Author: AFP ID: 1610220470254293800 Sat, 2021-01-09 16:16 ALGIERS: Two former Algerian prime ministers went on trial again Saturday on appeal for corruption, the official APS news agency said, after the supreme court annulled their earlier convictions. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-01-09 22:25 BEIRUT: A senior Lebanese health official broke down in tears while describing how stricken coronavirus patients had begged him for a vacant hospital bed so that they would not die at home in front of their … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-01-09 01:16 TUNIS: Tunisia has arrested a suspected branch leader of Al-Qaeda in North Africa, along with several others suspected of planning “terrorist” attacks, a judicial spokesman said on Friday. “Two dangerous wanted individuals, one of whom is … read more
Author: Sat, 2021-01-09 01:08 BAGHDAD: Languishing in a tent in northern Iraq, Nour yearns to return home but can’t because she is accused of supporting jihadists — an allegation she insists has been designed to obscure a land dispute. The … read more
Fri, 2021-01-08 22:44 BEIRUT: Lebanese women have long fought against gender discrimination in the system. While activists have made great strides this year in terms of political and social awareness, national legal protections from domestic violence and sexual assault remain … read more