Author: AFP ID: 1626277665160762200 Wed, 2021-07-14 10:53 BAGHDAD: Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has warned he will hold the Iraqi government responsible if it fails to take action over a devastating fire that killed at least 60 people in a … read more
Author: Wed, 2021-07-14 18:29 ISTANBUL: Istanbul has launched its bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. If approved, Turkey will become the first Muslim-majority nation to host the event. “To ensure that Istanbul gets its deserved place on the … read more
Wed, 2021-07-14 18:01 LONDON: The UAE’s ambassador to Israel opened his country’s embassy in Israel on Wednesday. Mohamed Al-Khaja inaugurated the diplomatic offices in Tel Aviv less than a year after the UAE became only the third Arab country to … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1626203759423867900 Tue, 2021-07-13 18:40 TUNIS: The speaker of Tunisia’s parliament and the leader of the Islamist Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, has contracted COVID-19, an adviser to Ghannouchi told Reuters on Tuesday. Ghannouchi, 80, is at home and … read more
Tue, 2021-07-13 22:00 JEDDAH: Grieving and angry Iraqis demanded justice on Tuesday after at least 92 people died when an explosion and fire ripped through a coronavirus hospital in the southern city of Nasiriyah. The fire in a temporary quarantine … read more