Bouraouia Agrebi: “We welcome the creation of a support fund for people with disabilities” [Video]

The liveblog has ended. No liveblog updates yet. Load more Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Bouraouia Agrebi, Secretary-General and spokesperson for the Tunisian Organization for the Defense of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, welcomed...

Gaza: Marwan Barghouti’s Son Appeals to Donald Trump

The liveblog has ended. No liveblog updates yet. Load more Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Sentenced in 2004 to multiple life terms for his alleged role in the Second Intifada, Marwan Barghouti is widely regarded—from the occupied West Bank to...

Morocco Set to Launch 5G in November as Final Decree Nears Approval

Marrakech – The Moroccan government is poised to finalize the deployment of 5G technology with the examination of a crucial decree this Thursday. After awarding licenses to the country’s three telecom operators in July, Morocco is now taking the...

AFCON 2025 trophy tour kicks off in Lagos in grand style

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy arrived in Lagos on Wednesday, kicking off the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 Trophy Tour in grand style. The event, flagged off at Eko Tower 2 in Victoria Island, was the first public appearance of the...

Opinion: A new era of strongman rulers is upon us

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) When President Trump and...

85 films from 30 countries’ll feature in KILAF 2025 – Mohammed

As preparations intensify for the Kano Indigenous Languages of Africa Film Market and Festival (KILAF 2025), scheduled to be held in Kano from November 6–8, 2025, the festival’s founder and chief executive officer of Moving Image Limited,...

US approves seafood exports from South Africa, 9 other African countries under mammal protection guidelines

NOAA Fisheries has determined that South Africa is among 10 African countries that have been granted permission to export fish and fish products from all of their marine fisheries to the U.S. from January 2026 onward. The announcement was made as...

Beyond the Malls: 5 Timeless Souks Across the Arab World

Long before luxury malls and air-conditioned promenades, the Arab world’s heartbeat pulsed through its souqs — places where trade met storytelling, and every scent or sound carried a memory. From Cairo’s maze-like alleys to Damascus’s iron-roofed...

Review: Residence Hammamet - My Mother’s Maktub

24/10/2025 - Salvatore Allocca delivers an affectionate documentary about his mother, who has emigrated to Tunisia, and the community of Italian retirees who move abroad where the cost of living is lower Salvatore Allocca and his mother Antonietta...

Medusa Subsea Cable to Land in Syria

By Dan Swinhoe, Data Center Dynamics October 27, 2025 The Medusa subsea cable is expanding in the Mediterranean and now plans to land in Syria. “Medusa Submarine Cable System signed an agreement with Syrian Telecom in Tartous (Syria), under the...

The Blind Spot of Power: How Suppression of Palestinian Voices Fuels Israel’s Strategic Missteps

[Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com] The history of modern Israel and Palestine is not just a story of land, security and diplomacy. It is also a story of narratives: Who gets to define reality, whose pain counts, and whose voice carries weight...

Prominent Journalist And Analyst Sami Hamdi Abducted By American State

The American state’s increasingly intrusive immigration police have abducted a prominent British Arab journalist, speaker, and analyst, Sami Hamdi Hachimi, at the San Francisco airport on October 26, 2025. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

School is in session for Mansour Al Helei at Yas Marina Circuit

Yas Marina Circuit may be renowned for holding the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix but for one Emirati driver the next few days will be all about a motorsport that has a longer history in the UAE. Since Sunday, the 22-year-old...

Hamas willing to cede control of Gaza but disarmament remains an issue, Qatari PM says

Hamas is willing to cede control of Gaza but have yet to acknowledge the need to disarm, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said on Wednesday, adding that renewed violence in the strip is “very disappointing and frustrating for...

Foreign Minister Takes Part in the First Meeting on African Union Reform

Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, took part on behalf of the President of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed, in the first meeting of the Follow-up Committee on the Institutional Reform of the African Union. The...

President of the Gambia, H.E. Mr. ADAMA BARROW to Inaugurate the 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025, Being Held in the Gambia

Business Wire India The 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary will be officially inaugurated by The President of the Republic of The Gambia, H.E. Mr. ADAMA BARROW, and attended by African First Ladies. The conference is being...

Soft on the infidel

On a visit to Cairo in 1047, the Persian scholar Nasir-i Khusraw attended a feast at the court of al-Mustansir, the eighth Fatimid caliph and ruler of Egypt (1036–94). Nasir later recounted that the royal hall had been decorated with thousands of...

Citigroup's Jane Fraser named board chairwoman and receives $25m stock award

Citigroup chief executive Jane Fraser was set to receive a $25 million stock bonus, along with more stock options, after being named chairwoman of the Citi board of directors. “I have always had deep conviction in Citi’s potential to be a bank...

CMA CGM launches new Sfax route to Morocco and Spain for date exports

CMA CGM has introduced a new maritime service linking Sfax, Tunisia with Morocco and Spain, set to commence with the 2025–2026 date export season. This service aims to enhance the export of Tunisian dates, providing a reliable and efficient...

Morocco posts 4.4% growth, among top performers in MENA region, IMF says

Morocco’s economy is among the fastest-growing in the Middle East and North Africa this year, posting an expansion of 4.4%, outperforming Algeria’s 3.4% and Egypt’s 4.3%, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest regional outlook...