Archives for October, 2022

Endurance swimmers Mariam bin Laden (C) and Lewis Pugh (R) following their swim across the Red Sea. The two swam from Saudi Arabia to Egypt to raise awareness of the region's endangered coral reefs.

Culture

Saudi woman swims across Red Sea to draw attention to coral reefs

Mariam bin Laden became the first Arab woman to swim across the Red Sea and reach Egypt, accompanying UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh, part of a campaign to raise awareness of the need to preserve coral reefs amid climate change.

ISIS convoy

Islamic State regains momentum in Syria's Kurdish areas

The Islamic State has launched several attacks against the Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria amid lax security by the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Carrefour Mall

Culture

More Gaza companies hire female security guards

More public and private institutions in the socially conservative Gaza Strip are being served by women security guards.

This picture taken on March 7, 2021, shows a view of Egypt's new parliament headquarters, some 45 kilometers east of Cairo.

More prisoners released in Egypt ahead of national dialogue

A number of political detainees have been released in preparation for the start of a comprehensive dialogue between the government and the opposition.

Shocking images over the last days have emerged of the arrest of freedom of expression activist Hossein Ronaghi when he presented himself at a prosecutors' office last month

'Risk of torture and death': Alarm over Iran protest prisoners

Agence France-Presse

A volunteer serves food to needy children at a kitchen set up by charity groups in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon on Dec. 7, 2019.

Culture

Economic meltdown in Lebanon leaves schoolchildren hungry

Lebanon's struggling households are finding it increasingly challenging to afford school lunches for their children due to financial constraints.

Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, commander of the Ajnad al-Kavkaz group (circled in red) with a Chechen fighting unit, Oct. 15, 2022.

Chechen fighters leave Syria to battle Russians in Ukraine

Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, a veteran of the Chechen-Russian war in the 1990s and commander of the Ajnad al-Kavkaz group fighting Syrian government forces in Latakia, arrived in Ukraine with a group of Chechen fighters to battle Russian forces.

A worker carries a bale of wheat during the harvest in the village of Bamha near al-Ayyat in Egypt's Giza province.

Egypt to plant wheat in Congo amid water shortage

Egypt plans to cultivate 20,000 hectares of land in Mossendjo city in the Republic of Congo with strategic crops such as wheat.

Models present creations by Italy's iconic fashion house Stefano Ricci at the temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut.

Culture

International fashion shows land in Egypt

Luxury fashion houses Stefano Ricci, Elie Saab and Dior have chosen different iconic places in Egypt to host major events, in line with the authorities’ new branding strategy aimed at attracting new visitors by leveraging the country’s cultural and artistic side.

Qatar is expecting at least one million people to visit during the World Cup

Qatar World Cup supporters' guide

Agence France-Presse

Employees prepare coffee in a cafe without electricity in western Ukrainian city of Lviv, after Russian missiles targeted energy infrastructure

Ukraine warns Russia planning to destroy hydro dam

Agence France-Presse

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Israel gets Google Cloud region

Cities in Qatar and Saudi Arabia will also soon gain access to the service, which provides advanced cloud computing.

Ukraine drone

Breaking | Last Updated: October 21, 2022, 9:47 am

Iran 'directly engaged' in Russia’s war in Ukraine, White House says

The Pentagon is actively consulting with allies to provide air defense systems to Ukraine to defend against Russia’s bombardments using Iranian drones.

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Iran has denied supplying Russia with cheap kamikaze drones that have targeted Ukraine for weeks

Blasting crackdown but eyeing deal, West in quandary over Iran

Agence France-Presse

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late shah of Iran, delivers an address in Washington on mass protests that have swept the country following the death of Mahsa Amini

Son of late Iran shah voices solidarity with Ukraine over drones

Agence France-Presse

There are reports from different cities of Iran that the government of the Islamic Republic uses children under the age of 18 as repression forces. This child in Shahrood is wearing a military uniform and holding a baton

Lawmaker suggests Iran recruited children for protest crackdown

Pictures have emerged of juveniles in riot gear helping to crush Iran's anti-government protests.