Amman, Damascus- The UN children’s agency has received reports that a UNICEF-supported vaccine cold room in al-Mayadin district has been destroyed in ongoing violence in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor, with at least 140,000 doses of vaccines lost. The report, which UNICEF regional director Geert C
Paris, London – Italy’s Gucci will stop using fur in its designs from next year, joining a growing number of fashion houses looking at alternatives after coming under pressure from animal rights activists and changing consumer tastes, Reuters reported. Gucci, part of Paris-based luxury group K
Baghdad, Irbil — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stressed on Thursday that his government would not wage a war against the Kurds, but his comments failed to eliminate worries among the Kurdistan Region residents of a possible movement of the federal forces towards the disputed areas between Bag
United Nations- UN investigators will this week travel to the Shayrat air base in Syria that the United States and its allies say was used to launch the sarin gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province last April. The team from the joint UN-OPCW probe, known as the JIM, left Monday [
Moscow- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has given assurances that Washington’s only goal in Syria is fighting ISIS, the TASS news agency cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Thursday. Lavrov said he had last had a telephone conversation with Tillerson on Oct. 9, the ag
The United States is withdrawing from the United Nation’s world heritage body UNESCO, effective Dec. 31, the US State Department said in a statement on Thursday citing “continuing anti-Israel bias” and “mounting arrears”. “This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects US concerns with mounting a
A new British study entitles “Smile — it might save your life” has found that people who are in a happy mood on the day of their annual flu jab develop stronger antibody defenses than patients who merely feel so-so. What’s more, they only have to feel happy on the day they received the vaccination [
London- All athletes need to be fitted with microchips to stop drug cheats and protect clean sport, according to a leading representative of international sports people. Mike Miller, the chief executive of the World Olympians Association (WOA) and chairman of the Association of Football Agents ̵
Beijing- China’s Communist Party opened a meeting on Wednesday to make final preparations for the 19th National Congress that begins on Oct 18, state media said. During the congress, President Xi Jinping is expected to be re-elected as the party’s leader. The seventh plenary session of the par
Turkish and US authorities decided to meet to settle the strategic emergency between the two NATO partners, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday. The spat erupted last week when Turkey arrested a Turkish employee of the American consulate on suspicion of links to the group blamed for
London- British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson met on Thursday with the head of Iran’s nuclear agency, Ali Akhbar Salehi, after UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump discussed during a phone conversation Tehran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Johnson held talks with
Riyadh- In a speech at the Saudi Investment Forum hosted by J.P. Morgan in New York on Tuesday, Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan lauded the Kingdom’s economic policy and its pivotal role in achieving the Saudi Vision 2030 in the light of the remarkable transformation witnessed by the Kingdom.
Washington- The US Supreme Court has refused an appeal bid by one of Guantanamo’s most famous detainees, backing the legitimacy of the special military courts in place at the US naval base in Cuba. Agence France Presse said Tuesday that the decision confirms the life sentence handed to Ali Ham
Riyadh- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz personally donated on Wednesday SAR 6 million to charity organizations in Madinah region. Coming out of the Crown Prince’s account, the donation was provided within the project of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz for supporting cha
Damascus- Once again, fires are swallowing up archaeological sites in Old Damascus amidst authorities’ discretion towards the real causes and with accusation against Iran of causing the fires to seize the region, with the complicity of the regime. The last fire, believed not to be the least, flared
Geneva- A new international study has warned that childhood obesity has soared across the world and continues to do so in low- and middle-income countries, including the Arab world. The study led by Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) said that obesity rates in children a
Baghdad, Irbil – The Iraqi judiciary decided Wednesday to prosecute the Kurdish officials responsible for organizing the independence referendum on September 25. Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdel Sattar Bayraqdar said the judiciary ordered the arrest of the chairman of the vote’s organi
Kabul, Peshawar – At least eight Taliban militants have been killed in a US air strike in eastern Afghanistan, an Afghan news agency reported. The air strike came as Reuters said that representatives of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States will meet in the Sultanate of Oman next
Beirut- The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc warned against the campaign launched by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, stressing that such policy would “damage the interests of Lebanon, and distort relations with Arab brothers, especially in the
London- The Arab Federation for Human Rights and the Arab Organization for Human Rights in the UK and Europe have condemned a recent threat made by a Qatari professor to use chemical weapons against Qatari citizens if they acted against the Doha regime. Mohammed Saleh al-Misfer, a political science
