Al-Araby

Afghan insurgent group leader Ahmad Massoud on Friday urged the diaspora to unite to find a “political” solution to end Taliban rule, describing his appeal as the beginning of a “new phase”. Massoud, who heads the National Resistance Front (NRF), an ar…

The choreographer leading a Lebanese dance troupe that shot to fameby winning the ‘America’s Got Talent’ TV contest castigated Lebanese politicians and called for revolution upon landing back in Beirut Friday. Dozens of relatives offered the Mayyas tro…

Five separate banks were held up in Beirut on Friday as depositors attempted to repossess their money from a frozen financial system, three years into the crisis which has paralysed the country’s economy. Lebanon’s banks froze accounts in 2019 after th…

Lebanon’s parliament on Friday suspended talks on the 2022 budget after a walk-out by lawmakers sent attendance below quorum, further delaying efforts to complete requirements to access IMF funds to relieve its economic crisis. A group of parliamentari…

Germany’s national carrier Lufthansa has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, making the first airline globally to do so. The company published news on its official website and said it will…

Turkey’s coast guard says five people were found dead Friday after a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea. The boat, carrying 20 people, sank off the coast of western Izmir province early Friday, according to the coast guard statement. Fourteen people w…

Iran’s so-called morality police beat a young woman into a coma for not wearing her headscarf “properly”, according to reports. Mahsa Amini, 22, was visiting relatives with her family in the capital Tehran on Tuesday evening when she was stopped by off…

The Kyrgyzstan border service said on Friday that Tajikistan had opened fire on positions along their shared border, hours after an apparent ceasefire was agreed between the two sides. Earlier in the day on Friday, Kyrgyzstan said it had agreed a cease…

Justin Bieber has cancelled two of his upcoming concerts in Dubai and others in Asia due to health issues, to the disappointment of some fans. The singer revealed in June that he was suffering from facial paralysis after being diagnosed with Ramsay Hun…

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday that he plans to visit Bahrain “soon”, which normalised relations with Tel Aviv as part of the controversial so-called Abraham Accords in 2020. “I intend to visit Bahrain in the coming months as the guest…