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Iran’s foreign minister cancels Austrian visit over Israeli flag

ZURICH: Iran’s foreign minister canceled a visit with his Austrian counterpart to show displeasure that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s government had flown the Israeli flag in Vienna in a show of

Israeli airstrike on Gaza home kills 10, mostly children

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza’s militant Hamas

Dubai issues new LPG trading rules

DUBAI: New rules covering the transportation and storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have been introduced by Dubai. The new directive published on Saturday prohibits the distribution of LPG

Boom in MENA parenting and family startups defies pandemic pressures

CAIRO: Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa region has been growing rapidly over the past decade, with a record $1 billion in funding pumped into local startups in 2020 alone,

Lebanon spends Eid Al-Fitr under strict quarantine

BEIRUT: Eid Al-Fitr celebrations in Lebanon were very scarce on Thursday as the country was in the middle of a two-day total closure and curfew to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). As

Lebanese artists address their country’s crises in new exhibition

BEIRUT: “After the explosion, I was ready to give away everything I’ve ever done if it made the situation better. I hopped on any opportunity to donate my work in exchange for raising funds,” says

Bitcoin recoups some losses after Musk-triggered tumble

LONDON: Bitcoin popped back above $50,000 in Asian trade on Thursday, clawing back some of the 17 percent plunge that followed Elon Musk’s tweet that Tesla Inc. would stop accepting the digital

Oil pulls back from 8-week high as coronavirus cases surge in India

TOKYO: Oil prices fell on Thursday, pulling back from an eight-week high as concerns about the coronavirus crisis in India, the world’s third-biggest importer of crude, tempered a rally driven by IEA

Saudi Arabia confirms 13 COVID-19 deaths, 999 new cases

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia recorded 13 new COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday, raising the total number of fatalities to 7,098. The Ministry of Health confirmed 999 new confirmed cases reported in the

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman receives call from Bahraini counterpart,

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received a phone call on Tuesday from Bahrain’s King Hamad to extend greetings on the advent of the Muslim Eid Al-Fitr holiday. King Salman also received a phone

Lebanon must fix debts, end prosecutor action or face power cut, says

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Karadeniz, which supplies electricity to Lebanon from power barges, told Beirut to halt action by the Lebanese prosecutor to seize its vessels and said it must draw up a plan to

Suez Canal boss reveals expansion plans as revenues jump on trade

RIYADH: Suez Canal revenues rose almost 16 percent in April to $551 million compared to a year earlier, Asharq Business reported, citing Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie. Rabie also

Renowned US authors Tayari Jones, Brent Weeks join Abu Dhabi Book

DUBAI: Renowned US fantasy author Brent Weeks, US author Tayari Jones, Emirati writer Eman Alyousuf and Kuwaiti writer Taleb Alrefai are all set to participate at the upcoming Abu Dhabi International

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Wed, 12 May 2021

For those confused as I was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mark_Roget “Peter Mark Roget (18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer and founding secretary of The Portico Library. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words.” Adblock test (Why?)

Saudi Arabia records 13 COVID-19 deaths, 986 new cases

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia recorded 13 new COVID-19 related deaths on Monday, raising the total number of fatalities to 7,085. The Ministry of Health confirmed 986 new confirmed cases reported in the

Arab League Council holds urgent session to discuss attack on

CAIRO: The League of Arab States held an urgent session of the League Council among Arab foreign ministers on Monday, at the request of Palestine, which was supported by a number of Arab countries.

UK to introduce checks to prevent terrorists hiring vans

LONDON: Van owners in Britain will be told to carry out routine checks on people hiring their trucks to prevent vehicle-based terror attacks. The guidance, brought in by the British Standards

Al-Hilal’s new signing Marega has big shoes to fill to replace club

LONDON: Al-Hilal may go through coaches at a rapid rate but when it comes to recruiting strikers, the Saudi Arabian giants have a far-sighted policy in place. No sooner had Bafetimbi Gomis become the

A bamboo bat? That’s just not cricket old boy

Cricket is a sport defined by tradition, but change may be in store after research suggested bamboo could be an attractive alternative to willow in the manufacture of bats. The Cambridge University

Model Imaan Hammam prepares meals for the less fortunate this Ramadan

DUBAI: This week, Moroccan-Egyptian-Dutch model Imaan Hammam teamed up with Amsterdam-based restaurant The Wild Room to give back to those who need it most by helping to prepare meals for the most

Dubai hub private jet traffic quadruples as Gulf high fliers return

DUBAI: Private jet traffic at one Dubai airport more than quadrupled in the first quarter as the sector rebounds strongly amid reduced commercial airline capacity. The Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace

Egypt’s economy to rebound from 2022, S&P Ratings says

DUBAI: Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth will begin to rebound from 2022 onward on its foreign reserve buffers and debt market access, ratings agency S&P Global said, as it affirmed the

Mosque named after Saudi king to be built in Islamabad

RIYADH: A mosque named after Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will be built at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said Saturday. The planned mosque,

US calls on Israelis, Palestinians to ‘deescalate’ tensions

WASHINGTON: The United States called Friday for de-escalation in annexed east Jerusalem, and warned against carrying out a threatened eviction of Palestinian families that has sent tensions soaring.