United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
CIA Director William Burns made an unannounced trip to Kyiv this past week, marking what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested is his final visit before stepping down from his position. Burns,
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by Our Correspondent in Doha following the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, met with representatives of various military factions in
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Amid escalating tensions between the United States and China, particularly during the trade war ignited by President Trump’s first term, US authorities have increasingly targeted Chinese tech companies, accusing them of posing
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A festive evening at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg turned into a nightmare on December 20, 2024, when a vehicle rammed into a crowd of shoppers, killing
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In a provocative tweet on Tuesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused the outgoing Biden administration of targeting him through a coordinated effort, citing what he described as “deep state traitors” using the
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WhatsApp has secured a significant legal victory in its battle against Israeli spyware developer NSO Group, with a US court ruling that the company violated hacking laws and the messaging platform’s terms
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The lives of hundreds of thousands in the famine-struck Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) hang in the balance as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified attacks on North
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For over two decades, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, commonly known as Gitmo, has been a flashpoint of global controversy. Established in January 2002 during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the
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by Our Correspondent in Doha In a historic yet controversial development, Saudi Arabia and Israel have reportedly reached a breakthrough in their ongoing normalization talks. According to insiders familiar with the negotiations,
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At the D-8 summit in Cairo, the interim leader of Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has made waves by calling for the resolution of long-standing issues stemming from the 1971 separation of East
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Syria’s largest oil refinery, the Baniyas refinery, has ceased operations after it stopped receiving crude oil from Iran, its primary supplier for nearly a decade. Ibrahim Mousallem, the general manager of the
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Older adults in England are enjoying unprecedented levels of physical and mental health, with many 70-year-olds today experiencing the vitality of someone a decade younger, according to a study published in Nature
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The Syrian conflict is an evolving struggle marked by shifting allegiances, competing vested interests, and a tangled web of ideological battles. At its core, Syria has become
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has filed criminal complaints against subsidiaries of Apple in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using minerals allegedly “looted” from conflict regions in
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A previously unidentified disease that has claimed 143 lives in southwestern DR Congo has been confirmed as a severe form of malaria, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The outbreak, which began
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