MOGADISHU: Every time young fashion designer Hawa Adan Hassan makes a new gown for a paying customer, she also makes her dreams come true. “My whole life, fashion design was a dream,” says the 23-year-old university student, who last year began running a cottage business out of her family’s home in Hamarweyne, the historic heart of…
LONDON: MBC Studios has teamed up with Abu Dhabi’s twofour54 and Image Nation to produce an Arabic-language soap opera called “Inheritance.” The soap was created for MBC Studios by Tony Jordan who was lead writer on the UK soap EastEnders, set around the fictional east London neighborhood of Albert Square. The deal will see a…
COLOMBO: Angelo Mathews scored 87 runs Wednesday to inspire Sri Lanka to their first One-Day International series sweep in more than three years, defeating Bangladesh by 122 runs in the third and final match. Sri Lanka’s last sweep was a 2-0 series win at in Ireland in June 2016. Choosing to bat after winning the toss,…
COLOMBO: Angelo Mathews scored 87 runs Wednesday to inspire Sri Lanka to their first One-Day International series sweep in more than three years, defeating Bangladesh by 122 runs in the third and final match. Sri Lanka’s last sweep was a 2-0 series win at in Ireland in June 2016. Choosing to bat after winning the toss,…
MUNICH: French striker Karim Benzema scored a hat trick as Real Madrid defeated Fenerbahce 5-3 in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday which temporarily lifted the summer gloom which has engulfed the Spanish giants and coach Zinedine Zidane. However, problems remain for Real as they have now conceded 16 goals in just five friendly matches. They faced…
DUBAI: The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the emirate’s main financial regulator, is not certain that it can enforce payment of the record $314 million fine it imposed on two entities at the heart of the collapse of private equity group Abraaj. In response to questions from Arab News, the DFSA, the watchdog for the Dubai…
DUBAI: The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the emirate’s main financial regulator, is not certain that it can enforce payment of the record $314 million fine it imposed on two entities at the heart of the collapse of private equity group Abraaj. In response to questions from Arab News, the DFSA, the watchdog for the Dubai…
LONDON: Shares in Aston Martin dropped to a post-flotation low on Wednesday after the luxury British carmaker slumped to a half-year loss, the latest automotive firm to be hit by falling demand in Europe. Aston Martin, best known as James Bond’s favorite marque, has been undergoing a turnaround plan since CEO Andy Palmer took over in…
BERLIN: The US ambassador to Germany launched a scathing attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government on Thursday for its reluctance to join a naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Europe’s biggest economy must assume more global responsibility.Relations between the United States and Germany have soured since US President Donald Trump took office, due…
JAKARTA: Indonesia is investigating a report that a pregnant Indonesian woman who had joined Daesh died after allegedly being beaten and tortured in a refugee camp in Syria, a spokesman for the country’s foreign ministry said.Hundreds of Indonesians are believed to have gone to join Daesh and those who survived the conflict are mostly being…
US watching Tehran ‘very closely’ after renewing waivers for Iran civil nuclear projects WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday it was extending waivers for three civilian nuclear projects in Iran, despite Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement.“This is a short 90 day extension,” said White House National Security Adviser John Bolton, a champion of…
TIKRIT/SULAIMANIYA, Iraq: At least seven members of Iraq’s security forces were killed and 16 wounded overnight in two separate attacks by Daesh militants, police said on Thursday.Three members of the paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and two policemen were killed in an attack in the Sayed Gharib area north of Salahuddin province’s Dujail district, 50…
Two separate attacks in Aden on Thursday killed and wounded dozens, security sources reported. Dozens of police, including a senior commander, were killed or wounded in an attack on a military camp west of government-held second city Aden. “The blast occurred behind the stand where the ceremony was taking place at Al Jalaa military camp…
Two separate attacks in Aden - one claimed by the Houths - killed and wounded dozens on Thursday, security sources reported. A Reuters witness saw nine bodies on the ground after an explosion hit a military camp belonging to the Yemeni Security Belt forces backed by the United Arab Emirates, which is a member of the…
DHAHRAN: The King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) announced the highly anticipated second edition of its annual Tanween creativity season on Wednesday. The second edition, set to take place at Ithra during October, will host international speakers and guests who will deliver talks, seminars, workshops and panels to aspiring professionals from the Kingdom and…
DHAHRAN: The King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) announced the highly anticipated second edition of its annual Tanween creativity season on Wednesday. The second edition, set to take place at Ithra during October, will host international speakers and guests who will deliver talks, seminars, workshops and panels to aspiring professionals from the Kingdom and…
RIYADH: The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) has teamed up with a global location technology company in a bid to speed up potentially life-saving emergency response times in the run-up to Hajj. Announcing its link-up with the geocoding app, what3words, the medical services provider said the system would help to accurately pinpoint people in need…
