Morocco march into Olympic men’s football semifinals

DUBAI: The picturesque town of Aix-les-Bains is set to host a historic event as France holds its first camel race with international participants during the Paris 2024 Olympics, although the event is not affiliated with the summer games. Taking place on August 4 and featuring jockeys from the Arabian Desert Camel Riding Center in Dubai, … Read more

Power cuts will force more people to leave Ukraine: central bank

DHAKA: US-Bangla Airlines, Bangladesh's largest airline by fleet size, has launched direct flights from Dhaka to Jeddah amid growing demand for travel to Saudi Arabia. The inaugural flight was launched by Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Faruk Khan on Thursday evening. “We launched the Dhaka-Jeddah flight as part of our long-term expansion plan,” Kamrul Islam, … Read more

Airlines avoid some Mideast airspace, cancel Israel flights as tensions mount

SINJAR, Iraq: Fahad Qassim was just 11 years old when Daesh militants invaded his Yazidi community in northern Iraq's Sinjar region in August 2014, taking him prisoner.The attack was the beginning of what became the systematic slaughter, enslavement and rape of thousands of Yazidis, shocking the world and displacing most of the 550,000 ancient religious … Read more

At least 13 dead in Nigeria hardship protests: rights group

Newly released Americans return to US soil after prisoner swap with Russia WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia completed the largest prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow freeing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational agreement that established two dozen people. free … Read more