Middle East

UN Security Council Tells Qatar To Mend Fences With Gulf Neighbors

Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi, who holds the council presidency this month, said the best way would be (that) the countries concerned work out a...

Egypt Arrests Qatar-based Islamic Scholar Youssef Al-Qaradawi’s Daughter, Son-in-Law

Qaradawi is the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and close to Qatar’s ruling family Associated Press CAIRO — Egyptian security forces have arrested the daughter and...

UN Appeals for Funding To Address ‘Spiraling’ Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — United Nations humanitarian organizations in the occupied Palestinian territory appealed on Monday for funding to address the “spiraling” situation in the...

UNESCO Names Sharjah ‘World Book Capital 2019’

THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Sharjah its ‘World Book Capital 2019’, in recognition of the emirate’s initiatives to...

Israel and U.S.: Young, Black and Latino Americans Don’t Like Israel

Tom Porter The more Americans know about Israel, the less they like about it, according to a new survey. The Brand Israel group has commissioned regular...

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