LONDON: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is key to peace in Yemen and could fend off security threats in the war-torn country, a Kuwaiti academic told a distinguished panel at an event on Tuesday hosted by UK think tank Chatham House. An important step in achieving that is making Yemen a GCC member, Bader Al-Saif said at the event, titled “The GCC at 40: Prospects for the
Gaza businesses will take time to recover from Israeli attacks
The unemployment rate is among the highest in the world and more than half of the population lives below the poverty line
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HAZEM BALOUSHA
May 24, 2021 00:56
GAZA CITY: Alaa Al-Banna had been waiting anxiously for the Eid Al-Fitr season to recover some of the business losses he had suffered because of the coronavirus lockdown in the Gaza Strip.
He bought new goods, placed them in a warehouse, and waited for the holidays. But the Israeli attacks on Gaza began days after the lockdown was lifted.
“The assault came to shatter all my hopes,” the 29-year-old perfume and accessory store owner told Arab News.
Corruption claims by exiled Turkish mafia boss puts Erdogan government under pressure
Peker, who had close ties with the government until recently, also accused Turkish ministers and their family members of being involved in international drug trafficking
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May 24, 2021 01:59
JEDDAH: Videos from an exiled Turkish mafia boss are putting Ankara under pressure, with his latest video making serious allegations about state corruption.
Sedat Peker, who lives in Dubai, has been making headlines and shaking up social media with his claims about prominent political figures in Turkey.
His videos aim to reveal his deep connections to the government and also seek revenge against those who discredited him in favor of rival mafia leader Alaattin Cakici, who was released from prison last year.
Artists from Saudi Arabia and UAE create works to reflect on pavilion’s theme of sustainability
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Rebecca Anne Proctor
DUBAI: One might initially doubt the connection between contemporary art and sustainability.
Can art be sustainable? Moreover, how does a work of art reflect the Middle Eastern response to issues of sustainability?
To this end, five thought-provoking art installations by four leading contemporary artists from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were commissioned by Expo 2020 in collaboration with Art Dubai.
“Hugs” by Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim at Terra The Sustainability Pavilion. (Supplied)
Those artists are Zeinab Al-Hashemi, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim and Mohammed Kazem from the UAE and Ayman Zedani from Saudi Arabia.
NEW DELHI: In the wake of widespread outrage coming from doctors, India’s Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has asked controversial yoga guru Baba Ramdev to withdraw his recent comments blaming heath workers for huge numbers of coronavirus deaths as the country is in a grip of a second wave of the pandemic.
“The people of the country are very hurt with your remark on allopathic medicines,” Harshvardhan said in an open letter to Ramdev.
“You have not only insulted corona warriors, but have hurt the feelings of the people of the country,” he said, as he asked the guru to “think hard on it and withdraw your statements completely.”