Middle East Experience

"We are reaching a state of emergency. We need immediate assistance," said one tweet, adding that it was also carrying a body bag containing the corpse of one migrant who had died.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Banksy's migrant rescue boat stranded at sea with more than 200 on board

The main accused and three other Bangladeshis, including two fugitives, were accused of running the villa as a prostitution den..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: 7 jailed for human trafficking, ‘selling’ nanny in UAE

MBS's condition was for the visit was that it would take place in total secrecy and that his presence in Washington would become known only once the meeting was underway.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: MBS cancels meeting with Netanyahu, fears it was leaked - report

Crime Minister, a movement participating in protests, called on police not to repeat the "terror" that had occurred in the previous protests.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Police claim protesters called to harm officers, demonstrators deny

Rana Dashti, the victim's mother, has said the legal outcome has….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iranian father gets nine-year sentence for beheading teenage daughter in 'honour killing'

UAE ruler issues decree ending Israel boycott, allowing Israelis and Israeli firms to do business in the Arab country..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: UAE scraps Israel economic boycott after US-brokered deal

The Israel-UAE deal awaits negotiations on details such as opening embassies, trade and travel links before it is officially signed.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: UAE cancels Israel boycott, allows economic agreements

As Egypt finds new ways to promote tourism in the time of the coronavirus crisis, the Czech Republic is hosting an exhibition of Egyptian antiquities found by a Czech archaeological mission.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt sends antiquities abroad on tourism-boosting tours

BP Plc plans to sell its headquarters in central London as it cuts jobs and adopts flexible working, The Times reported on Sunday.The oil major, which employs 6,500 office staff in the UK, plans to rent back the building on St. James’s Square from the new owner for as long as two years before leaving for good, the newspaper said, without citing anyone. BP declined to comment on “rumor or speculation” to the paper.BP joins other employers that are changing their work styles after many employees began working at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney has said the company will move to a mixture of home and office working.The plan highlights the uncertainty the property market is facing as the coronavirus sent office workers to setups in their kitchens or living rooms, emptying towers in the City and Canary Wharf business centers and elsewhere across London.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Only 13 percent of people were back to their offices this month in London, and across the nation’s 63 biggest urban centers, the number was 17 percent, the newspaper said, citing analysis of mobile phone data.The building, which BP bought for 117 million pounds ($156 million) in 2001, could be priced at more than 300 million pounds today, the newspaper said.Read more:China’s oil refining giant Sinopec posts first-ever loss amid COVID-19 demand hitProduction capacity at Baiji refinery to reach 280,000 bpd, says Iraq oil ministrySaudi Arabia’s June oil exports drop $8.7 billion amid global coronavirus slowdown
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: BP to sell London HQ as the oil major cuts jobs, shifts to flexible working: Reports

More than half of Lebanon's population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country's many woes, a UN agency said Sunday.“More than half of the country's population is at risk of failing to access their basic food needs by the year's end,” the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said.“Immediate measures should be taken to prevent a food crisis,” ESCWA executive secretary Rola Dashti said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Lebanon's government, she said, must prioritise the rebuilding of silos at the Beirut port, the country's largest grain storage.Lebanon was mired in an economic collapse even before the cataclysmic August 4 cataclysmic blast at Beirut's port, which killed 188 people, wounded thousands and destroyed swathes of the capital.Read more: Beirut explosion: Kuwait to rebuild the destroyed wheat silos at the Lebanese portLebanon defaulted on its debt, while the local currency has plummeted in value on the black market and poverty rates have soared, on top of a spike in the number of coronavirus cases.“The yearly average inflation rate is expected to be more than 50 percent in 2020, compared with 2.9 percent in 2019,” ESCWA said in a statement.Lebanon relies on imports for 85 percent of its food needs and the annihilation of the silos at the Beirut port could worsen an already alarming situation, aid agencies and experts have said.ESCWA said increased transaction costs of food imports could lead to a further rise in prices.To prevent a crisis, authorities must set a ceiling for food prices and encourage direct sales from local producers to consumers, Dashti added.She also urged the international community to “expand food security programs targeting refugees and host communities” to help defuse “potential social tensions.”Earlier this month, ESCWA said more than 55 percent of the Lebanese are “trapped in poverty and struggling for bare necessities.”Read more:Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah is open to new political contract for LebanonLebanese people criticize Hezbollah after Beirut blastThe Hariri Tribunal sentence is more valuable than it seems
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Half of Lebanon at risk of food crisis following Beirut explosion, warns UN