Middle East Experience

The term "brushing teeth" is a misleading term which causes most of us to put so much pressure on our teeth that it causes long-term damage. This is how to do it right.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Most of us make this common mistake when brushing our teeth

The media has reported that, in the context of the protests, at least two people have been fatally shot, four others have died in circumstances yet to be clarified and dozens more have been injured..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Peru: President Castillo must ensure proportionate use of force in response to social protests and prevent human rights violations

Israel has taken a number of steps aimed at calming tensions but the attacks have set off growing calls for a tougher crackdown..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: A week into Ramadan, Israel fails to quell tensions with Palestinians

At least six inmates at the New Bell prison in Douala have died of cholera since 18 February last. The latest, Rodrigue Ndagueho Koufet, who died on 7 April, had been held in arbitrary detention since September 2020 for being involved in peaceful protests. “The Cameroonian authorities must urgently take all necessary health measures to ensure ..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Cameroon. Arbitrarily detained person dies of cholera in Douala, other detainees at risk

No safety issues have been identified, Moderna said about the lots that were distributed in Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden in January.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Moderna recalls thousands of COVID vaccine doses in Europe

Support for the controversial solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict dropped sharply after the violent clashes between Jews and Arabs in Israel in May 2021.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Palestinian Support for a One-state Solution at Highest Since Last Year

Characterized by its decadence and glamour, Art Deco was heavily influenced by archaeological discovery, the birth of modern cinema and the automobile..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Art Deco: How Discovery, Invention and Fashion Created a Movement

Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year’s Hajj, a sharp uptick after pandemic restrictions forced two years of pared-down pilgrimages. The Hajj ministry “has authorized one million pilgrims, both foreign and domestic, to perform the Hajj this year,” it said in a statement. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Usually one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, about 2.5 million people took part in 2019. But after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Kingdom’s authorities allowed only 1,000 pilgrims to participate in an effort to prioritize the health of the pilgrims.The following year, the Kingdom upped the total to 60,000 fully vaccinated residents chosen through a lottery. Saturday’s announcement said this year’s Hajj will allow vaccinated pilgrims under age 65. Those coming from outside Saudi Arabia will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 PCR result from a test taken within 72 hours of travel. The government wants to ensure pilgrims’ safety “while ensuring that the maximum number of Muslims worldwide can perform the Hajj”, the statement said. The Hajj consists of a series of religious rites that are completed over five days in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, and surrounding areas of western Saudi Arabia.Read more:Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince announces ‘largest expansion in history’ of Quba mosqueThousands gather at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa for first Friday prayers of RamadanSaudi Arabia’s King Salman wishes Muslims a blessed Ramadan
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi Arabia increases Hajj pilgrimage capacity to one million

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants a tough global response to Russia after its forces fired a missile at a crowded train station, killing at least 52 people.Zelenskyy’s voice rose in anger during his nightly address late Friday, when he said the strike on the Kramatorsk train station, where 4,000 people were trying to flee a looming Russian offensive in the east, amounted to another war crime.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Russia denied it was responsible for the strike. Among those killed were five children, and dozens of people were severely injured.Photos taken after the attack showed corpses covered with tarpaulins, and the remnants of a rocket painted with the words “For the children” in Russian. The Russian phrasing seemed to suggest the missile was sent to avenge the loss or subjugation of children, although its exact meaning remained unclear.The strike seemed to shock world leaders.“There are almost no words for it,” European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters during a visit to Ukraine. “The cynical behavior (by Russia) has almost no benchmark anymore.”The attack came as workers elsewhere in the country unearthed bodies from a mass grave in Bucha, a town near Kyiv, where graphic evidence of dozens of killings emerged following the withdrawal of Russian forces.“Like the massacres in Bucha, like many other Russian war crimes, the missile attack on Kramatorsk should be one of the charges at the tribunal that must be held,” Zelenskyy said.He said efforts would be taken “to establish every minute of who did what, who gave what orders, where the missile came from, who transported it, who gave the command and how this strike was agreed to.”After failing to take Kyiv in the face of stiff resistance, Russian forces have now set their sights on the eastern Donbas region, the mostly Russian-speaking, industrial area where Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces for eight years and control some places.Although the train station is in Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the Donbas, Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack. So did the region’s Moscow-backed separatists, who work closely with Russian troops.Western experts, however, dismissed Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s assertion that Russian forces “do not use” that type of missile. A Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence, said Russia’s forces have used the missile — and that given the strike’s location and impact, it was likely Russia’s.Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, added that only Russia would have reason to target railway infrastructure in the Donbas, as it is critical for the Ukrainian military’s efforts to reinforce its units.Bronk pointed to other occasions when Russian authorities have tried to deflect blame by claiming their forces no longer use an older weapon “to kind of muddy the waters and try and create doubt.” He suggested Russia specifically chose the missile type because Ukraine also possesses them.British Defense Minister Ben Wallace denounced the attack as a war crime, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it “completely unacceptable.”Ukrainian authorities and Western officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of atrocities in the war that began with a February 24 invasion.Read more:Russia revokes registration of Amnesty and Human Rights WatchUK sending Ukraine ‘high-grade’ weaponry after station attackUkrainian forensic investigators start exhuming bodies from Bucha mass grave
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Ukraine seeks tough reply after missile kills 52 at station hosting evacuees

The establishment of peace is dependent on the extent to which Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis “surrender to Iran’s agenda,” Yemen’s Prime Minister Maeen Saeed said in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya.Yemen’s president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi transferred his powers to a newly established presidential leadership council and relieved the vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar of his duties on Thursday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The former president vacated the post 10 years after he was elected to power in 2012.The Prime Minister told Al Arabiya that the changes that have been made will “help to accommodate everyone and strengthen legitimacy.”The head of Yemen’s new presidential council said on Friday he would end the seven-year-long war via a peace process, in his first speech since power was delegated to the body by the country’s president this week.“The leadership council promises the people to end the war and achieve peace through a comprehensive peace process that guarantees the Yemeni people all its aspirations,” Rashad Al-Alimi said in the televised speech.Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with the newly-formed Yemeni presidential council on Thursday.The Kingdom on Thursday welcomed the Yemeni president’s decision to transfer his powers to a new presidential council, urged the body to start negotiations with the Iran-backed Houthi militia and said it would arrange $3 billion of support to the war-torn country’s economy, state news agency SPA said.Two billion dollars would come from Riyadh and another $1 billion from the United Emirates, which is part of the Arab Coalition.In light of this support from two of the key players in Yemen’s fight for legitimacy, Saeed reportedly pledged to work to “enhance the government’s ability to meet the demand for foodstuffs,” and stressed the importance of the support from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.“It will contribute to supporting the economy and the currency,” he said in the interview, while calling on other Gulf states to offer similar instances of support.On Thursday, the UN announced its readiness to work with the newly formed council and the respective Yemeni parties to reach a permanent and sustainable solution to the conflict.Read more:Head of new Yemeni council promises end to war via peace processThe New Yemeni RuleUN seeks $80 million to avert ‘imminent’ Yemen oil spill
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Yemeni Prime Minister says peace depends on extent of Houthi’s surrender to Iran