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An Iraqi court this month handed down a death sentence to a former policeman who was convicted of killing prominent academic Hisham Al-Hashimi in a shooting that took place in July 2020, near the victim’s house in the capital Baghdad. The crime was documented by Al-Hashimi’s home security camera. The convict, Ahmed Ouaid Al-Kinani, a police officer employed by the Iraqi

LONDON: “Crestar and the Knight Stallion,” a comic book featuring an Arab and South Asian American superhero duo, will be showcased at London MCM comic con from May 26 to 28. The series’ creators, American film director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad and Iraqi-American Abdallah Jasim, are also developing the comic as a live-action movie and will be playing the lead roles of two

ANKARA: With neither presidential candidate passing the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright win, Turkiye’s voters head for a second round on Sunday to decide who will be their next leader. In the first round, incumbent 69-year-old President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gained around 2.5 million more votes than his 74-year-old rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu. However, Erdogan’s 49.5

CAIRO: COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al-Jaber has called for a significant increase in public and private investment to help the African continent combat climate change. Addressing the African Development Bank Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Al-Jaber said: “Africa has huge potential for low-carbon growth and sustainable development. “But one critical challenge

NEW YORK: Palestinian refugees in the Middle East are facing a rising mental health crisis, with women and children particularly vulnerable, the leading official at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has warned. Dr. Akihiro Seita, UNRWA director of health, told a press conference at the UN offices in Geneva on Tuesday that the mental health

LONDON: Britain has lost touch with its capacity for soft power and must seek to regain this if it is to retain ties with the UAE, according to a panel of academics and diplomats. Speaking on Tuesday at an event hosted by The Emirates Society and attended by Arab News, provost for the University of Birmingham Dubai, Prof. David Sadler, said successive British governments have

JEDDAH: The Saudi National Orchestra and Choir hit all the right notes with an “exquisite” performance at the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah. Seventy musicians and singers on Monday belted out a selection of Islamic chants, instrumental pieces, and traditional Saudi musical numbers in a show titled Beauty and Grace. Performing under the umbrella of the Saudi Music Commission,

ATHENS: The Greek government is “holding an inquiry” into video footage reportedly showing the forceful expulsion of migrants who are set adrift at sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday. “I... take this incident very seriously,” he told the broadcaster CNN. “It is already being investigated by my government.” The footage, published Friday by The New York Times,

‘Kingdom’s Tour 2023’ to kick off in Riyadh Thursday

RIYADH: Transition investment could be the linchpin in the UAE’s efforts to meet the global funding gap of $4.3 trillion per year to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, a research report indicated. New York University Abu Dhabi’s Transition Investment Lab in its annual report suggested that the UAE’s institutional investors should focus on transition