The Albanese government is looking to compensate families of victims of alleged Afghanistan war crimes, more than two years after a landmark inquiry...
Lebanon’s ailing health system grapples with cholera outbreak near Syrian border
Australia
UNAIDS and the Australian Government have signed a new five-year strategic partnership agreement to advance efforts to respond to HIV in the Asia...
Australia will end a three-year hiatus this weekend as MPs are expected to fly into Taiwan to engage in bipartisan talks. The group of politicians...
Ricky Ponting was taken to hospital on Friday after the former Australia captain suffered a heart problem while commentating during day three of...
World News
Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal law this month that will punish sex outside marriage with imprisonment of up to a...
Caesarean section rates are significantly higher in Egypt than other parts of the world, with some doctors accused of deliberately steering expectant...
Prosecutors in northern Italy have called for the former boss of Juventus football club, Andrea Agnelli, and another 11 ex-board members to go on...
Russia says the West’s refusal to recognise “new territories” seized from Ukraine makes peace talks harder, after President Joe...
Arab News
The deafening support has been a 12th man for the Moroccan side as the squad clinches a spot in the last 16 for the first time since 1986 to become...
Lebanon has officially adopted a new exchange rate on imports ten times the previous level, in a move that will deepen economic misery in a country...
Plans are afoot to create a series of Arabic films, VOX Cinemas, the movie arm of Majid Al Futtaim announced on Friday at the Red Sea International...
Several cultural customs, traditions, skills and events from across the Arab world have been newly inscribed on to Unesco’s list of Intangible...
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Economy
As far as jobs reports go, November’s wasn’t exactly what the Federal Reserve was looking for. A higher-than-expected payrolls number and a hot wage reading...
Digitally deliverable services – those supplied remotely using information and communications technologies (ICT) – have helped cushion the COVID-19 pandemic’s...
Each week brings head-scratching contradictory news about the economy. This past week was no different, with a batch of economic reports showing that — despite...
Health
Health Minister discusses cooperation with Eni Foundation
During the meeting, the Minister of Health thanked the company’s...
22,000 people living with AIDS in Egypt: Health ministry
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the country’s National AIDS...
Health inequities lead to early death in many persons with disabilities
A new report by the World Health Organization shows evidence of a higher risk...
