UAE’s campaign for gender equity in private sector attracts 64 firms
DUBAI: Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, president of the UAE Gender Balance Council, said that equity is becoming more deeply rooted…
Category: Middle East
British Embassy in Cairo hosts exhibition to mark the anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb
CAIRO: The British Embassy in Cairo is hosting a high-level exhibition to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by archaeologist…
Turkish drone strike kills three YBS fighters in Iraq — Kurdish counter-terrorism service
MOSUL: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday killed three fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with…
Iranian Embassy siege commando dies
LONDON: A former UK Special Air Service soldier who took part in the 1980 storming of the Iranian Embassy in London has died….
Saudi Arabia, Arab nations condemn Israeli security minister’s Al-Aqsa visit
RAMALLAH: Israel’s ultra right-wing national security minister has been condemned as “provocative” and “dangerous” after visiting Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday….
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank: Palestinian ministry
JERUSALEM: Three Palestinian fighters were killed in an overnight Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian sources. In a…
Tensions rise in Occupied Territories over far-right Israeli ‘flag march’ provocations
RAMALLAH: On the eve of the Jerusalem “flag day” march, tensions were running high all over Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza…
Palestinians attacked as Israeli settlers stage ‘flag march’ through East Jerusalem
RAMALLAH: Thousands of Israeli settlers stormed Jerusalem on Thursday, on the anniversary of the occupation of the eastern part of the city according…
Egypt ends curbs on foreign property ownership
CAIRO: Egypt is to remove limits on foreign ownership of property in an effort to attract more hard currency to the country. Prime…