The Sultanate of Oman welcomed more than 3.5 million tourists in 2019, which reflected an 8.14 per cent increase as compared to the number of visits registered in 2018. ( read original story ...)
Families selling old shoes and no meat for the army: Lebanon’s whirlpool of economic disaster
When the person in charge of the money decides to walk out it’s normally a sure sign whoever they work for is in deep trouble. And when Alain Bifani, head of Lebanon’s finance ministry, resigned this ... ( read original story ...)
Video of three men sexually assaulting Syrian boy causes outrage in Lebanon
A video of three men sexually abusing a boy in Lebanon has gone viral on social media and caused outrage. Photo for illustrative purposes only. Image Credit: Agency Abu Dhabi: A video of three men ... ( read original story ...)
Grazing disputes in Kyrgyzstan reveal pasture access concerns for herders
In early June, livestock herders from two neighboring districts in Kyrgyzstan's Naryn oblast, or administrative region, clashed over disagreements regarding pasture access. Grazing disputes are not ... ( read original story ...)
FM highlights Azerbaijan’s role in global fight against COVID-19
By Ayya Lmahamad Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has called for solidarity and cooperation among the international community amid COVID-19 in the speech where he also stressed ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan, Int’l Renewable Energy Agency agree on joint projects on renewables
By Akbar Mammadov Azerbaijan's Energy Ministry and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have agreed to implement joint projects on the development of the country's bioenergy map, the ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Italy Seizes Drugs From Syria Worth One Billion Euros
The drug, in the form of around 84 million Captagon tablets hidden inside industrial goods within containers, was worth about one billion euros ($1.12 billion), and intended to be sold on the European ... ( read original story ...)
India Committed Towards Strengthening Ties With Nepal: Centre
India's assertion comes days after Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli made critical remarks aimed at India, further straining bilateral relations already impacted over the map issue. ( read original story ...)
Russia denies supplying weapons to Afghanistan’s Taliban
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Moscow has never delivered weapons to the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, countering U.S. allegations ... ( read original story ...)
Taliban’s use of US weapons muddled two death inquiries in Afghanistan
A call came to a tip line alleging that an individual who killed two Americans recently was released from the hospital, ... ( read original story ...)