RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Egypt’s intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was expected in the occupied Palestinian territories Sunday, a Palestinian minister said, after an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire ended a flare-up of fighting between Israel and Gaza’s rulers Hamas. Kamel was set to meet with Palestinian leadership, Palestinian civil affairs minister Hussein Al-Sheikh said
DUBAI: The UAE has approved emergency use of a new COVID-19 treatment proven to be highly effective against variants of the coronavirus, the first country to both license and allow immediate patient use. Sotrovimab (Vir-7831) – created by healthcare company GSK – was previously granted an emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration. Sotrovimab offers the
ATLANTA: Thousands of people from all over the US converged on Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on Saturday for the National March for Palestine. Speakers demanded that the US government sanction Israel for its aggression and discrimination against the Palestinians, and for committing “war crimes” during its latest war on Gaza. At least 254 Palestinians were killed, including
Geneva: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Sunday at deadly clashes in the Colombian city of Cali, calling for an independent investigation and accountability for the violence. Pointing to reports that 14 people had died since Friday amid massive anti-government protests in Colombia’s third-largest city, Michelle Bachelet said a swift investigation and resumption of dialogue was
LONDON: A British militant who traveled to Syria to join a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda is set to be released from prison almost five years early. Yusuf Sarwar, 29, then a student in the city of Birmingham, left a letter to his mother in 2013 saying he had gone to fight “Allah’s enemies.” She notified police of the letter and Sarwar, who moved to Syria with a former