Tue, 2020-10-27 00:49 CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir has discussed plans with Sudanese counterpart Hashem bin Auf to build a cross-border railway network between the two neighboring countries. The pair discussed terms of a joint cooperation document for railway … read more
Tue, 2020-10-27 00:44 BEIRUT: Coronavirus lockdowns are fueling an increase in sexual extortion crimes in Lebanon, according to a security official. Figures from the Lebanese Internal Security Forces showed that such crimes had risen significantly in recent months. Authorities received 47 … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-10-27 00:06 DUBAI: Hospitals in many Iranian provinces are running out of capacity to handle COVID-19 cases, health authorities say, with novel coronavirus now killing around 300 people a day or one person every five minutes. Authorities have complained … read more
Tue, 2020-10-27 00:01 BEIRUT: In the wake of the uprisings that shook the Arab world starting in 2011, political unrest and economic hardship across the Middle East and North Africa have left many clamoring to leave the region in search … read more
Mon, 2020-10-26 23:45 NEW YORK: In just a couple of weeks, Americans will cast their ballots against a backdrop of civil unrest, racial tensions, political polarization and an economy crumbling under the stress of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak. In … read more