Thursday, March 28, 2024

Black belt Lina empowers fellow Jordanian women

Taekwondo black belt Lina Khalifeh started teaching self-defence to Jordanian friends in her parents' basement in 2010 after one of them confided that her...

Major busts in Syria and Lebanon shed light on drug trade

A string of major drug busts in Syria and Lebanon has drawn new attention to the trade in captagon, an illegal substance that has...

Huge personal debt raises worries in wealthy Qatar

Credit cards on the limit, huge bank borrowings and a struggle to repay loans: these are the personal debt problems of some Qataris despite...

Nigerians sue Shell in UK court for oil spills contamination

Tens of thousands of Nigerian fishermen and farmers are suing multinational oil giant Shell in two new lawsuits filed Wednesday in a British High...

Qatar population hits 2.5 million on worker influx

Qatar's population has reached 2.5 million people for the first time, officials said on Wednesday, swollen by the huge numbers of foreign workers employed...

Gaza audiences enjoy first night out at the movies in 20 years

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are enjoying their first night out at the movies since political tensions led to the torching of cinemas in...

Chilean attacked in Poland after being mistaken for Arab

A top Polish human rights official is encouraging people to attend a concert Monday in support of a Chilean pianist who was recently beaten...

Young Pakistani female boxers punch through gender barriers

In a dense and dusty neighbourhood in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, eight young girls lined up against a cement wall, touching their...

Chris Rock transforms Oscars into biting racial commentary

Comedian Chris Rock launched his return stint as Oscar host on Sunday by immediately and unabashedly confronting the racially charged elephant in the room...

Mark Zuckerberg in Germany: no place for hate speech on Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg conceded Friday that Facebook didn't do enough until recently to police hate speech on the social media site in Germany, but said...

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