CAIRO, Egypt: Compared with other ongoing conflicts, Sudan’s crisis, now entering its second year, is a forgotten calamity, overshadowed by the more geopolitically significant wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. The power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces under Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commanded by Mohammed Dagalo has more … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi academic Ghadah Al-Harthi has been appointed ambassador of young patrons by the London-based Victoria and Albert Museum, one of the leading museums in the world. Al-Harthi, who is based in the UK, is an associate professor at Central Saint Martins; a consultant at the London-based cultural consultancy Barker Langham; and an adviser at … Read more
SYDNEY: More than 100 yachts set off on the Sydney-Hobart race Tuesday, with thunderstorms and hail threatening to lash sailors in one of the world’s most grueling ocean events. Thunder and rain lifted just minutes before the start at a slightly misty Sydney Harbor as spectators lined the waterfront or crowded onto boats to get … Read more
AMMAN: The suffering and destruction caused by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have put a damper on the Christmas holiday spirit in Jordan. In the Christian-majority towns of Fuheis and Huson, the normally festive Christmas atmosphere is conspicuously absent from the streets, churches and markets. In solidarity with Gaza, the Jordan Council of Churches announced … Read more