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West Asia
Yemen’s exiled government returns to Aden
Yemen’s prime minister Khaled Bahah and several of hos ministers traveled to Aden from exile in Saudi Arabia, two months after loyalist forces pushed Iran-backed rebels out of the city. “The government has moved its base from Riyadh to Aden,” government spokesman Rajeh Badi told AFP. There was no indication…
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West Asia
Binladin Group’s projects halted after Mecca mosque disaster
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued a decree halting all Saudi Binladin Group construction projects in the kingdom until a full investigation of last week’s deadly crane collapse at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, a report on state-run Saudi Arabian radio said. On Friday, a construction crane…
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West Asia
Israeli authorities re-arrest hunger striker Mohammed Allan
The Israeli authorities have re-arrested Mohammed Allan, who had staged a hunger strike to protest against his detention without charge. Mr.Allan was taken back into detention on his release from hospital. He had suffered brain damage after spending 65 days without food. Mr.Allan, an alleged member of the militant group Islamic Jihad,…
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West Asia
Qatar sign a memorandum to help Nepali migrants
IOM and the State of Qatar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see them working together over the next two years to provide voluntary return and reintegration assistance to Nepali migrant workers from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and Malaysia. The new project, to be run…
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People
Flood aid reaches families in Laos
Flood affected families in isolated villages in central Lao PDR have received much needed relief supplies from the US Embassy, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and World Vision International Lao PDR, in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare. Residents of Bolikhamxay Province were inundated by the recent flooding…
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Business
French AccorHotels becomes first international chain to open in Iran
The French group AccorHotels, the world’s sixth-largest hotel group, announced on Monday it would become the first international hotel group to operate in Iran as the Islamic republic opens up to the west after the deal on its nuclear program. AccorHotels will open an Ibis hotel and a Novotel branch…
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South Asia
Teacher who educates Afghan refugee girls wins UN prize
Aqeela Asifi, 49, a teacher who has dedicated her life to educating Afghan refugee girls, challenging cultural sexism by setting up classes in a temporary tent, has been named the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award winner by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Asifi left Kabul with her…
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West Asia
EU recognize use of force against migrant smugglers
European Union decided to use military force against migrants smugglers , after 34 new bodies were retrieved from Aegean sea near Greece while trying to go to Europe, among those were 11 children. It’s expected that this decision will be in effect starting October, and it will give the European…
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West Asia
Russia offers french plane carriers for sale
Russia has offered to sell two french air craft carriers “Mistrals” to Egypt, equipped with Russian equipment that Moscow installed before breaching their contact with France. A french official told “Defense News” that they were expecting that Egypt is most likely to buy the two carriers, due to the recent framework of…
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West Asia
UK’s prime minister visits refugee camp in Lebanon
UK’s prime minister David Cameron visited one of the Syrian refugees camps in Lebanon, to hold talks on the refugee crisis with his Lebanese counterpart Tammam Salam. Cameron announced earlier this month that Britain would take in 20,000 more Syrian refugees, amid growing pressure at home and abroad to address the…
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