UAE licenses second unit of Barakah nuclear power plant
The nuclear regulator in United Arab Emirates has issued an operating licence for the second unit of the Barakah nuclear power plant, an official from the regulator said on Tuesday.
Decade after Fukushima, Japan towns struggle to rebuild community
Masakazu Daibo has reopened his family’s eel restaurant in part of Japan declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster, but so far he has barely a single neighbour.
US says visa applicants denied due to Trump ‘Muslim ban’ can reapply
Most US visa applicants who were denied because of former President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African countries can seek new decisions or submit new applications, … Read More
Saudi king approves support for Islamic pilgrimage operators after COVID-19
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman approved a range of initiatives aimed at assisting firms and individuals operating in support of Islamic pilgrimages, Saudi state news agency SPA said late on Monday. … Read More
Biden halts drone strikes outside of war zones where US troops deployed
President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who had given the military free … Read More
Syria’s Kurds: Ten years on, what of autonomy?
Syria’s decade-long war has seen the country’s Kurdish minority make strides towards autonomy while becoming a key ally of the West against jihadists.
Syria’s opposition a ‘disappointment’ a decade after war
Weakened by military defeats and internal rows, Syria’s mostly exiled political opposition has failed during a decade of war to close ranks and provide a viable alternative to President Bashar … Read More
Gulf opens door to public Jewish life amid Israel ties
Half a year after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain established diplomatic relations with Israel, discreet Jewish communities in the Gulf Arab states that once lived in the shadow of … Read More
Syria’s Assad set for election win 10 years after start of war
A decade of war may have ravaged his country, but Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has clung to power and looks determined to cement his position in presidential elections this year.
For Syrians, the road to justice begins in Europe
Wassim Mukdad has carried a deep darkness inside of him since his native Syria slipped into an abyss of conflict and terror.