A female journalist was told she could not conduct a post-match interview with members of the Iranian football team unless she covered her hair, according to the reporter on Friday. The request was made following Iran’s win over Uruguay in a pre-World …
Qatar: Ugandan worker celebrated for giving mosque sermon
A Ugandan petrol station worker in Qatar won the hearts of social media users after he stepped up to give the sermon during Friday prayers in perfect Arabic. The man, wearing his work overalls, took the place of the imam who was late for a religious se…
Arab fighters could be working to suppress Iran protests
Fighters from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria could be working with Iran to “wipe out rioters from the streets of Tehran” amid widespread protests over Mahsa Amini’s death. Amini, 22, had been detained by morality police who objected to how she was wearing her…
Iran Guards strike Iraqi Kurds amid Mahsa Amini protests
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards on Monday unleashed a wave of drone strikes and artillery, targeting what Tehran says are bases of Iranian Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, a semiofficial news agency reported. It was the second such cross-bord…
Death toll from boat capsize in Bangladesh rises to 41
Rescuers recovered 17 more bodies on Monday from a boat that capsized while carrying about 100 Hindu pilgrims in northern Bangladesh, raising the confirmed death toll to 41, police and news reports said. Scores of people remained missing from the accid…
Calls for Arab teams to show Palestine support at World Cup
Activists online have taken to social media to call for Arab teams participating in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to display solidarity with Palestine. The call comes as European football team captains announced that they will wear armbands in support of…
The race for Lebanon’s next president
The new parliament formed in May is preparing to elect the next president of the Lebanese Republic, who will be in charge for the next six years. President Michel Aoun is expected to leave office by 31st October, and the election of a new president rep…
Lebanon retirees scuffle with police; banks partially reopen
Lebanese army retirees scuffled with police as they briefly broke through a cordon leading to Parliament in downtown Beirut during a rally Monday over their decimated monthly pay amid the country’s economic meltdown. Riot police managed to push the cro…
Israel places remote-controlled weapon at Hebron checkpoint
Israeli forces recently placed a remotely controlled weapons system at a checkpoint in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The device has caused anxiety to Palestinians living on Shuhada Street, a location where many e…
Freed Moroccan prisoner of war in Donetsk returns home
Brahim Saadoun, a Moroccan student who was sentenced to death by a court in pro-Russia Donetsk, has returned home to Casablanca after Saudi Arabia’s intervention to free him. On Saturday night, Brahim landed at the airport of Mohammed VI in Casablanca …