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Yemeni government resumes airlifts from Sudan
A Yemenia Airways plane carrying 192 Yemeni evacuees landed at Sanaa airport on Saturday as the Yemeni government resumed emergency flights to evacuate more than 1,200 Yemenis stuck in war-torn Sudan.
The Yemen embassy in Sudan said that…
Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis
Egyptian antiquities authorities Saturday unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were discovered recently at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo.
The spaces were found in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara,…
Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights.…
UN delays dual-currency cash help to refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon
The United Nations has delayed a decision to give Syrian refugees in Lebanon cash help partly in US dollars after objections from senior Lebanese officials that this could exacerbate tensions with hard-pressed locals.
In a statement on…
Sursock Museum reopens after repairs following Beirut Port blast
The Sursock Museum reopened on Friday nearly three years after the devastating Beirut Port explosion of Aug. 4, 2020, which damaged the museum’s artistic treasures and its vibrant glass facade. The explosion — just 800 meters away from the…
Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict
Tens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world’s youngest country as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan.
There’s a bottleneck of men, women and children camping near the dusty border of Sudan and South…
Iraq’s Kurd regional government opposes changes in budget
Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan regional government said on Friday it opposed changes in the draft Iraqi federal budget that infringe on the rights of the Kurdish people.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s opposition poses a challenge…
No trace of boat with 500 migrants, rescue group says after alarm sparked Med search
A day after searching a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea, an Italian humanitarian group said on Friday that its rescue vessel found no trace of a boat said to be in distress and carrying 500 migrants, including a newborn.
The vessel…
31 Lebanese MPs call for end to Hezbollah’s armed status
Thirty-one reformist, independent, and opposition MPs expressed their concern on Friday about a military maneuver carried out by Hezbollah in the town of Aaramta in southern Lebanon.
The MPs said they believe such a maneuver, which they…
Kuwaiti health care prize shows care for elderly, minister tells 76th World Health Assembly
The Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for research in health care for the elderly reflects their position as a major development priority in health programs, Kuwait’s Health Minister Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi said on Friday.
“The…