Egypt farmers fear rising social tensions over scarce water
For three decades, brothers Ramadan and Mamdouh Othman have grown summer crops of maize, olives and cucumbers on their Nile Delta land in Egypt’s northern governate of Fayoum. But,...
October 31, 2022
For three decades, brothers Ramadan and Mamdouh Othman have grown summer crops of maize, olives and cucumbers on their Nile Delta land in Egypt’s northern governate of Fayoum. But,...
October 31, 2022
Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis, on Monday, to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during his trip to the Gulf...
October 31, 2022
Israeli voters will cast their ballot on Tuesday in the country’s 5th legislative election in less than four years, Anadolu News Agency reports. Opinion polls suggest that no single...
October 31, 2022
Palestinian prisoner Sabea Al-Titi has entered the 14th day of his hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention in Israel, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission has revealed. According...
October 31, 2022
Scores of Palestinians staged a rally in Gaza City on Monday to show solidarity with female detainees in Israeli jails, Anadolu News Agency reports. Protesters waved banners during the...
October 31, 2022
Saudi Arabia’s first female professional tennis player won the J5 Isa Town tournament held in Bahrain yesterday. Yara Al-Haqbani beat her Russian opponent Tamara Ermakova in the final after...
October 31, 2022
The United Arab Emirates’ Energy Minister said, on Monday, that OPEC+ was always willing to balance crude oil markets if needed, and that if consumers require its help, the...
October 31, 2022
Iran has seized a foreign-flagged oil tanker in Gulf waters which was carrying 11 million litres of oil, Iranian authorities have said. According to Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province,...
October 31, 2022
Lebanon took delivery, on Monday, of its first vaccines to combat a worsening cholera outbreak – together with sharply worded criticism of the crisis-hit country’s crumbling public health infrastructure...
October 31, 2022
New Zealand, on Monday, announced to suspend its bilateral human rights dialogue with Iran after recent protests, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta,...