MUSCAT, Oman – A beauty and fashion show was held in Muscat, the capital of Oman, showcasing a variety of new designs by Omani fashion designers. The 2023 Oman Beauty and Fashion Fair was held at the Oman Exhibition and Convention Center. The event served as a platform for local designers to showcase their latest […]
ISTANBUL – A rights activist has said that 90% of refugee camps housing Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have been destroyed by the recent deadly Cyclone Mocha. In an interview with Turkey’s Anadolu news agency, Nay Say Lwin said hundreds of Rohingya have been killed and many are missing. He said that at least 30,000 [&hel...
NEW YORK – Yemeni-American law graduate Fatima Mohammed has become a target of Republicans and Democrats for her criticism of Israel. In her 12-minute speech at the City College of New York (CUNY) School of Law, Mohammed addressed atrocities against Palestinians. She said Israel continues to rain bullets and bombs indiscriminately on bel...
PARIS – Reporters Without Borders, a global nongovernmental organization that advocates for the right to freedom of information, has called on search engines and advertisers to slow the spread of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated news websites. In a statement the organization said the AI-generated sites were siphoning off advertising reve...
TULSA, Oklahoma – A recently released book authored by Viola Fletcher — the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre – has revived the memories of one of the worst racial riots of American history. The massacre of the Black population in Tulsa, Oklahoma took place on May 31, 1921, and lasted two days. […]
DAMASCUS – A photo of Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad picking roses in Damascus caused outrage on social media. The photo, circulated by the French news agency AFP, was seen as an attempt to whitewash the Syrian government’s abuses. The post was also seen as normalizing the regime of Bashar al Asad and ignoring the […]
KABUL – Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has held talks with Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhunzada. According to an Al-Jazeera report, these talks took place on May 12 in the southern city of Kandahar. Citing the state-run Qatar News Agency, Al-Jazeera reported that the visit took place in the context of fac...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for interfering in the country’s internal affairs. Junior Minister for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghaus Pasha called the statement by IMF mission chief in Pakistan Nathan Porter on the political situation in the country “extraordinary.” She said Pakistan...
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a U.S.-led combined maritime task force. According to state news agency WAM, the decision was made two months ago after an assessment of security cooperation with all partners. The 34-nation, U.S.-led maritime task force is based in Bahrain and is designed to combat terrorism and [&...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in the U.S. met her younger sister, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, after 20 years on Wednesday. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is serving sentence in a maximum-security prison in U.S. on suspicion of terrorism. She was arrested in 2003 and sentenced to 86 years in prison for trying to kill U.S. [&he...
