• Politics

    Zhaparov highlights Kyrgyzstan’s rich past, bright future

     BISHKEK: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov has paid rich homage to the heroism of all the people who have sacrificed their lives to build an independent and developed Kyrgyzstan, as he vowed to uphold the “sacred duty to continue the work of those fathers.” Marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment…

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  • Culture

    Authority

    By Pooneh Nedai – Iran I desire To pour a glass of milk for myself And sit calm To drink in the corner of my world.   But my hands are left in the prison My lips on the wall And my throat is pressed in the fist of yesterday.…

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  • Business

    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 refugees of different nationalities live in Jordan, and that children represent 46.2% of them (320,559). Adults make up 48.7% (337,595)…

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  • Politics

    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: Similar to recent US elections, this year’s presidential election was predicted to display increasingly polarized American politics. On one end…

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  • Society

    Bangladeshis involved in UAE riots pardoned

    ABU DHABI: The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were convicted and sentenced in July to prison for staging protests against their home government in the Gulf state. They were put on trial on July 21 for the “riots, disruption of public security, obstruction…

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  • Politics

    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 Council after 77 new faces joined and 71 members were re-appointed. The Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speaker will remain…

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  • Culture

    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 is a one-time gene therapy treatment for people age 12 years or older with sickle cell disease or beta thalassemia. The…

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  • Politics

    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 position by Minsk. During the meeting, the diplomats discussed current issues of Kazakh-Belarusian cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral levels.…

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  • Business

    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  cultural event that has been held over 20 years in the UAE capital. The largely-anticipated showcase is part of the…

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  • People

    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 of the four medals – two gold, one silver, and one bronze – whose outstanding performance led to Bahrain’s historic…

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