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Arab coalition releases 200 Houthi prisoners to support peace deal

  • The coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015
  • Coalition also said would ease restrictions on Yemeni airspace
By Arab News ·

Lebanon’s Hariri says does not want to be PM, says decision is ‘decisive’

  • ‘I am sticking by the rule ‘not me, rather someone else’ to form a government’
By AFP ·

Protester killed in Baghdad, dozens wounded across Iraq

  • 18 demonstrators were wounded by security forces
By AFP ·

Start-up of the Week: UnitX - Making supercomputers accessible and affordable

  • UnitX is a startup based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
  • Provides cloud-like online platform that allows users to harness power of 14 supercomputers
By DEEMA AL-KHUDAIR ·

Sudan cabinet scraps law abusing women’s rights: state media

  • Thousands of women were flogged, fined and even jailed during Bashir’s ironfisted rule
  • The cabinet’s decision is still to be ratified by the ruling sovereign council
By AFP ·

More than 40 dead after heavy rain pounds DR Congo capital

  • The mayor of Lemba, Jean Nsaka, said a drainage ditch had given way under the pressure of the water, and the highway had been engulfed
  • Africa’s third largest city, Kinshasa counts around 10 million inhabitants — a doubling of the population in less than two decades — and many of them live in precarious dwellings

Entrepreneur says young should be taught to follow passions, not just jobs

  • Social entrepreneur Anisa Al-Sharif said she believes people today do not need to discuss their employability and how they can attract recruiters, but instead how to develop their passions
  • According to the World Economic Forum, 65 percent of children entering primary school level education now will likely work in jobs that do not currently exist
By Farah Heiba ·

Andy Ruiz Jr promises to ‘make history again’ in Saudi Arabia clash with Anthony Joshua

  • Ruiz is laying his WBO, IBF, WBA and IBO belts on the line in Saudi Arabia
  • Fight will be held at the custom-built 15,000 capacity Diriyah Arena in Riyadh
By Arab News ·

Vietnam jails another Facebook user as dissent crackdown intensifies

  • Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism
  • Facebook is widely used in the country and serves as the main platform for both e-commerce and dissent
By Reuters ·

Cairo Film Festival’s short films now eligible for Oscars

  • The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has made the CIFF an Oscar-qualifying film festival
  • The film festival’s shorts will be eligible to compete at the 2021 Oscars alongside films from other international festivals
By Arab News ·