Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, hugs Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Facebook offices in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook India is under fire. (Files/AP)https://arab.news/6ay4wNEW DELHI: Facebook was accused Monday of promoting hate speech and destabilizing democracy in India by the country’s main opposition Congress Party.The social media giant has one of its biggest markets in India, with more than 340 million users.But a report last week in the Wall Street Journal said the platform had ignored incendiary messages posted by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...…Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, hugs Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Facebook offices in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook India is under fire. (Files/AP)https://arab.news/6ay4wNEW DELHI: Facebook was accused Monday of promoting hate speech and destabilizing democracy in India by the country’s main opposition Congress Party.The social media giant has one of its biggest markets in India, with more than 340 million users.But a report last week in the Wall Street Journal said the platform had ignored incendiary messages posted by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...WW…

A picture shows a flooded area, as a result of torrential rain, in the town of Osaylat, 50 km southeast of the capital Khartoum, on August 6, 2020. (File/AFP)https://arab.news/55x85KHARTOUM: Sudan on Sunday said floods caused by torrential rains have killed 63 people since July, with thousands more forced from their homes by the seasonal storms.Over 14,000 homes and 119 public buildings were destroyed, while more than 16,000 homes have been badly damaged, government civil defence organisations calculate, according to a statement from the interior ministry.Heavy rains usually fall in Sudan...…A picture shows a flooded area, as a result of torrential rain, in the town of Osaylat, 50 km southeast of the capital Khartoum, on August 6, 2020. (File/AFP)https://arab.news/55x85KHARTOUM: Sudan on Sunday said floods caused by torrential rains have killed 63 people since July, with thousands more forced from their homes by the seasonal storms.Over 14,000 homes and 119 public buildings were destroyed, while more than 16,000 homes have been badly damaged, government civil defence organisations calculate, according to a statement from the interior ministry.Heavy rains usually fall in Sudan...WW…

/ 2/ 2The chairman of the Arab Parliament, Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami. (SPA)https://arab.news/6b958RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday condemned a Houthi drone attack targeted toward Saudi Arabia.The Saudi-backed Arab coalition forces supporting the legitimate government in Yemen intercepted and shot down a bomb-laden unmanned aerial vehicle launched by the Iranian-backed militia group on Thursday.OIC Secretary-General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen called for the full implementation of the Stockholm Agreement while condemning the Houthis’ continued use of Hodeidah...…/ 2/ 2The chairman of the Arab Parliament, Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami. (SPA)https://arab.news/6b958RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday condemned a Houthi drone attack targeted toward Saudi Arabia.The Saudi-backed Arab coalition forces supporting the legitimate government in Yemen intercepted and shot down a bomb-laden unmanned aerial vehicle launched by the Iranian-backed militia group on Thursday.OIC Secretary-General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen called for the full implementation of the Stockholm Agreement while condemning the Houthis’ continued use of Hodeidah...WW…

The FSO Safer is shown in this file photo from social media.https://arab.news/cgyg8AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: The US blasted Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen on Sunday for reneging on a deal to allow UN teams to board a rusting oil storage vessel that threatens an environmental disaster in the Red Sea.The FSO Safer has been moored 7 km off the coast of Yemen since 1988. It fell into Houthi hands in March 2015, when they took control of the coast around the port city of Hodeidah.The Houthis briefly bowed to pressure last month and agreed to allow a team of UN engineers to visit the ship, before...…The FSO Safer is shown in this file photo from social media.https://arab.news/cgyg8AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: The US blasted Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen on Sunday for reneging on a deal to allow UN teams to board a rusting oil storage vessel that threatens an environmental disaster in the Red Sea.The FSO Safer has been moored 7 km off the coast of Yemen since 1988. It fell into Houthi hands in March 2015, when they took control of the coast around the port city of Hodeidah.The Houthis briefly bowed to pressure last month and agreed to allow a team of UN engineers to visit the ship, before...WW…

A Hezbollah member carries a mock rocket next to a poster of the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Sidon, southern Lebanon. (REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo)https://arab.news/jjg2eNEW YORK: The shocking extent of Hezbollah’s covert and illicit activities around the world is revealed in an interactive map created by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.It includes about 1,000 incidents and activities spanning more than four decades, including a thwarted plot in Cyprus, a bus bombing in Bulgaria and the group’s role in the Syrian Civil War. LOOK:“Hezbollah invests a lot...…A Hezbollah member carries a mock rocket next to a poster of the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Sidon, southern Lebanon. (REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo)https://arab.news/jjg2eNEW YORK: The shocking extent of Hezbollah’s covert and illicit activities around the world is revealed in an interactive map created by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.It includes about 1,000 incidents and activities spanning more than four decades, including a thwarted plot in Cyprus, a bus bombing in Bulgaria and the group’s role in the Syrian Civil War. LOOK:“Hezbollah invests a lot...WW…

https://arab.news/4wpy8For two millennia the Silk Road was a 6,500km caravan route connecting China to the West, for the export of spices, fabrics and tea. Beijing today is investing hundreds of billions of dollars reopening these routes as an immense arena of Chinese commercial hegemony, with massive investments straddling Central Asia and Pakistan, and a $400 billion deal with Iran. Chinese hawks view Lebanon’s crushing financial crisis as a bargain opportunity to consolidate its presence in the eastern Mediterranean.The incompetence of Lebanon’s bankrupt political class has plunged IMF...…https://arab.news/4wpy8For two millennia the Silk Road was a 6,500km caravan route connecting China to the West, for the export of spices, fabrics and tea. Beijing today is investing hundreds of billions of dollars reopening these routes as an immense arena of Chinese commercial hegemony, with massive investments straddling Central Asia and Pakistan, and a $400 billion deal with Iran. Chinese hawks view Lebanon’s crushing financial crisis as a bargain opportunity to consolidate its presence in the eastern Mediterranean.The incompetence of Lebanon’s bankrupt political class has plunged IMF...WW…

/ 7Ground zero of the Beirut blast. (AFP)/ 7Firefighters spray water at a fire after an explosion was heard in Beirut. (Reuters)/ 7A wounded man is checked by a fireman near the scene of an explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020. (AFP)/ 7Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP)/ 7Smoke billows following an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020. (AFP)/ 7A helicopter drops water on the blaze. (AFP)/ 7A view through a broken window accross Beirut's ground zero. (AFP)https://arab.news/v6yuvBEIRUT: More than 135...…/ 7Ground zero of the Beirut blast. (AFP)/ 7Firefighters spray water at a fire after an explosion was heard in Beirut. (Reuters)/ 7A wounded man is checked by a fireman near the scene of an explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020. (AFP)/ 7Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP)/ 7Smoke billows following an explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020. (AFP)/ 7A helicopter drops water on the blaze. (AFP)/ 7A view through a broken window accross Beirut's ground zero. (AFP)https://arab.news/v6yuvBEIRUT: More than 135...WW…

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) in Makkah. (Files/AFP)https://arab.news/mhqpmISLAMABAD/DHAKA: As India’s relations with its neighbors in the South Asian region deteriorate, old foes Pakistan and Bangladesh are making a push to build diplomatic, economic and cultural ties that could upend decades of historic arrangements in the region, officials and experts in Islamabad and Dhaka have said.Indeed, a number of recent diplomatic developments have hinted at a thaw in a...…Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) in Makkah. (Files/AFP)https://arab.news/mhqpmISLAMABAD/DHAKA: As India’s relations with its neighbors in the South Asian region deteriorate, old foes Pakistan and Bangladesh are making a push to build diplomatic, economic and cultural ties that could upend decades of historic arrangements in the region, officials and experts in Islamabad and Dhaka have said.Indeed, a number of recent diplomatic developments have hinted at a thaw in a...WW…

Yemeni men wait at a money exchange office in the southern port city of Aden on January 23, 2020. (File/AFP)https://arab.news/pwuqrYemen’s Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani blamed the Houthis for the missing salaries of government employees after he claimed the militia looted nearly $160 million from the Central Bank, state news agency reported.Minister Muammar Al-Iryani said on Monday that the Houthis halted the government’s arrangements - under international sponsorship - to pay government employees’ wages from the salary account of the Central Bank branch in Al-Hodeidah city.The...…Yemeni men wait at a money exchange office in the southern port city of Aden on January 23, 2020. (File/AFP)https://arab.news/pwuqrYemen’s Information Minister Muammar Al-Iryani blamed the Houthis for the missing salaries of government employees after he claimed the militia looted nearly $160 million from the Central Bank, state news agency reported.Minister Muammar Al-Iryani said on Monday that the Houthis halted the government’s arrangements - under international sponsorship - to pay government employees’ wages from the salary account of the Central Bank branch in Al-Hodeidah city.The...WW…

https://arab.news/gzg6xIn recent days, disturbing reports have appeared in Pakistani media and then picked up by foreign media that aim to sabotage the historic partnership between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.Their apparent motivation is to create a rift in the Muslim Ummah, by questioning the principled position of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) on Kashmir and linking it with Saudi Arabia’s economic support to Pakistan.Even more worrisome is the fact that these damaging reports draw upon the remarks made by Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s foreign minister, in an interview to a...…https://arab.news/gzg6xIn recent days, disturbing reports have appeared in Pakistani media and then picked up by foreign media that aim to sabotage the historic partnership between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.Their apparent motivation is to create a rift in the Muslim Ummah, by questioning the principled position of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) on Kashmir and linking it with Saudi Arabia’s economic support to Pakistan.Even more worrisome is the fact that these damaging reports draw upon the remarks made by Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s foreign minister, in an interview to a...WW…