Category: Media
Rare copy of Holy Quran on display at Al Bader Festival in Fujairah
By Habib Toumi FUJAIRAH: A unique edition of the Holy Quran was the most iconic work of art displayed at the third edition of Al Bader Festival, held under the […]
Pakistan: Police shoot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, set his body on fire
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The police on Thursday September 19, 2024, reportedly shot dead a doctor, identified as Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbar, accused of blasphemy, in […]
Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without independent Palestinian state: Crown Prince
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will not recognize Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state, the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has said. “The Kingdom will not cease […]
46% of UNHCR-registered refugees in Jordan are children
By Habib Toumi AMMAN: Nearly half of the refugees in Jordan registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)are children. Figures released by the UNHCR show that 693,100 […]
2024 US President Election: The Portrait of Divided America
The 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign could be described as a paradox: both predictable and unpredictable. By Lee Jong-eun, Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Greenville University, U.S. SEOUL: […]
77 members make debut in new-look Saudi Shura Council
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s new-look Shura (Consultative) Council will start on September 6 and will last four years. More than half of the 150 members will mark their debut in the […]
Medical breakthrough in Saudi Arabia with successful gene therapy for thalassemia
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has made a medical breakthrough successfully using Casgevy gene (exagamglogene autotemcel) therapy through CRISPR gene editing technology to treat a 13-year-old patient with thalassemia major. Casgevy gene […]
Kazakhstan urges Belarus to correctly assess Astana’s position
By Kuban Andymen ASTANA: Kazakhstan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu has summoned Belarus’ Ambassador Pavel Utyupin and emphasized the need for an objective assessment of Astana’s foreign policy […]
ADIHEX 2024: Honroing the past, embracing the future
ABU DHABI: Unique Emirati arts and crafts will be showcased to thousands of local and foreign visitors at the 2024 Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX), an annual […]
Royal honor for Bahrain’s 2024 Olympic medalists
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Bahrain has honored its Paris Summer Olympic medalists. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa congratulated the laureates and conferred the Order of Competence on the winners […]