UK’s Tribe Payments Opens Dubai Office to Support Middle East Growth

Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Middle East News once a month in your Inbox Tribe Payments, a London-based fintech firm specialising in issuer and acquirer processing, has opened a new office in Dubai as part of its expansion into the...

Arab American woman Fatme Davis fatally stabbed by husband during custody exchange

Victim Stella Davis, left, and suspect Sidney Davis. In a shocking case of domestic violence at a gas station in Shelby Township, an Arab American woman was fatally stabbed by her estranged husband during a planned custody exchange of their...

Egyptian called in sick 3,500 years ago because ‘something bit me’

1295 to 1186 BCE records an order from a man called Nakhtamun for windows. (Musée du Louvre via SWNS) By Talker An exhibition has revealed Ancient Egyptian sick notes and work invoices - including one man who stayed home because he'd been bitten....

Iraq election monitors record +300 campaign violations ahead of vote

2025-10-03T13:38:31+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq recorded 301 violations during early campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary polls, the Shams Network for Monitoring Elections revealed on Friday. The...

Syrian-Israeli Security Deal Optimism Grows Amid UN Meetings

The notion of Syria negotiating security arrangements with Israel marks a seismic shift that could reshape Middle Eastern alliances and challenge decades of entrenched hostilities. From Battlefield to Bargaining Table For over five decades, Syria...

PEACE OR ‘ALL HELL’: Hamas Has Until Sunday to Accept Trump Proposal, ‘THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER’

President Trump gave Hamas until Sunday at 6 p.m. Washington time to accept his peace proposal — or, he warned, “all HELL” will break out. “An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every...

Travel With A Purpose: How Tourism Is Changing Asia And The Middle East

Last Updated:October 03, 2025, 18:17 IST Tourism in Asia and the Middle East is more than travel; it serves as a force for sustainable development, cultural preservation, and social inclusion. Travel initiatives promote cultural preservation and...

Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages, alive and dead

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. What terms did Hamas not agree to in Trump's peace plan? 02:16 Now Playing Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages, alive and dead 07:10 UP NEXT Father of...

Researchers say Israeli government likely behind AI-generated disinfo campaign in Iran

A coordinated Israeli-backed network of social media accounts pushed anti-government propaganda — including deepfakes and other AI-generated content — to Iranians as real-world kinetic attacks were happening, with the goal of fomenting revolt...

BORIS JOHNSON: Time for the knee-jerk Israel bashers to take off their ridiculous black and white Arafat dishcloths, cease their revolting demos and call on Hamas to sign the White House peace deal…

Right, that’s it. As of today, I don’t want any more of your buts. I have had it with the howevers. When it comes to the question of Israel and anti-Semitism, I don’t want to hear any more of those weaselly saving clauses, those two-faced,...

Hamas says it agrees to release all Israeli hostages, part of Trump's Gaza peace plan

Hamas says it agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, and expressed willingness to negotiate through mediators on President Donald Trump's plan for peace in the Middle East. The group "affirms its readiness to immediately enter into...

Al-Sharaa establishes the Syrian Petroleum Company

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, during the transitional phase, issued Decree No. 189 of 2025 establishing the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), headquartered in Damascus. According to the decree, published by the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency...

Rabbi Seeks Syrian Parliament Seat, Ending 58-Year Ban on Jewish Candidates

[Damascus] Syrian American Rabbi Henry Yosef Hamra has declared his candidacy for the People’s Assembly in the Damascus district, a landmark move given that Jews have been barred from seeking political office in Syria since the 1967 war. The move...

Local community commemorates victims of Israeli attacks in Bint Jbeil

Memorial service at the Islamic Center of America on Sunday, September 28. - Photos by Dearborn.org DEARBORN – Over the past week, the city of Dearborn witnessed a series of memorial events honoring the lives of five victims — including three...

Saudi Arabia Bans Outsourcing Of Local Tourism Jobs To Boost National Employment

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism has announced new regulations prohibiting the outsourcing of jobs designated for localisation to entities or workers outside the Kingdom. Under the updated rules, outsourcing is limited only to establishments...

The Media Line: Rabbi Runs for Syrian Parliament, Ending 58 Year Ban on Jewish Candidates  

Rabbi Runs for Syrian Parliament, Ending 58 Year Ban on Jewish Candidates By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line [Damascus] Syrian American Rabbi Henry Yosef Hamra has declared his candidacy for the People’s Assembly in the Damascus district, a landmark...

Yemenis stage nationwide rallies in solidarity with Gaza, condemn Israel’s genocide

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets nationwide in a strong show of solidarity with Palestinians, denouncing the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip. On Friday, large crowds rallied in the capital...

Morning Coffee: JPMorgan’s new plan to cut junior bankers & shift jobs to India. The long haired hippy running a $20bn trading firm

How far will the jobs of junior bankers be diminished by AI? Last year, the New York Times put the fall at two thirds. For the moment, JPMorgan seems to have its eye on half that. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. CNBC reports that...

Trump’s Gaza Plan: America’s silent occupation for Israel

When Donald Trump unveiled his so called Gaza Plan, it was framed as an initiative for stability and reconstruction after years of bloodshed. But beneath the glossy diplomatic packaging, the plan is not a vision for Palestinian self determination....

Made by Egyptian hands

I have often told the story about going to the British Museum when I was five years old and trying (with difficulty) to see a piece of ancient Egyptian bread in the back of a display case – when a curator came by, spotted the trouble I was having...