Author: Shounaz Mekky ID: 1551636163855220200 Sun, 2019-03-03 21:02 CAIRO: The grand imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Institution, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, has sparked a debate on social media with comments on polygamy, saying it can be an “injustice for women and children.” … read more
Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1551632954154975200 Sun, 2019-03-03 20:09 ABU DHABI: A high-profile meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has pledged its commitment to establishing an independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Delegates … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1551622583923979800 Sun, 2019-03-03 13:31 CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld a five-year prison sentence for the country’s former anti-corruption chief, found guilty of insulting the military, legal sources said. A military court rejected Hisham Geneina’s appeal … read more
Author: Sat, 2019-03-02 22:52 DEIR EZZOR, Syria: Hareth Najem fled Daesh’s last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan’s family had died two years earlier in airstrikes across the border in Al-Qaim region. “I had two brothers … read more
Sat, 2019-03-02 22:47 NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: Kurdish-led forces battled militants defending their last village on Saturday as the operation to flush out Daesh from eastern Syria resumed after days of humanitarian evacuations. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pushed into … read more