DUBAI: Seven children with chronic illnesses were given a day to remember on Thursday thanks to the “Joy of Eid” initiative launched by the Emirates Foundation and Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The youngsters and their families were treated to a day of fun at the Adrenark Adventure indoor park in Abu Dhabi, Emirates News Agency reported.

 

PARIS: Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, visited France for the first time as the agency’s chief.

During his two-day visit, Lazzarini met with high-level French government officials, as well as members of the National Assembly, the Senate, and civil society. 

JERUSALEM: Four Israelis suspected of committing violence against Palestinians last week in the occupied West Bank have been detained under a controversial security measure, a senior security official said Wednesday.
In a rare move, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued administrative arrest warrants against them, a measure usually reserved for Palestinians.
Administrative detention is a controversial measure under which suspects are held without charge or trial for renewable periods of up to six months.

WASHINGTON: After more than a decade of civil war, the devastating earthquakes in Syria this year inflicted further trauma on an already vulnerable population, experts said during a conference in the US on Wednesday.
Many Syrians are not only suffering the physical effects of the crises in their country but also severe mental repercussions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, that are taking a deep psychological toll on Syrian society as a whole and those in the northwest in particular.