Hundreds protest for climate action at UN summit

Hundreds of activists called on industrialised nations to pay for the impact of climate change and to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on Saturday in the largest protest yet at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt. Protests hav…

At least 19 dead in tragic Egyptian minibus accident

At least 19 people were killed and six injured Saturday when the minibus they were travelling in overturned in northern Egypt’s Nile Delta near a canal, the Egyptian health ministry has said. The minibus tumbled into a ditch in Dakahlia province around…

A thirsty COP27 climate summit plagued by glitches

Wheelchair struggles, scarce drinking water, $15 sandwiches and hotel price-gouging at the COP27 climate summit have sparked anger and forced host country Egypt into damage-control mode, participants at the two-week meet said. Organising a UN climate c…

US Muslim organisations see bright future for candidates

Looking at the long-term prospects of political leaders in their community, organisers with Muslim groups see a bright future for Muslim candidates. While this year’s midterms didn’t see the slew of wins for Muslims that the previous two elections did,…

With Russia distracted, Erdogan courts Central Asia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged post-Soviet countries in resource-rich Central Asia to ramp up ties with Ankara as he sought to take advantage of a weakening Moscow bogged down in Ukraine. “We are going through a fragile period t…