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Egyptians have not been deterred from visiting butcher shops and livestock markets to buy sacrificial animals and meat for the upcoming Eid al-Adha, despite the recent significant increase in prices. The Arab world’s most populous country is going through deteriorating economic conditions, high infl...

The Somali capital, Mogadishu, has witnessed notable urban growth since the end of the country’s civil war, and the ensuing relative calm and stability has enabled Somalis to embark on the construction of new residential complexes, especially in the suburbs. The new al-Jazeera Estate is an example o...

A Palestinian man in the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah, in the West Bank, said that an Israeli special force killed his son and three others, deliberately shooting them near the family’s house on Monday evening. “We heard shooting, so we we went out to see what was going on, only to find t...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the Iraqi government’s “failure” to protect the right of disabled people to employment, although their rights were included in its national laws. This oversight has resulted in unemployment for thousands of disabled people. HRW pointed out in a statement that ...

The Dhahran Techno Valley in Saudi Arabia hosted a conference and an exhibition commemorating World Environment Day with the participation of companies and associations specialising in environmental protection. The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture said in a press release that cel...

Mohammed Ramadan has to carry cash in addition to his electronic payment card whenever he goes shopping in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, so as to avoid the inconvenience of some stores not accepting card payments, or encountering situations when his card may not work, such as when the systems are d...