Four migrants were found dead and three were missing after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the North African country’s coast guard said Tuesday. The agency also rescued 13 migrants who had been shipwrecked as they tried to cross the Mediterra…
Three die of suicide amid mounting stress in Syria
At least three people have committed suicide in northern Syria over the past three days, amid a considerable increase in suicide attempts across the region, The New Arab’s Arabic language service Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. The cases include an 18-yea…
Sudan security forces crack down on anti-coup protestors
Sudan’s security forces have cracked down on demonstrators protesting against last October’s military coup, in an attempt to crush unrest in the country over the past few days. Police forces reportedly fired teargas and shotguns at protestors in Kharto…
Egypt promises to allow eco protests as COP27 host
Egypt, host of the next UN summit on climate change, will push countries to make good on their pledges to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, facilitate “non-adversarial” talks on compensation to developing countries for global warming impacts and…
Jordan: Iran-linked groups in Syria wage drug war on borders
Jordan said on Monday pro-Iranian Syrian army units and militias loyal to Tehran are stepping up their attempts to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs across the Jordanian border to wealthy Gulf markets. The army said it was bracing …
UK to forcibly deport Kurdish asylum seekers to Erbil
Hundreds of Kurdish asylum seekers in the United Kingdom, many of whom have cases pending decisions, have been detained by police and will likely be forceful deported to Erbil by the end of this month, Iraqi lawmakers and Kurdish activists in the UK to…
Scarlet Scarab: The female superhero we’ve been waiting for
In the final episode of Disney’s original Marvel series, Moon Knight, a new Egyptian superhero was born. The Scarlet Scarab is the result of Layla El-Fouly (May Calamawy) reluctantly agreeing to become the Avatar for the Egyptian goddess, Taweret, in a…
Shireen Abu Akleh killed by Israeli gun, evidence confirms
Almost two weeks after the killing of the veteran Palestinian-American reporter for Al Jazeera, Shireen Abu Akleh, a reconstruction by The Associated Press lends support to assertions from both Palestinian authorities and Abu Akleh’s colleagues that th…
China police ‘shoot to kill’ disobedient Uyghurs: report
Leaked documents highlighting police protocols at internment camps in Xinjiang, western China, reveal the inhuman tactics used by Beijing to imprison thousands of China’s oppressed Uyghur Muslims. An investigation by the BBC reconstructed the Shufu Cou…
‘Baad’ sheep in South Sudan ‘jailed’ for killing woman
A lone sheep has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found “guilty” of killing a woman, in a bizarre case in South Sudan. The incident, which took place last week in the country’s Rumbek East County according to the Saudi daily Gulf New…