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Lights out in Pakistan as energy-saving move backfires

Monday 23-01-2023 01:32 PM

Much of Pakistan was left without power for several hours on Monday morning as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The outage spread panic and raised questions about the ...

Canada to repatriate British-born 'Jihadi Jack' from Islamic State prison camp

Sunday 22-01-2023 05:12 PM

Canada will repatriate the British-born Isil member known as "Jihadi Jack" along with 22 other citizens held in Islamic State prison camps in north-east Syria. Muslim convert Jack Letts, 28, ...

Pressure Builds on Germany to Approve Tanks for Ukraine

Sunday 22-01-2023 04:38 PM

Pressure mounted on Germany to approve the transfer of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, a day after Western allies meeting at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany failed to reach an ...

Pakistan Strengthens Already Harsh Laws Against Blasphemy

Sunday 22-01-2023 04:24 PM

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which can already mean death for those deemed to have insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad, can now also be used to punish anyone convicted of insulting people who ...

Iran to rule on release of film-maker Jafar Panahi

Sunday 22-01-2023 04:03 PM

Iran’s judiciary is to rule on whether to release the film-maker Jafar Panahi on bail after his conviction was overturned by the supreme court, his lawyer said. Panahi, 62, who has won a ...

Building collapse in Syrian city of Aleppo leaves 16 dead

Sunday 22-01-2023 03:44 PM

A building collapsed in a neighborhood in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo early Sunday, killing at least 16 people, including one child, and injuring four others, state media reported. The ...

Relentless Emirati efforts to restore security and stability to Syria

Sunday 22-01-2023 03:22 PM

Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed went on Wednesday, January 4, to the Syrian capital, Damascus, on his second visit, where he met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and they ...

Intense international movement on impact of Libyan crisis: Is consensus coming soon?

Sunday 22-01-2023 03:08 PM

An intense international movement has been taking place in the Libyan arena, especially after the recent agreement announced by the heads of the House of Representatives and the High Council of ...

Iraq Economy Reels as U.S. Moves Against Money Flows to Iran

Friday 20-01-2023 04:27 PM

Iraqis are blaming an unexpected culprit for a weakening currency that has caused the price of food and imported goods to rise: a little-noticed policy change by the U.S. Treasury and the Federal ...

US military: US, Syrian Kurdish forces detain IS militant

Friday 20-01-2023 04:10 PM

American and Syrian Kurdish forces detained a militant from the Islamic State group following a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement Thursday. IS ...

Trio of suicide drones strike US base in Syria, wounding 2

Friday 20-01-2023 04:04 PM

Three suicide drones attacked a U.S. base in eastern Syria on Friday, wounding two Syrian opposition fighters, the U.S. military said. No Americans were hurt in the attack. It was not clear ...

Germany’s Standoff Over Tanks for Ukraine Overshadows West’s Arms-Deal Meeting

Friday 20-01-2023 03:59 PM

Western defense chiefs are set to gather Friday for a critical meeting designed to showcase a major new arms package for Ukraine that has been overshadowed by an escalating dispute over whether ...

Economist and thinker Abu Ghazaleh: Egypt capable of meeting challenge

Friday 20-01-2023 03:31 PM

Investment opportunities available here are strong Digital transformation is important for building and advancing states Dr Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is a thinker and an economist. He is the ...

European Support Grows for Sanctioning Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Friday 20-01-2023 01:36 PM

The European Parliament on Thursday urged member states to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, in a sign of growing support for new measures against Tehran ...

Putin’s Russian cyberattacks could target UK’s infrastructure

Thursday 19-01-2023 03:23 PM

President Putin is tasking his army of hackers with targeting British critical infrastructure, deploying tactics tested in Ukraine, defence sources have warned. Kyiv has been hit by waves of ...