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How Indonesia’s Arab community is keeping its Middle Eastern customs alive

  • SURABAYA: Along the K.H. Mas Mansyur Street in Surabaya’s Arab Quarter, crowds of shoppers during Ramadan were conspicuous this year by their absence. There were no throngs of people crowding around the Ramadan bazaar food stalls selling famous Arab delicacies. “With the social restric...
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Focus: European stimulus and US stocks

  • What happened this week: US first-time jobless claims for the week ending May 30 came in at 1.9 million. While the growth rate has been on a downward trajectory, the figure is still an extraordinary number. Unemployment claims have reached 43 million since the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdo...
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G20 discusses long-term vision for the digital economy

  • RIYADH: The G20 Digital Economy Taskforce (DETF) held consecutive virtual meetings on June 3 to June 4 to discuss a comprehensive approach to digital economy policymaking and the future of digitalization. Members from G20 countries, guest countries, international and regional organizations, a...
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Operation underway against militants near Pakistan-Iran border

  • DUBAI/KARACHI: A major intelligence-based operation is ongoing against militants hiding near Pakistan’s border with Iran in the southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani intelligence officials and local witnesses said, in the latest attempt to combat violence on the 900-km shared fronti...
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'Ground zero' operation underway against militant hideouts near Pakistan’s border with Iran 

  • DUBAI/ KARACHI: A major “intelligence-based operation” is ongoing against militants hiding near Pakistan’s border with Iran in the southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani intelligence officials, local witnesses, have said, in the latest attempt to combat violence on the 900-kilometer share...
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Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak to learn fate in 1MDB trial next month

  • KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak will learn his fate over allegations he plundered state coffers next month when a verdict is delivered in his first trial over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Huge sums were looted from the country’s sovereign wealth fund and spent on items...
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Is this the greatest racehorse ever?

  • LONDON: There is, understandably, great excitement in the world of horse-racing ahead of Saturday’s Qipco 2000 Guineas race at Newmarket, the first of the British season’s Classics to be run since the coronavirus ban on the sport was lifted in England on June 1. The Classics are a series of f...
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Flash floods in southern Yemen kill five, displace hundreds

  • AL-MUKALLA: Heavy rains and flash floods hit provinces in southern Yemen on Wednesday and Thursday, killing five people, displacing hundreds of families and isolating villages, local government officials told Arab News. The heavy rain that began on Wednesday in Yemen's southern province ...
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Pakistan’s virus tally tops China’s as doctors warn of health crisis

  • ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus infections have surpassed neighboring China — once the region’s hotbed — as the national tally on Thursday reached 86,913, with doctors warning the government of a health crisis in the coming days if appropriate measures are not taken to flatten the curve. Ch...
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US probes Turkey over ‘discriminatory’ taxes

  • ANKARA: The US has launched an investigation into new digital services taxes (DST) brought in by Turkey to see if they unfairly discriminate against American businesses. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced on Wednesday that it would be scrutinizing the Turkish taxes alo...
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