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GACA proposes draft economic regulations to improve aviation sector’s efficiency
Saudi Arabia’s aviation sector’s efficiency and competitiveness are set to receive a boost thanks to the new economic regulations that are likely to be introduced.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation has put forward the draft…
US, UK, France demand UN investigate Russia’s sanctions-busting use of Iranian drones in Ukraine
The United States, Britain and France demanded Friday that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of hundreds of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine, which would violate UN sanctions. But it’s unclear…
Gaddafi’s detained son briefly taken to hospital due to hunger strike in Lebanon
A son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was briefly taken to hospital this week after his health deteriorated nearly three weeks into a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial in Beirut, a person familiar with the case has…
UN says 37 migrants missing after shipwreck between Tunisia and Italy
Thirty-seven migrants are missing after their boat capsized between Tunisia and the Italian island of Lampedusa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, citing an account by four survivors of the shipwreck.
The…
Illegal ‘blast fishing’ to blame for rise in shark sightings, says Lebanese marine expert
An illegal fishing method that uses explosives is being blamed for the rising numbers of sharks off the coast of Lebanon, amid social media panic about sightings and possible attacks.
Resorts have installed warning signs and told…
Scanners installed at Beirut airport to detect drugs and explosives
Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, carried out an inspection of new scanners at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut on Friday.
The scanners, donated by Germany, have been installed in the cargo shipment, goods…
UN convoy crosses from Syria regime areas to rebel-held Idlib
A UN aid convoy aid crossed from Assad regime-controlled northwest Syria to rebel-held areas on Friday for the first time since two devastating earthquakes in February.
The 10-truck convoy reached rebel-held Al-Nayrab in Idlib province…
Morocco says Abraham Accords summit to be postponed until after summer
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Friday a summit of signatories to the Abraham Accords, which had been planned in Morocco this summer, will be postponed.
He cited agenda problems and an unpropitious political context of…
Papyrus fragment found in Egypt could be from ‘oldest book ever discovered,’ experts believe
A small part of a notebook bound in Egypt almost 2,300 years ago could be the oldest-surviving fragment of a book ever discovered, experts have said.
The proto-paper papyrus in question was excavated at the El-Hiba necropolis in 1902 and…
Amnesty accuses Spain and Morocco of cover-up over Melilla enclave migrant deaths
Amnesty International on Friday accused Spain and Morocco of a cover-up for failing to properly investigate events at the border of the Spanish enclave of Melilla last year, when tens of migrants and refugees died during a mass attempted…