Author: Radwa Ashraf
Bahrain rights campaigner freed from jail
Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab has been pardoned by King Hamad after serving three months of a six-month jail sentence, the official BNA news agency has reported. The king […]
UAE executes woman for killing American teacher
The United Arab Emirates has executed a woman convicted of stabbing to death an American teacher in December 2014. Alaa Badr Abdullah al-Hashemi, a 30-year-old Emirati, was found guilty last […]
New framework suggested at Addis Ababa for UNDP
The new financing framework due to be agreed at Addis Ababa for the universal post-2015 development agenda needs to be bold and transformative in supporting countries to tackle the challenges […]
A South-Korean footballer in Qatari team
Lee Yong, 26 years old, decides to join “Khour” Qatari football club, leaving his position as a defender in “Jeju United”, according to Yonhap news. An official in the Korean […]
Egyptian-Sudanese cooperation to achieve self-sufficiency
Egyptian president Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi asserted that there are plenty of opportunities for a cooperation between Egypt and Sudan in agriculture and livestock, which would ensure achieving self-sufficiency and providing food […]
IS ‘behind blast’ at Italian consulate in Cairo
Islamic State militants have claimed they were behind a deadly explosion that severely damaged the Italian consulate in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, according to “BBC” reports. At least one person died and […]
Thousands of Britons leave Tunisia after warning
Thousands of British holidaymakers are to be flown home from Tunisia following warnings that another terrorist attack in the country is “highly likely”. Thirty Britons were killed in a gun […]
International Ebola Recovery Conference to secure global support
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is convening the International Ebola Recovery Conference at UN Headquarters in New York in cooperation with the Presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The […]
Iraq sentences IS militants to death for Tikrit massacre
An Iraqi court has sentenced to death 24 militants for their role in killing as many as 1,700 soldiers, most of them Shia Muslim recruits. Four others were acquitted for […]
UEFA Champions League Final Embraces a Carbon Free Future
The first year of Nissan’s four-year partnership with the UEFA Champions League ended by leaving a lasting legacy of Nissan’s commitment to a carbon free future. Over one hundred electric […]