Author: Wed, 2019-01-16 22:28 BAGHDAD: A much-anticipated football match between Iran and Iraq on Wednesday ended in an anticlimactic 0-0 draw. But in Baghdad, the Asian Cup clash proved fertile ground for Iraqi fans to poke fun at the crisis-ridden … read more
Tue, 2019-01-15 23:21 CAIRO: Egypt’s Al-Azhar University on Monday reversed an earlier decision to expel a student after she was filmed hugging a male friend. A video that went viral earlier this month shows a man bearing a bouquet of flowers, … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-01-15 22:58 KHARTOUM: Crowds of people chanting “Peace, justice, freedom” returned to the street in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday as authorities deployed hundreds of police to disperse them, witnesses said. They said police fired tear gas to … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-01-15 22:43 RAMALLAH: Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank joined a strike on Tuesday against their government’s proposed new social security law, fearing the fund will be mismanaged. Much of Ramallah, Hebron and other Palestinian cities remained … read more
Author: By EDITH M. LEDERER | AP ID: 1547579014260538600 Tue, 2019-01-15 (All day) UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took over as head of the key group of developing countries at the United Nations Tuesday with a promise to confront … read more