TIJUANA A stone's throw from the US border and around the corner from Tijuana's seedy red-light district, Afghan families say they feel safe inside a first of its kind Muslim-only shelter.But.
DHAKA: Four Rohingya refugees have won the 2023 Nansen Refugee Award in the Asia and Pacific category for using audiovisual art to document their experiences of statelessness and living in camps in Bangladesh. The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award was established in 1954 to recognize individuals or groups for their work helping displaced and stateless people. It is named after Fridtjof.
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday said it was not acceptable for Israel to use the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 as justification for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and called for international monitoring on the ground in Gaza. Israeli tanks battled their way to the center of Khan Younis on Sunday in a major new.
RIYADH: Saudi ACWA Power is set for a change in its major shareholder list as Al Rajhi Holding Group, with an 11.205 percent stake, plans an internal transaction, transferring ownership to the investment portfolios of its affiliated companies. In a bourse filing, ACWA Power stated that it has received a letter from Al Rajhi expressing its intent to carry out.
RIYADH: Further improvement in Oman’s debt burden led US-based Moody’s Investors Service to upgrade its credit rating for the second consecutive time this year from “Ba2” to “Ba1”. The upgrade in rating is attributed to improvements in debt affordability metrics, according to a statement. This positive shift primarily results from spending restraints and the utilization of additional revenues in reducing.