Dying babies and no doctors: a look inside a Yemeni hospital Shortages of essential drugs, vaccines and medical equipment are widespread. Updated 07 Aug, 2018 03:02pm
War, hunger and now cholera: Yemen’s crisis worsens With half a million cholera cases and nearly 2,000 people dead, it is now the largest cholera epidemic in the world. Updated 29 Aug, 2017 09:46am
Two months into boycott, Qatar goes on the offensive The energy-rich Persian Gulf nation has used its billions to strengthen its economy and security. Updated 10 Aug, 2017 09:09am
MIDDLE EAST: LIVING THROUGH A CRISIS Saudi blockade forges fear, mettle in Qatar’s capital Published 18 Jun, 2017 07:23am
From Cairo, It’s Saturday Night Live — without politics, sex or religion CAIRO: The marquee lights and stage set look familiar, as does the band that opened before the comedy sketch began: ... Published 21 Mar, 2016 06:14am
Attitudes towards women remain ultra-conservative in Afghanistan Women’s rights began to be trampled during the Soviet occupation and wars of the late 1970s and 1980s. Updated 08 Dec, 2014 08:22am
UN peacekeepers fail to stop African wars NAIROBI: The United Nations has dispatched a record number of peacekeepers in Africa in recent years, deploying... Updated 06 Jan, 2014 08:38am
A play about King reminds S. Africans of Mandela JOHANNESBURG: In the play “The Mountaintop”, a fictional account of the night before Martin Luther King Jr was... Updated 08 Aug, 2013 08:25am
