Al Ahli Tripoli - From the Road to BAL to the Intercontinental Cup podium

TRIPOLI (Libya) - To describe everything that Al Ahli Tripoli achieved over the last eleven months as 'history makers' would be an understatement. From dominating the Road to BAL qualifiers, to winning the 2025 BAL title and finishing third in the...

Hammad and Belqasim Khalifa inspect Tibesti Hotel and Juliana Park projects

The Prime Minister of the Libyan Government, Osama Hammad, accompanied by the Director General of the Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belqasim Khalifa, conducted an inspection tour on Sunday of several development projects in the city...

Column: Exploring Greece | Athens and the Peloponnese Peninsula

Over several decades while working overseas and traveling in Europe, Vertis and I have developed a special relationship with Greece. There is something about Greece that seems to entice us to visit repeatedly, and it all started with an...

THESE countries blacklisted by UAE, But Pakistan stays off the list!

ISLAMABAD – United Arab Emirates stopped issuing tourist and work visas for citizens of nine African and Asian countries. The list includes Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, Cameroon, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Lebanon, and Bangladesh. Pakistan is not...

Into the sands of time: Exploring Egypt’s white and black deserts

“In the desert, there’s a solution for everything,” our guide, Ahmed, told us. “Except the wind,” he added with a wry smile, zipping up his light jacket. As the sun dipped below the horizon on our second night camping in Egypt’s surreal White...

Migrant boat pushed back to sea by sunbathers on Greek island

Beachgoers were filmed pushing a boat full of migrants back out to sea as they attempted to land on a Greek island. Footage shows several men in swimming trunks shoving the vessel away from the shore on Gavdos, Greece’s southernmost outpost....

Dan McCaslin: Resting on Mother Earth in Santa Barbara Backcountry

William Blake’s “Earth’s Answer” poem begins by personifying the Earth as a female figure: “Earth rais’d up her head, From the darkness dread & drear. Her light fled: Stony dread! And her locks cover’d with grey despair.” Blake is a poet who...

How to watch Newcastle vs Arsenal: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news

The Newcastle vs Arsenal live stream feels like an important game for both clubs, despite it being so early in the Premier League season. With just a solitary win over Wolves and only three goals scored from their five league games, it’s been a...

Diplomatic Snub of 77 Countries at the United Nations: Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Mass Boycott Over Gaza Onslaught

In a moment that encapsulated the deepening fissures in global diplomacy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2025, only to address a chamber that had been...

Three Italian officials face charges for helping Osama Njeem escape justice

Three senior officials in the Italian government are facing accusations of helping Osama Njeem escape justice earlier this year. The case of releasing Osama Njeem Al-Masri, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is under investigation...

A migration catastrophe unfolds in Calais: SUE REID has never seen it more crowded with desperate migrants. And they've only one destination in mind...

A migration catastrophe with deeply ominous portents for 'open doors' Britain is unfolding 21 miles away across the Channel. Multitudes of destitute and desperate men originating from across the world are in the French city of Calais, which...

UAE shares major update about ban on visit, work visas

ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expanded list of countries facing ban on visit and work visas, reports claimed on Monday. The Gulf country, which has emerged as popular tourist destination and attractive investment country, has...

'History doesn't stand still': UK's road from Balfour to recognising Palestine

The announcement by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last weekend of the UK’s recognition of the State of Palestine is no casual political gesture. For decades until then, countless British government ministers, myself included, had used a...

In ‘Book of Shame,’ Refugees in North Africa Accuse UNHCR of Failing Its Mandate

“In the eyes of many, it is considered ungrateful, even offensive, for a refugee to criticize the very agency that claims to offer them protection,” writes South Sudanese activist David Yambio. His chapter The Witness Must Speak begins the...

Farewell to a Sabah patriot

Farewell to a Sabah patriot Published on: Sunday, September 28, 2025 Published on: Sun, Sep 28, 2025 By: Datuk Teddy Chin Text Size: Dark Mode: Off An illustrious son of Sabah, Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Noor Hj Mansoor, passed away at the Queen...

Dirty Wars and Endless Lies: Scott Horton’s Shattering History of America’s War on Terror

Scott Horton’s masterpiece “Enough Already” shows how the U.S. and its allies spread devastation through Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and Pakistan, propping up despots and arming extremists along the way. The final balance...

UAE Bans Visit and Work Visas for 9 Countries

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly imposed a visa ban on citizens from nine African and Asian countries from applying for tourist and work permits. The ban applies to nationals from Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, Cameroon, Libya, Afghanistan,...

GHAI: Migration, democracy and the constitution

African migrants are seen at the Libya-Tunisia border in Ras Ajdir, Libya, on July 26, 2023 /XINHUA International IDEA, based in Sweden, produces an annual report on the state of democracy worldwide. Each year this includes a special topic—which...

Sunbathers Shove Migrant Boat Back on Gavdos: Locals Fume Over 'Partying' Overrun Crisis

Furious holidaymakers waded into the turquoise shallows off Greece's remote Gavdos island, shoving a migrant dinghy back out to sea while chanting 'go home', as the idyllic 70-person outpost buckled under an unprecedented surge of arrivals from...

We nurture and promote insecurity (2)

Last week we looked at the same topic and indeed listed very crucial points worth receiving attention from those in power and authority. Elsewhere leaders don’t wait to be told stories by third parties, they tune to the broadcast stations to...