The World Health Organisation on Friday called on all nations to invest more in mental health, saying “the suffering is enormous” and has been made worse by the Covid pandemic. Even before Covid-19 almost a billion people were living with a mental diso…
Egypt national football team sacks manager after three games
The Egyptian national football team have dismissed manager Ehab Galal after three games in charge, the BBC reported on Thursday. The 54-year-old was hired in April after Portuguese Carlos Queiroz left due to the team’s failure to qualify for the World …
Egypt national football team sacks manager after three games
The Egyptian national football team have dismissed manager Ehab Galal after three games in charge, the BBC reported on Thursday. The 54-year-old was hired in April after Portuguese Carlos Queiroz left due to the team’s failure to qualify for the World …
Iran says received $1.6b of gas debt from Iraq
Iran said on Thursday that it has received $1.6 billion from Iraq to settle part of the debts it has sought from its neighbour since 2020 for the supply of gas. “After months of negotiations, $1.6 billion in arrears… for gas exports to Iraq have been r…
Tributes paid to British journalist Dom Phillips
Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian isolated tribes expert Bruno Pereira who disappeared in the Amazon 11 days ago and are presumed dead…
Syrian regime officer killed in Damascus checkpoint attack
An officer from the Syrian regime’s military was killed on Wednesday following an attack on a government checkpoint in Damascus. An unknown person driving a car opened fire on amilitary checkpoint belonging to the regime forces’ 14 division in the Quds…
Drones hit Syrian opposition group stationed at US-held base
Drones hit sites belonging to a faction of the Syrian opposition forces at a US military base in southernSyria overnight on Wednesday, a spokesman for the armed group said. The drones hit a site belonging to the Maghawir Al-Thawra (Revolutionary Comman…
Yazidi child killed in Turkish airstrike in Sinjar
A 12-year child was killed due to Turkish drone strikes on a marketplace in the Snune sub-district of Sinjar in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Wednesday, a source from the overwhelmingly Yazidi-populated town told The New Arab. “Turkish airstrikes have …
Morocco’s king tests positive for Covid-19
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has tested positive for Covid-19 but has exhibited no symptoms, his doctor said on Thursday. The king will be on sick leave for a couple of days, his doctor Lahcen Belyamani said in a statement carried by state media. King M…
US targets Chinese, Emirati firms for Iran petrochemical
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Chinese and Emirati companies and a network of Iranian firms that help export Iran’s petrochemicals, a step likely aimed at raising pressure on Tehran to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. “The United …