Amman, Jordan – Jordanian startup incubator TechWorks is helping inventors and innovators bring their ideas to life and establish successful businesses. Backed by a foundation set up by Crown Prince Hussein, TechWorks opened its doors in 2018 to offer facilities that “plug into entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems” and t...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday flayed European Union envoys for asking Islamabad to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine. In a letter to the Foreign Ministry this week, nearly two dozen EU ambassadors in Islamabad, including two veto powers, France and the UK, urged Pakistan to vote against...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli soldiers killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Abu Dis in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Sunday. Soldiers shot dead Yamen Jafal, who they claimed threw Molotov cocktails at an army checkpoint, the ministry said in a statement The Israeli army claimed in a statement that two people threw...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Radwa Helmi has made history as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s State Council, a top court in the Arab country. Helmi, making her appearance in a Cairo courthouse on Saturday, was among 98 women appointed last year to join the council, one of Egypt’s main […]
SANAA, Yemen – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Aden in order to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the 8-year conflict in Yemen. “She will be visiting Yemeni families, including displaced families and refugees, to hear directly from them how the conflict has ripped their lives apart,” the UN High Commissioner...
Palestine has begun negotiations with the Red Cross in order to evacuate its nationals from Ukraine, said an official. “We contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide safe passages for the evacuation of our students and families from Ukrainian cities,” Ahmed al-Deek, an adviser to the Palestinian foreign minister, s...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki has said that Palestine is facing pressure to take a clear position about the Russian war in Ukraine. “We are under pressure to take a stand regarding what is happening in Ukraine,” Riyad al-Maliki told the official Palestine TV. “Certainly, pressure continues on us in al...
SANAA, Yemen – A German and a Mexican working for the aid group ‘Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) were kidnapped in eastern Yemen. Ali Abdullah al-Katheri, a spokesman for the Southern Transitional Council (STC), said the two were abducted in the Hadhramaut province. “We condemn this heinous terrorist operation,” al-Katheri add...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah has accused the United States of seeking to normalize ties between Israel and Lebanon. The accusation comes amid indirect talks between Beirut and Tel Aviv to demarcate the maritime border between the two countries. “The demarcation of maritime border is the responsibility of the state, but what we ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned an Australian decision labelling the movement as a “terrorist organization”. On Friday, Australia listed Hamas as a “terrorist” organization, terming the move as “a deterrent to political and religious violence.” “We strongly condemn the decision of the Australi...
