As of Wednesday to deliver a million liters of fuel to Gaza, a Palestinian official said, in an attempt to ease the Palestinian enclave’s desperate power crisis. Most of the fuel trucks will pass through the Rafah border and will be routed to the territory’s only power station. The power
Radical militants stormed a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours away from a city where other militiamen were fighting a month-long war, authorities said. “As of now they are in the school holding the civilians. They are using them as huma
The Muslim World League congratulated Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz as crown prince and Deputy Premier, the Saudi state-owned news agency said on Wednesday. A royal decree issued earlier that day had announced Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s appointed as the country&
Miami, London- With the ocean in the background, Miami’s 60-floor Porsche Design Tower has glass-enclosed elevators that bring sports cars up to the plush homes of their owners. Property developer Gil Dezer owns 29 cars. And he plans to admire some of them from his couch in a swank Miami high-
London – Chronic lower back pain is equally likely to improve with yoga classes as with physical therapy, according to a new study. Twelve weeks of yoga lessened pain and improved function in people with low back pain as much as physical therapy sessions over the same period. “Both yoga
New York- This two-story, stone-and-stucco house is in the established Elbow Park neighborhood of Calgary, the largest city in Alberta Province, Canada, with a population of 1.4 million. A short drive from downtown, it sits on more than a quarter of an acre, at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac near the
London – It rains on a ticker-tape parade to remind England’s Under-20s that it will be easier to conquer the world than the obstacles that litter their path to regular Premier League football but they can take comfort from the roots of their triumph in South Korea. Sunday’s World Cup success,
London- Iranian Lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who won the Noble Peace Prize in 2003, warned against using the two attacks on Tehran as an “excuse to suppress ethnic diversity and silence civil society activists” in Iran. Meanwhile, Iranian MP Nader Ghazipour announced Tuesday the arrest of 40 sus
Beijing- The number of rich people in China has risen nearly nine times in a decade, a private survey released on Tuesday showed, as strong growth in the world’s second-largest economy spurred wealth creation. Chinese with at least 10 million yuan (US$1.47 million) of investable assets hit 1.6 milli
It was a big day for free speech at the US Supreme Court. In two consequential decisions, the justices set the terms for the First Amendment in the era of Donald Trump and the internet. In one, the court struck a blow against political correctness, saying the Patent and Trademark Office could not re
Rabat – A group of Moroccan deputies from both majority and opposition blocs have called on the government on Tuesday to speed up the implementation of measures aimed at reducing social disparities in the different Moroccan regions, by guaranteeing equal access to developmental programs. Several are
Aden- Yemen’s General People’s Congress a predominantly nationalist bloc backing the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh have been increasingly holding conferences and meetings in insurgency-held areas without their coup ally, Iran-allied Houthis. The upsurge in social activity started coincid
Ramallah- For the second time in two days, Israel has reduced the amount of electricity it is providing to the Gaza Strip by additional 12 MW, in compliance with a request from the Palestinian Authority to reach 20 MW less. This move would exacerbate the crisis of which Israel is part of in addition
The Saudi stock market is up over 4 percent after King Salman made his 31-year-old son his successor on Wednesday. The Saudi Tadawul index saw a huge boost by news that some benefits for civil servants were being restored. The Tadawul also cleared a major hurdle from the global stock benchmark provi
Cairo- The Egyptian Air Forces launched on Monday an air strike that targeted a gathering of leading figures from the ISIS-affiliated group ‘Sinai Province’ in North Sinai. Egypt’s security forces killed 15 militants, 12 of them in airstrikes in the restive Sinai peninsula and three in the coastal c
Cologne, Germany- The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology will present latest techniques to measure Methane emissions through laser in the international expo “Laser World of Photonics 2017” which will be held on June 26-29 in Munich. Fraunhofer’s scientists expect this technique to approach th
Dubai- Low on funds to support millions of refugees scattered across the Middle East, the United Nations initiated a program allowing Muslims to make donations from the alms they typically pay state bodies for the benefit of the poor. The UN High Commission for Refugees said it had obtained religiou
London- Along the lettuce and onion fields in Puebla State in central Mexico, a different kind of thieves who steel fuel dominate the area. Locally, they are known as “huachicoleros”. In line with these activities, a local popular culture merged with the “narcocorrido” music emerged to tell about th
Tel Aviv- Military sources in Tel Aviv confirmed on Tuesday that Iran’s ballistic missile strike against ISIS militants late on Sunday has failed, and that the majority of those missiles missed their targets. The sources said that a salvo of ballistic missiles fired from Iran against ISIS positions
Riyadh- A joint Saudi-Iraqi statement announced on Tuesday that both countries have agreed to establish a coordinative council in a move to upgrade strategic ties. Cooperation is expected to encompass a broad selection of domains, whether it is politics, security, economics, commerce, investment, to
