By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | After the deadline The latest deadline set by Gulf Arab states for Qatar to abide by a list of 13 demands is due to expire at midnight on Tonight. Qatar has already submitted its response to Kuwaiti mediators and its foreign minister has…
By Zakiya Afzani Canada 150 | Canada celebrates turning 150 Revellers, police and some protesters have converged on Canada’s capital, Ottawa for a party that has been years in the planning. Canada is marking its 150th anniversary as a country in towns, cities and at backyard barbecues nationwide. …
By Zakiya Afzani 8 UAE princesses found guilty of people trafficking in Europe A Brussels court has handed a 15 month suspended prison sentence to eight Arab princesses. The widow of an Abu Dhabi sheikh and her seven daughters were found guilty of human trafficking and degrading their servants. …
By Halil Muharem The secrets of Chimps’ strength shows Human muscles to be unique The greater strength of chimpanzees, relative to humans, may have finally been explained by scientists. A study suggests the difference is mostly due to a higher proportion in chimps of a muscle fibre type involved…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis deepens as Gulf nations stand their ground Three weeks in to the worst Gulf crisis in decades, questions are still being asked about diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed on the state of Qatar by its neighbours. Now Washington, which via Trump originally claimed, proudly,…
By Malik Al-Saud London Attack | Finsbury Park | Fourth major London terror attack in three months Masses of people have been critically injured after a speeding van targeted a crowd of pedestrians outside Finsbury Park Masjid (Mosque) in North London. In what police have called a “major terrorist incident”….
By Sulayman Al-Said The 10 thousand year old accountants’ records The ancient Egyptians in the age of Jahiliyyah used to believe that literacy was divine, a gift from baboon-faced Thoth, their deity of knowledge. Scholars no longer embrace that theory, but why ancient civilisations developed writing was a mystery for…
By Munir Al-Said London Fire |Grenfell Tower death toll set to be in the hundreds The fire was reported at the 127 residential appartment, 24 storey, 600 inhabitant apartment block, Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, West London, one of London’s most affluent districts at 00:54 BST yesterday. The fire is…
By Zakiya Afzani North Korea |Freed US prisoner flown home in coma US student Otto Warmbier has been freed from jail in North Korea, but his parents say he has been in a coma for a year. The US secretary of state said the 22-year-old was on his way…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | Emergency hotline set up to help mixed families avoid humanitarian crisis President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Sunday instructed the authorities concerned to take into consideration the humanitarian circumstances of Emirati-Qatari joint families an official source announced. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain also…
