaza Strip unfit for drinking
Some 95 per cent of water in the Gaza Strip is “unfit for human use”, the EU warned yesterday. Speaking at the inauguration of the…
Who will stop funding Israel’s occupation?
Occupied West Bank – “Do not let the occupation make your iftar”, reads a poster from the latest boycott campaign launched across the occupied West…
600 journalists were arrested since 2009 – Media arrests in Iran
Some 600 journalists have been arrested in Iran since the controversial 2009 presidential election, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee…
Making a living on Syria’s refugee trail
Mourhaf Lababidy is busy making falafels with his sauce made of yogurt, flour and lemon juice. It’s homemade, straight from his tent at this petrol…
Dubai will have the world’s tallest beauty – 360 degrees view
10 decks, auto façade cleaning, wind doors The oval-shaped bud atop the 928-metre The Tower, the centrepiece of six-square-kilometre Dubai Creek Harbour development, will house…