Category: News

Musician Ahmed Mahdy says the increased freedoms allow his rap group Ijraat, ‘procedures’, to better reflect the issues they see still plaguing Sudan, which is still in the grip of … Read More

Framed by an environmental and economic crisis, Mounia Akl’s debut feature ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ follows a family that has relocated to the mountains to escape Beirut’s troubles. Production began 3 … Read More

Within weeks of the Islamists taking the capital, many of the colourful street art pieces painted on Kabul’s labyrinth of concrete blast walls have been painted over, replaced by drab … Read More

France’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed a previous legal ruling that struck out a charge for complicity in crimes against humanity against cement firm Lafarge over its dealings in Syria, … Read More

A group of European Parliament members Tuesday called on Lebanon’s authorities to take immediate action to solve the worsening economic crisis

Owners of the private electricity generators started hiking their prices by more than two to three times this month under the pretext that the rates of the diesel fuel in … Read More

The soldiers who seized power in Guinea over the weekend have consolidated their takeover with the installation of army officers at the top of the country’s eight provincial regions and … Read More

Qatar and Turkey are working to restore passenger flights at Kabul airport soon but have yet to agree with Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers how to run the airport, their foreign … Read More

After America’s longest war, the Taliban are contemplating what remains of a CIA base in the capital, Kabul

The United Nations appealed for almost $200 million in extra funding for life-saving aid in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover sparked a host of new issues.