Armed conflicts are not new to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is the only region in the world where people, on daily basis,…
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In his most recent speech on Tuesday, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah unambiguously said that he – and his Iranian sponsors – are the deciders of…
Robert Goldstein, a hedge fund manager in New York, was getting huge cravings for sweets when he came across a tropical plant called Gymnema…
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A corollary to the scientific truism that "nature abhors a vacuum" is that nature tends to fill the void with any garbage near at hand. For…
World in Photos
Ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist Dr. Sachin Jain (3rd from R) performs surgery to remove mucormycosis from a patient who recovered from Covid-19 at Swaroop Rani hospital on June 05, 2021 in Allahabad, India. (Getty)
Farmers sort out harvested potatoes at a field in the Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Dohuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on June 8, 2021. (AFP)
A health worker checks the body temperature of a passenger during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening as she arrives with her child at a railway platform on a long distance train, in Mumbai on June 8, 2021.(Getty)
Displaced people who fled Goma after the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano wait on a bus in Sake with their belongings, waiting to be taken home on June 8, 2021.(Getty)
A worker paints a teacup of the attraction Mad Hatter's Tea Cup ride in Disneyland Paris, Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris, on June 8, 2021. - Disneyland Paris will reopen on June 17, 2021 after months-closure aimed at stemming the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus.(Getty)
Alexander Zverev of Germany plays a backhand in their mens singles quarter final match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain during day ten of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 08, 2021 in Paris, France.(Getty)
They may look like any other group of young men chilling out on a river bank. But these young men in a huddle are scripting the revival of rap music…
In his latest book of poetry, titled “Ma ba dalak, “ (As you wish) renowned Egyptian poet Amin Haddad does exactly that. Published in December…
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French student protests reach a crescendo
