UNITED NATIONS: International aid groups said on Thursday there is nothing more they can do to protect staff in the Gaza Strip and that it is up to Israel to avoid killing them as the United Nations appealed for direct humanitarian coordination with the Israeli military. Global outrage at the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian … Read more
How a Saudi rewilding scheme is bringing the Arabian leopard back from the brink of extinction RIYADH: Conservation experts from Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla have this year succeeded in breeding seven Arabian leopard cubs in captivity in the hope of increasing the population of the critically endangered species in the wild. There are … Read more
US blames group of Iran-backed militias for deadly drone attack in Jordan as it weighs reprisals WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three US service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, as President Joe Biden weighs his options to respond to … Read more
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Pakistan police said three officers were killed on Friday near the northwestern Afghan border during a gunbattle that also killed three militants, in an uptick in violence raising security concerns ahead of national elections early next year. The attack came within two days of another such militant attack in the region … Read more