If US President Joe Biden looks like he’s in trouble with the average voter in the United States, then there’s even worse news for him among Muslim voters. A new survey of US Muslim voters released Wednesday by the Council on American-Muslim relations …
UK PM Johnson digs in despite calls to quit
Boris Johnson on Wednesday refused to quit as Britain’s prime minister, despite calls from senior ministerial colleagues to go after dozens of resignations from his scandal-hit government. A cabinet delegation had awaited his return to Downing Street f…
Heavy monsoon rains leave 77 dead over 3 weeks in Pakistan
At least 77 people, including women and children, have died in rain-related incidents across Pakistan during the past three weeks, the country’s minister for climate change said Wednesday. The monsoon rains also damaged homes, roads, bridges and power …
Afghanistan lifts coal prices as exports to neighbouring Pakistan boom
Afghanistan’s Taliban administration has more than doubled prices for coal, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as the group seeks to raise revenue from coal exports and shrink its budget deficit after being cut off from international aid. Customs …
Muslim Brotherhood excluded from Egypt ‘national dialogue’
The general coordinator of an Egyptian “national dialogue” initiative has ruled out any participation by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in the process. Diaa Rashwan, who also heads Egypt’s Press Syndicate and State Information Service, said on Tuesd…
Half of Jordanians ponder leaving as economy bites: study
Almost half of Jordanians have considered leaving their home country, according to a pan-Arab world survey whose results were released Wednesday, with economic worries a driving factor. Nearly 23,000 people were interviewed across nine Arab countries p…
In crisis-hit Lebanon, mobile and broadband are for the rich
In his Richka cell phone store in Beirut’s Geitawi neighbourhood, Radji Kamal, a 36-year-old phone salesman, answers his worried customers one by one about the telecom price hike in Lebanon. “If a part of the population will still be able to afford the…
Is Egypt joining the global de-dollarisation spree?
Since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, the Egyptian state has struggled to control its balance sheet and suffered grave deficits. This has led to a spree of borrowing from abroad in an attempt to save the value of the Egyptian pound (EGP) and restore eco…
Palestinians reject US’s ‘inconclusive’ results on Abu Akleh
The results of the US investigation on the killing of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh have sparked anger across Palestine, especially as it seemed to have exonerated the Israeli army from deliberately killing the prominent Palestinian report…
Tunisian President Kais Saied meets Syrian regime FM
Tunisian President Kais Saied met with the Syrian regime’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Miqdad on the sidelines of their visit to Algeria, according to Syrian officials. The pair met as they celebrated Algeria’s 60 independence anniversary, where…