Dubai’s residential property sales surge more than 33%, reports brokerage firm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is set to significantly increase its financing in Egypt, with plans to convert its deposits into direct investments following a key meeting between officials from both countries. Discussions in the Egyptian city of New Alamin focused on strengthening economic ties and expanding joint investment initiatives. During the two-day visit, … Read more

Airlines avoid some Mideast airspace, cancel Israel flights as tensions mount

Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and canceling flights to Israel and Lebanon as concerns over a potential conflict in the region grow after the killings of senior members of the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah this week. Singapore Airlines has suspended flights from Iranian airspace since early Friday morning and is using alternative … Read more

At least 13 dead in Nigeria hardship protests: rights group

Americans released after historic prisoner swap with Russia return to US soil WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia completed the largest prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing two dozen people in a multinational deal, including dissidents including journalist Ivan Gershkovich and fellow Americans Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza. for free. Journalists Gershkovich, … Read more

Germany’s ‘deal with the devil’ in Russia prisoner swap

The United States has recognized Gonzalez as the winner of the Venezuelan presidential election Caracas, Venezuela: The stakes for Venezuela's electoral authority have risen after the United States on Thursday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner, with President Nicolas Maduro showing evidence supporting its decision to declare the country's presidential election winner. A … Read more

Breakaway boxing body’s president backs the IOC’s handling of gender issues at the Paris Olympics

Villepinte, France: The head of the governing body hoping to stage the next Olympic boxing tournament said he would back the IOC's eligibility policy for the Paris Olympics and urged those without a deep understanding of gender issues to leave those decisions to medical professionals and scientists. . World Boxing President Boris van der Vorst … Read more

US recognizes opposition candidate Gonzalez as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election

Caracas, Venezuela: The stakes for Venezuela's electoral authority have risen after the United States on Thursday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner, with President Nicolas Maduro showing evidence supporting its decision to declare the country's presidential election winner. A much anticipated vote. The U.S. State Department announcement called for Venezuela's National Electoral Council … Read more

‘Black and proud’: Kamala Harris has never shied away from racial identity

Trump is making his 2024 campaign about Harris' race, whether Republicans want him to or not. New York: Donald Trump has been a great success since the first moment he entered the presidential platform by raising racial hatred.Democrats expressed renewed outrage this week over the former president's sarcastic and false accusation that Vice President Kamala … Read more