Sat, 2021-01-16 04:12 NEW YORK: Security Council members on Friday approved the appointment of veteran Slovak diplomat Jan Kubis as the UN’s special envoy to Libya. It came as UN officials said significant progress has been made in Geneva this … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-01-16 02:07 KHARTOUM: As Sudan’s transitional government shifts the nation from the Islamist rule of ousted strongman Omar Bashir, a new schoolbook has sparked controversy for reproducing Michelangelo’s iconic “Creation of Adam.” Khartoum’s government has embarked on deeply … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-01-16 02:03 GAZA CITY: With a chainsaw in his car, Ahmed Abdelal tours the Gaza Strip, asking around for people wanting to cut down trees, regrow orchards or make way for construction. One of the few remaining woodcutters … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-01-16 00:44 DUBAI: The UAE recorded 3,407 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the fourth day in a row that the daily total has hit a new high. An additional seven people have died of virus-related causes. Officials … read more
Fri, 2021-01-15 23:42 DUBAI: Art is cross-cultural in form, function and meaning. But since the coronavirus pandemic struck, fairs, exhibition spaces, concert halls, museums and performing arts centers across the world have been forced to close their doors and cancel … read more