In Afghanistan, thousands of classrooms are empty due to the Taliban's ban on girls' education KABUL: Before the Taliban suspended girls' secondary education, some of Salma's friends attended her school in Kabul with their older sisters. But after the ban was imposed almost three years ago, they stopped attending classes altogether. “They didn't want to … Read more
LONDON: On Oct. 6 last year, the prospect of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via the two-state solution seemed as far from becoming a reality as ever. Yet in the wake of the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, and Israel’s retaliation in Gaza, new life has been breathed into the concept. Indeed, such has been the … Read more
How have post-Oct. 7 events affected the chances of Palestinian statehood? LONDON: On Oct. 6 last year, the prospect of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via the two-state solution seemed as far from becoming a reality as ever. Yet in the wake of the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, and Israel’s retaliation in Gaza, new life … Read more
How have post-Oct. 7 events affected the chances of Palestinian statehood? LONDON: On Oct. 6 last year, the prospect of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via the two-state solution seemed as far from becoming a reality as ever. Yet in the wake of the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, and Israel’s retaliation in Gaza, new life … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share Index ended the week's first Sunday trading session with a gain of 149.22 points, or 1.24 percent, to close at 12,175.43.Total trading turnover for the benchmark index was SR6 billion ($1.6 billion) as 143 stocks advanced while 84 declined.The Nomu Kingdom's parallel market also rose 82.97 points, or 0.31 … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's national carrier topped a list of global airlines as it achieved 88.22 percent on-time arrival in June, according to new data from independent aviation tracking website Cirium. Saudia also recorded an on-time departure rate of 88.73 percent and operated 16,133 flights across its network of more than 100 destinations on four continents. … Read more
In Afghanistan, thousands of classrooms are empty due to the Taliban's ban on girls' education KABUL: Before the Taliban suspended girls' secondary education, some of Salma's friends attended her school in Kabul with their older sisters. But after the ban was imposed almost three years ago, they stopped attending classes altogether. “They didn't want to … Read more
CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes on a school used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday that killed at least 30 people, including several children, were widely condemned on Sunday. The Arab parliament condemned the “brutal attacks and heinous massacre committed by Israeli forces against unarmed Palestinian civilians inside a field hospital in a school housing … Read more
BENGHAZI: A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last year that killed thousands of the city's residents, the attorney general said on Sunday.Officials who were responsible for managing the country's dams were sentenced to between 9 and 27 years in prison by the … Read more
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) said on Sunday it had delayed the departures of some inbound flights scheduled to land in Beirut overnight to arrive on Monday morning instead. Israel vowed swift retaliation against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah after a rocket killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday. … Read more
