How climate change is exacerbating food insecurity, with dangerous consequences for the import-dependent Middle East RIYADH: Global food insecurity is much worse than previously thought. That's the conclusion of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report published this week by a coalition of UN agencies, which found that efforts to … Read more
ISTANBUL: Turkiye staged new artillery strikes against Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry and Iraqi sources said on Saturday. While President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this month that operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq were coming to an end, a security source in northern Iraq said the latest overnight … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladeshi police have been discharged from hospital and arrested the leaders of a student protest that sparked nationwide unrest last week, as security forces clashed with demonstrators. Students have been demonstrating since early July against a rule that reserves a large portion of government jobs for descendants of those who fought in the country's … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef recently met Eduardo Bartolomeo, CEO of Vale Mining Company, in Brazil. The parties discussed the promising investment opportunities that the Saudi mining sector offers to Brazilian companies and the expansion plans of Brazil's investors in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. Bartolomeo … Read more
PARIS: Argentina got their men's Olympic football campaign back on track by defeating Iraq 3-1 on Saturday in Lyon. Argentina, one of the pre-tournament favourites, suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Morocco in their opening Group B match, which was marred by a pitch invasion by Moroccan fans and a two-hour delay. While Iraq threatened … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladeshi police have been discharged from hospital and arrested the leaders of a student protest that sparked nationwide unrest last week, as security forces clashed with demonstrators. Students have been demonstrating since early July against a rule that reserves a large portion of government jobs for descendants of those who fought in the country's … Read more
VIENTIANE: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hit out at China's “escalating and unlawful actions” in the South China Sea on Saturday, hours before he was due to hold talks with Beijing's top diplomat at a regional meeting in Laos. Blinken is in the capital Vientiane for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign … Read more
ROCESTER: Jon Rahm is used to being in contention after most of his LIV Golf rounds this season. But for the first time since coming to the league, he has the direct lead. Thanks to a bogey-free 8-under 63, Rahm has a two-stroke lead over Abraham Ancer and Andy Ogletree after the first round at … Read more
California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday night, growing rapidly amid burning fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters battled to contain the danger.The Park Fire's intensity and dramatic spread prompted fire officials to draw unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous campfire, which burned out of control in nearby Paradise in 2018, killing … Read more
ROCESTER: Jon Rahm is used to being in contention after most of his LIV Golf rounds this season. But for the first time since coming to the league, he has the direct lead. Thanks to a bogey-free 8-under 63, Rahm has a two-stroke lead over Abraham Ancer and Andy Ogletree after the first round at … Read more
