A Palestinian farmer who was released by Israel after staging a hunger strike in prison was welcomed in his home town of Silat Al-Dhahr, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Maher Al ... ( read original story ...)
Oman-India ticket prices increase substantially
National airlines Oman Air, Salam Air, Air India, Air India Express allowed to operate Dubai: Air ticket prices from Oman to most major destinations in India have increased substantially ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon parliament calls for unhindered public sector audit
Lebanon's parliament voted Friday in favour of a sweeping financial audit of state institutions, a week after a consultancy firm terminated its contract to audit the central bank over missing data. ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan: Zere returns with new plea for action on women’s rights
Zere Asylbek, a singer in Kyrgyzstan whose viral 2018 hit was an appeal for women to be respected, has returned with a new song against gender-based violence ... ( read original story ...)
Top Iranian officials blame Israel for nuclear mastermind’s killing, vow revenge
Zarif blasts 'terrorist cowardice' in Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's killing; army chief, senior adviser to Khamenei promise retaliation: 'We will make them regret their actions!' ... ( read original story ...)
Flashback: John Kerry says there will be no ‘peace between Israel and the Arab world’
Former State Secretary John Kerry said in 2016 that there would be no separate peace between Israel and the Arab world without Palestinian peace. ( read original story ...)
Travel agents in Mideast, Africa say UAE is blocking visas
Travel agencies in countries across the Middle East and Africa say the United Arab Emirates has temporarily halted issuing new visas to their citizens, a ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia: treason trials the latest in the country’s slide to autocracy
If you are simply going on the number of political trials in Cambodia at the moment, the country would seem to be politically unstable – a hotbed of unrest. Hundreds of people are on trial for ... ( read original story ...)
Germany’s General Deportation Stop to Syria Ought Not to Apply to Criminals – Interior Minister
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to exclude criminal offenders from Syria from a general stop of deportations that applies to the war torn country, a spokeswoman for the ministry said on ... ( read original story ...)
Shringla inaugurates three schools built under Indian assistance in Nepal’s Gorkha district
The Ministry of External Affairs also tweeted a video of the school inauguration event Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday inaugurated three schools built under Indian assistance in ... ( read original story ...)