Increasing water shortages in Lebanon has made informal water reuse become a common practice. In the dry summer months, reusing treated (or untreated) wastewater has helped farmers compensate for their irrigation needs and alleviate pressure on freshwa…
UAE ‘bans entry’ to all Nigerian citizens: reports
The UAE has reportedly banned Nigerian citizens from entering the country, according to trading partners. Immigration authorities in Dubai announced on Friday that newvisa applications for Nigerian citizens will be rejected and current applications wil…
British MP: ‘Inshallah’ UK will see stability under Sunak
A video of UK Conservative MP Bob Seely saying “Inshallah” in response to a question about the future of Britain has baffled social media users. Broadcast on Sky News, Seely can be heard telling the interviewer that he hopes the drama of the past few m…
The geopolitical impact of Iran’s role in the Ukraine war
In the weeks that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there was widespread reporting that Moscow would soon employ thousands of Syrian soldiers on the Ukrainian battlefield. Others pointed to China’s potential to provide signific…
Lebanon parliament fails to elect new president for 4th time
Lebanon’s parliament failed on Monday for a fourth time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, with lawmakers divided over a candidate opposed by the powerful Hezbollah movement. Already governed by a caretaker cabinet, crisis-hit Lebanon is hu…
Kurds collide over four ministries in Iraq’s new gov’t
As Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shia al-Sudani accelerates his efforts to present the names of his cabinet to the parliament soon, Iraqi Kurds have yet to settle their differences over four ministries’ posts. Abdul Latif Rashid, the Iraq pr…
Russian invasion ‘ended Covid’: Egyptian Christian cleric
Egypt’s Coptic Metropolitan of Monofia sparked outrage by saying Putin’s war on Ukraine saved humanity by ending the coronavirus pandemic, which he falsely claimed was created in a Ukrainian laboratory. Anba Benjamin was asked by a journalist for his v…
Israel carries out rare daylight Syria strikes near Damascus
Israel hit targets close to the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, injuring one soldier, the Syrian regime’s defence ministry said, in rare daylight strikes. “The Israeli enemy carried out airstrikes from the north of the occupied Palestinian territori…
Prominent Egyptian activist Ziad El-Elaimy to be released
Prominent Egyptian activist, former MP and politician Ziad El-Elaimy received Monday a presidential pardon and is expected to be released from prison within hours amid intensifying international pressure ahead of UN climate change conference COP27 due …
Iran opens consulate in Armenia, close to Azerbaijan border
Iran has opened a consulate in the Armenian city of Kapan, close to the troubled Azeri border in a sign of growing ties between the two countries. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian opened the consulate general in the southern province of Sy…