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As a career musician who has played brass and wind instruments for most of his life, Joseph al-Hajj, 80, was particularly anxious to protect his most precious asset – his … Read More
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.
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.
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 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
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 decade-long war has seen the country’s Kurdish minority make strides towards autonomy while becoming a key ally of the West against jihadists.
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
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
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.