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Fisk was renowned for his courage in questioning official narratives from governments and publishing what he uncovered in frequently brilliant prose.He joined The Independent in 1989 from The Times and rapidly became its most recognisable writer and searched-for byline. He continued to write for The Independent until his death in ...

JOHI: One-fourth of the population of a remote desert district in southern Pakistan lives and works in Saudi Arabia or the UAE, throwing a lifeline to the inhabitants of the barren land and earning it the moniker of the “Mini-Gulf.” Like other areas surrounding the vast Kachho Desert, Johi ...

It's been less than a month since Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain inked historic US-brokered peace agreements, hailed by President Donald Trump as the “dawn of a new Middle East”, on the White House lawn. Since then, talk about which countries will follow suit has preoccupied many ...

#Pakistan News Bahamut’s methods are surprisingly similar to those used by the UAE throughout the Middle East, and the group has used some of the same software used by the UAE in the past. With seemingly little pattern to their attacks, most countries in the Middle East have been ...

Over the last 30 years, Jassim Al-Asadi has witnessed the Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq where he was born undergo dramatic changes.  Once the largest wetland in the Middle East, the marshes' wending waterways and thick towering reeds historically stretched across 20,000 square kilometers, supporting rich biodiversity and the ...

 After taking the Middle East market by the storm last year, Kashmiri-grown apples this year could not make it to Gulf countries owing to the worldwide Coronavirus spread.The UAE-based retail company ‘Lulu Group’ that was in the Valley last year had taken 200 tons of apples as “sample” to ...

As President Trump nears the end of his term, he hasn’t met his goal of withdrawing U.S. troops entirely from “endless wars,” but he has come close. By Election Day, the United States will have 4,500 troops in Afghanistan, about 3,000 in Iraq and fewer than 1,000 in Syria. Trump ...

The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus passed 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday, according to a count from The Associated Press based on official numbers provided by health authorities.Those numbers still may be an undercount, though, as testing in war-torn nations like Libya and Yemen remains ...

The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday as the pandemic continues.That’s according to a count from The Associated Press, based on official numbers offered by health authorities across the region.Those numbers still may be an undercount, though, as testing in war-torn ...

US20:32 GMT 02.09.2020Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107896/20/1078962075_0:0:2703:1522_1200x675_80_0_0_9c3f42aa9a02ee54d983f731fe867c5f.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/us/202009021080351720-us-will-make-one-time-68-million-disbursement-to-who-for-aid-to-middle-east/WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States will make a one-time disbursement of $68 million to the World Health Organization to support humanitarian efforts in the Middle East, US Agency for International Development Assistant Administrator for Global Health Alma Golden said during a conference call ...