The world’s largest toymaker, Denmark’s Lego, said Tuesday it would stop all its Russian operations, ending the employment of its Moscow staff and a partnership with a company operating 81 stores in Russia. A Lego spokeswoman said the company had decid…
France says only a few weeks left to save Iran nuclear deal
France’s new foreign minister said on Tuesday there were only a few weeks before the window of opportunity to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers would close. Speaking to lawmakers, Catherine Colonna said the situation was no longer tenab…
Breakaway east Ukraine territory opens Moscow embassy
The self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Tuesday opened an embassy in Russia, one of only two countries to recognise the breakaway statelet in eastern Ukraine, and defended its right to impose capital punishment. DPR Foreign Minister Natalia …
Rights groups urge COP27 host Egypt to end freedoms ‘crackdown’
Egypt must end a “crackdown” on civil society organisations and peaceful protesters ahead of November’s COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, more than 30 groups including Amnesty International said Tuesday. “The Egyptian authorities should uncondit…
Morocco intercepts 257 migrants at sea heading to Europe
Morocco’s navy has intercepted 257 migrants at sea in four days, state media reported Tuesday, two weeks after at least 23 migrants were killed in a border stampede. “Navy coast guards on maritime patrol in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, rescued…..
Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things 4’ smashes MENA audience records
Netflix show “Stranger Things 4” has smashed audience records in the Middle East and North Africa, clinching the platform’s most-watched spot for an average of four and half weeks across countries in the region. The latest series of coming-of-age, sci-…
UN Syria cross-border vote slammed by aid groups
NGOs working in Syria on Tuesday slammed the UN’s approval of a paltry six-month extension to the cross-border mechanism, a vital lifeline for millions in Idlib. Twelve of the 15 members of the UN Security Council voted for a six-month extension of the…
US to continue pressing Jordan for Palestinian extradition
The US said on Monday that it will press for the extradition of a Palestinian woman in Jordan wanted by Israel, ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East. Ahlam al-Tamimi was convicted by an Israeli court for assisting in the attack in Jer…
Egypt set to see record levels of population growth: UN
Egypt’s population is expected to balloon over the next half-century, with the Arab country becoming one of the main drivers of population growth across the world, the United Nations said on Monday. In the UN’s ‘World Population Prospects 2022,’ the No…
Tunisian watchdog suing Saied for ‘vote yes’ referendum post
A Tunisian civil rights watchdog said Monday that it is suing President Kais Saied for violating electoral law, as a public vote on his controversial draft constitution nears. I Watch said in a statement that it was filing the complaint after the Tunis…