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B'Tselem says the demolition of 140 housing units this year has left 238 Palestinians, including 127 minors, homeless. Israeli authorities have demolished at least 140 Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem this year, an Israeli rights group has said, the highest annual number since it began keeping records in 2004. B'Tselem said on Thursday that 238 Palestinians have lost their homes to demolitions...

In Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America, street protests are spooking investors. The alarming spread of street protests and civil unrest across the world in recent weeks looms large on the radar of global financial markets, with investors wary that the resulting pressures on stretched government budgets will be one of many consequences. Money managers and risk analysts seeking...

Experts denounce latest Trump policy shift that reportedly includes deployment of more troops alongside Kurdish forces. The United States will station additional forces in eastern Syria to protect oilfields in another policy shift that one former senior American official called a "shocking ignorance" of history and geography. The planned reinforcement will take place in coordination with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to prevent the...

Aramco IPO is the cornerstone of a reform programme conceived by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman . Saudi Aramco has said the timing of its long-awaited stock market debut "will depend on market conditions", after the latest delay in the blockbuster initial public offering (IPO). The IPO forms the cornerstone of a reform programme conceived by the kingdom's de facto ruler...

Hundreds of thousands take to streets in the biggest protests in four days threatening the coalition government. Hundreds of thousands of people hit the streets of Lebanon on Sunday in the biggest protests in the last four days, demanding an end to economic woes and perceived government corruption. Protests have grown steadily across the Mediterranean country since people took to streets on Thursday evening in...

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pull out of border town of Ras al-Ain after ceasefire deal signed on Thursday. Kurdish fighters belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have withdrawn from the besieged Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain in the first pullback under a ceasefire deal with Turkey brokered by the United States. SDF spokesman Kino Gabriel said in a statement that the Kurdish-led group had no fighters left in...

Palestinian group Hamas condemned Israel's participation in a US-led maritime security meeting in Bahrain. Palestinian group Hamas that rules the besieged Gaza Strip has decried Israel's participation in a United States-led maritime security meeting in Bahrain. Israel's Channel 13 reported that an Israeli delegation would attend the event, due to open in Manama on Sunday. Israel and Bahrain do not have diplomatic relations. In a statement, Hamas spokesman Hazim Qasim...

In heavily urbanised Beirut, public space is scarce and the amount of green space has steadily shrunk. Beirut, Lebanon - On the top floor of an abandoned theatre in downtown Beirut, Tarek Jaber was admiring his handiwork. The 25-year-old had just spray painted a slogan - "Look to the future" - in large black letters on one of the building's battered walls. "We are...

A total of 132 tonnes of local vegetables were sold in the month of September, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) said yesterday. Of this, 72 tonnes were sold through the Qatar Farms programmes and 60 tonnes through the Premium Qatari Vegetables initiative, according to a press statement from the MME. Local farm products sold under the two programmes...

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced that 55 winners won cash prizes in the final round of its 2019 Visa card and Mastercard summer promotions. The winners were selected in a draw conducted in the presence of an official representative from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, as well as QIB representatives. A total of 94 Visa card winners...

The Pakistan embassy held a Defence Day reception at Ritz-Carlton Doha yesterday to celebrate Pakistan’s Armed Forces Day. The event paid homage and tributes to the martyrs and ghazis of Pakistan Armed Forces who have rendered supreme sacrifices in the defence of the country. Qatar Armed Forces chief protocol officer Brig Gen Khalid Mohamed al-Halbadi, director evaluation Brig Gen Hamid...

Journalist Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler in 2012, pivoting from her career as an international correspondent to launch an innovative online news network in the Philippines. Rappler has since covered watershed moments in national history, including President Rodrigo Duterte’s rise to power and his brutal crackdown on drugs. Now, Ressa is re-focusing on a sinister outgrowth of his presidency — disinformation...

Five years later, Inez Feria still remembers the line snaking around the block outside the clinic in Cebu City. Men and women were smiling and laughing as they queued for clean hypodermic needles. For Feria, an advocate for the rights of drug users, it felt like a hopeful moment. The needle exchange — part of an international push to slow...

It’s rare for people to stay in the same line of work their entire career — the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the average person holds about 12 jobs within their lifetime, and the median tenure with a given employer is just over four years. That said, there are some jobs where people are less likely to leave, and good pay is...