The UN climate summit, COP27, opens in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt today amid growing calls for rich countries to compensate poorer nations most vulnerable to climate change. Much of the tension surrounding COP27 is expected to relate to loss and damage – c…
COP27 to start in Egypt amid calls for climate compensation
The UN climate summit, COP27, opens in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Sunday amid growing calls for rich countries to compensate poorer nations most vulnerable to climate change. Much of the tension surrounding COP27 is expected to relate to loss and damage…
Biden, Obama, Trump target key state in midterms countdown
President Joe Biden, Democratic superstar Barack Obama and Republican firebrand Donald Trump all converged Saturday on Pennsylvania to push their parties to the finishing line in a race Biden said marks a “defining” moment for US democracy. The battle …
Algeria president rejects Moroccan invitation to visit Rabat
Algerian President Abdelmedjid Tebboune has refused a Moroccan invitation to visit Rabat, amid continued tensions between the two countries, The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has reported. Algerian authorities said that the …
Qatar’s sporting landscape grows as country hosts World Cup
Qatar is gearing up to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup this month – but soccer isn’t the only sport played in the Gulf Arab country. From traditional pursuits to worldwide team competitions, Qatar has increasingly marketed itself as a host country for spo…
Man shot dead following attack on Egypt police car
Egyptian police shot and killed a man who threw Molotov cocktails at a police car on Saturday in the country’s central Giza governorate. Video captured by an eyewitness shows the man throwing the projectiles at a police vehicle outside the Al-Munira Al…
Scores of Syrian refugees head home from crisis-hit Lebanon
Scores of Syrian refugees headed home Saturday from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the “voluntary r…
Sweden to distance itself from Kurdish groups – Swedish FM
Sweden’s new government will distance itself from the Kurdish YPG militia as it tries to win Turkey’s approval to join NATO, Sweden’s foreign minister told Swedish Radio on Saturday. The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its political branch PYD are consi…
‘No choice’ but cholera water for Lebanon’s poor
Marwa Khaled’s teenage son was hospitalised with cholera after drinking polluted water in Lebanon’s impoverished north — yet she still buys the same contaminated water, the only kind she can afford. “People know (the water is contaminated), but they d…
More than 80 Rohingya detained in Myanmar trying to flee
More than 80 Rohingya people seeking to travel by boat to Malaysia have been detained in Myanmar’s southeast after traffickers abandoned them, a security source told AFP on Saturday. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state are widely regard…