Festival for Asian communities dazzles audiences in Jeddah

RIYADH: Team Everlast, a group of three female dancers, advanced to the finals of the K-pop World Festival after their performance at the Warehouse in Jax district on Saturday. The South Korean Embassy, ​​in cooperation with the Saudi Entertainment Academy, hosted the first final of the festival. “I think it's a very meaningful and important … Read more

Project Masam clears 670 Houthi mines in Yemen

RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia's Masam project removed 670 explosive devices from various areas of Yemen last week. According to a recent report, the total included five anti-personnel mines, 47 anti-tank mines, 570 unexploded ordnance and 21 explosive devices. Ousama Al-Gosaibi, executive director of the initiative, said a total of 453,968 mines have been removed … Read more

8 killed in Bangladesh anti-government protests: police, doctors

DHAKA: Clashes between Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and pro-government supporters killed at least eight people on Sunday, including knife wounds and gunshot wounds, police and medics said. Three were killed in the northern Pabna district, two in the northern Rangpur district, two in the Munshiganj district of the capital Dhaka and … Read more

Instagram blocked in Turkiye for third day

How Social Media Sites Failed to Avoid Censorship, Limit Hate Speech and Disinformation During the Gaza War LONDON: Tech giant Meta recently announced that, in an effort to curb anti-Semitism on its platforms, it will begin removing social media posts that use the term “Zionist” in contexts that refer to Jews and Israelis rather than … Read more