Conservative rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, offering competing visions for Britain’s response to multiple crises, will duel in the coming weeks to become the next prime minister after the party’s lawmakers held a last vote Wednesday. Former finance …
Lebanese TV host urges Syrians to ‘get out’ in on-air tirade
A Lebanese TV presenter has sparked yet another discussion on the position of Syrian refugees in the country after going off on a xenophobic tirade on her show. Dalia Ahmed, who is of Sudanese origin, urged Syrian refugees to leave Lebanon on her show …
Video clip of Erdogan making Putin wait awkwardly goes viral
A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin being forced to wait before his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, entered the room during talks in Tehran has gone viral on social media. In what appeared to be a calculated snub, the Russian leader …
UN aid to Yemen criticised as ‘unacceptably poor’
An independent report into the UN’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen has found that the aid provided was of “unacceptably poor quality”. The conflict in Yemen, which broke out in 2014, has been called “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”…
‘Hasta la vista,’ says Boris Johnson as he exits parliament
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bowed out of his final showpiece parliamentary appearance with a round of applause from his party, jeers from opponents and an enigmatic exit line: “Mission largely accomplished … hasta la vista, baby.” Johnson wa…
Erdogan wants Ukrainian grain deal in writing this week
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he wants a possible deal on resuming Ukrainian grain exports from the Black Sea under a United Nations-led plan to be put in writing this week after a general agreement was reached last week, according to the text …
US Congress asks State Dept if Syria is a ‘Narco State’
Members of the US Congress and Senate sent a letter to the US Secretary of State last week, requesting that the Biden administration determine whether Syria should be designated a “major drug transit country.” The letter sent on 15 July said there has …
Drought threatens to render boatbuilding extinct in Iraq
Year on year, droughts and climate change have led many boatbuilders in southern Iraq to lose their livelihoods and their ancient way of life. Jawad Kadhim, a boatbuilder from Huwair (80km north of Basra) is one of many boat builders who have been forc…
Iran says nuclear policy unchanged after ‘bomb’ remark
Tehran gave assurances Wednesday that its nuclear policy was unchanged and that it still adhered to a fatwa banning weapons of mass destruction, after an Iranian official said the country was able to make atomic bombs. It is the second time in the past…
Death toll from Sudan ethnic clashes rises to 105: official
Ethnic clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile state in a deadly land dispute killed 105 people and wounded 291, the state’s health minister said, providing a new toll Wednesday. Fighting broke out in the southern state on the borders with Ethiopia and South Suda…