28-07-2021 NEW YORK: Thousands of scientists have repeated calls for urgent action to tackle the climate emergency, warning that several tipping points are now imminent. The researchers, part of a group of more than 14,000 scientists who have signed on to an initiative declaring a worldwide climate emergency, said in …

27-07-2021 TEHRAN: People in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province are desperate. Suffering from drought and water shortages since March, they’ve taken to the streets in the last couple of weeks to express their anger with the government and its poor management of water resources. According to official sources, at least four …

27-07-2021 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: President Joe Biden has said US combat forces will leave Iraq by the end of this year, though troops will continue to train and advise the Iraqi military. The announcement came after Biden held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House. There are …

26-07-2021 UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured in May and June as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces escalated, the highest number for those two months since records started in 2009, the United Nations said on Monday. The UN’s Assistance Mission to …

26-07-2021 RIYADH: The Saudi Arabia’s authorities have decided to allow only immunized overseas pilgrims against COVID-19 to perform Umrah form 9th of August (Muharram 1). According to Hani Ali Al-Amiri, member of the National Committee for Hajj and Umrah, the aspiring pilgrims can book Umrah packages and make all the …

26-07-2021 WASHINGTON: Representative Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician-turned-congressman, has claimed that US President Joe Biden has “serious health problems” that will only get worse with time, because of which he will be “forced to resign from office.” Jackson, who served under the tenures of former presidents Barack Obama …

26-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KANDAHAR/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week’s rocket attack on Kabul. Since early …

26-07-2021 BEIRUT: Former Lebanese premier Najib Mikati is on course to become Lebanon’s prime minister-designate on Monday after receiving the endorsement of Lebanese Sunni leaders. The Tripoli MP and billionaire businessman on Sunday received the support of Sunni political leaders, including former Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Speaker Nabih Berri and …

26-07-2021 TUNIS: Tunisia’s president has announced the suspension of the Tunisian parliament and the dismissal of Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi after violent protests broke out in several Tunisian cities over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy. President Kais Saied said on Sunday he would assume executive authority …

25-07-2021 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister has said his country no longer requires American combat troops to fight ISIL (ISIS), but a formal timeframe for their redeployment will depend on the outcome of talks with US officials this week. Mustafa al-Kadhimi said in an interview with The Associated Press news agency …