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World premiere play spotlights US Assyrian diaspora community

Martin Yousif Zebari unveils his first play, a look at family dynamics in the aftermath of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2023

Turkish Family Recounts Moments of Terror Lived During Earthquake

The family of Ibrahim, a Turkish contractor, survived the devastating earthquake that hit Türkiye, but their lives were changed forever. “Everything now will be thought of as before or after the earthquake,” said Ibrahim, who lived with his family and relatives in a middle-aged three-story building in the center of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 13, 2023

GCCIA Signs Contracts for Iraq Interconnection Project

The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) signed five contracts worth $220 million with the companies implementing the electricity interconnection project between the Gulf states and Iraq. The Authority will construct lines of 295 km from the al-Wafra station in Kuwait to the al-Faw station in southern Iraq to transfer…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

France Accepts Migrant Ship as Row with Italy Blazes

A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday amid a blazing row between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them. The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO, had picked up the migrants at sea near the Libyan coast before…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 12, 2022

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens during West Bank raid

The Palestinian health ministry says 11 others wounded in the latest Israeli raid on the refugee camp in the West Bank.

Al Jazeera · Oct 8, 2022

Review: 'The Bullet That Missed,' by Richard Osman

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Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022

MBC Group Inaugurates New Offices in Riyadh

MBC Media Group inaugurated its new headquarters in Riyadh during a huge ceremony attended by Acting Minister of Media Majed al-Qasabi and several prominent figures, including media professionals and officials. Chairman of the Board of Directors of MBC Group Waleed al-Ibrahim said during the ceremony that the Group now launches…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Joseph Ibrahim on COVID in aged care – and the end of nursing homes

Joseph Ibrahim, Professor and Head, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Monash University, specialises in aged care issues. He has been a long-term advocate for improving the quality of life for those in residential care and for reform of the sector.

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2022

Saudi Arabia is razing whole neighborhoods to make way for tourism and wealth

The kingdom's sweeping redevelopment in the city of Jeddah is displacing hundreds of thousands of residents, many of them from working-class immigrant communities.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

Three murders in a communal cauldron

With tempers running high among Hindutva activists in Karnataka after killings and counter-killings in Dakshina Kannada, K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj and Raghava M. report on how the government’s handling of the investigations could further nourish the ecosystem of violence in the State’s coastal belt

The Hindu · Aug 12, 2022