Category: West Asia
Israelis convicted of burning Palestinian teen alive
Court finds two Israeli minors guilty of burning to death Mohammed Abu Khdeir but delays ruling over the accused ringleader, waiting for the results of a psychiatric evaluation. According to Alarabiya, […]
Iran’s famous orchestra barred from performance over female musicians
A high-profile performance in Iran by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra was cancelled at the last minute because it was due to feature female musicians. The orchestra conductor Ali Rahbari said […]
Saudi women begin first-ever election campaign
Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office on Sunday, in a first for women in the conservative kingdom’s slow reform process. More than 800 women are standing alongside […]
Flooding brings Qatar to a near standstill
A year’s worth of rain deluged parts of Qatar on Wednesday 25 November as seasonal storms moving through Saudi Arabia flooded streets in a city northwest of the capital, Riyadh. The […]
Khamenei: Iran to defend Palestinians ‘in every possible way’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran would support the Palestinian uprising against Israel “in any way we can”. He also rejected US accusations that a […]
Biggest legal TV drama in the UAE chooses its cast
Image Nation, one of the region’s leading media and entertainment companies, has announced the cast for its upcoming legal drama Justice (Qalb Al Adalah). Emirati actors Fatima Al Taei, a […]
Turkey shoots down a Russian jet near its borders
A Russian Su-24, an all-weather attack aircraft, was shot down by two Turkish F-16 in the Turkey-Syria border, as governmental resources say that the aircraft breached the Turkish airspace while […]
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announces 10 innovative space technologies
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) announced 10 new innovative space technologies and satellite applications, distributed among KhalifaSat, Nayif-1, SAFIY and “Semi-Supervised classification tool for DubaiSat-2 multispectral images”. Most […]
Egypt border guards shoot Sudanese migrants
Egyptian border forces have shot dead five Sudanese migrants trying to cross from Egypt’s North Sinai region into Israel on 24th November, the Egyptian military said in a statement. “Law […]
The War against Expats in the Arab Gulf States
It needs you a few minutes to search the headlines to realize the active war of the Arab Gulf States authorities against expatriates who live and work there, as many […]