How a Protest Movement Took Down Lebanon’s Prime Minister
Credit to Author: Michael Downey| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 22:54:06 +0000
“I’ve reached a dead end,” Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said after 13 days of massive protests.
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16 pass written phase of dentist licensure exam in Middle East
Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:41:21 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A total of 16 out of 69 examines passed the theoretical phase of the dentist licensure examination given in the Middle East last August 2019, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Wednesday. The exam was given in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates; Al-Khobar, Jeddah and Riyadh in the Kingdom of […]
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Read moreEducation seen as new niche market for PH tourism
Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:11:21 +0000
The government is expanding “education tourism” to lure students from the Middle East and Europe to come to the Philippines and study.
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Read moreMiddle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia
Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 02:08:49 +0000
The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.
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Read moreTrump blames Iran for tanker attacks but calls for talks
Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:52:54 +0000
President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that implicit U.S. threats to use force will yield talks with the Islamic Republic as the Pentagon considers beefing up defenses in the Persian Gulf area.
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Read moreUS beefing up forces in Middle East to counter Iran
Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 23:22:57 +0000
The U.S. will send hundreds of additional troops and a dozen fighter jets to the Middle East in the coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon said is an escalating campaign by Iran to plan attacks against the U.S. and its interests in the region.
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Read moreGlobal oil prices raising inflation fears
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:30:05 +0000
WHEN market prices started rising last year, critics blamed the administration’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) which, while lowering personal income tax rates, imposed a tariff of R2 per liter on diesel and other fuel imports where there had been none before. The new tariff raised the cost of diesel, thus […]
Read moreForeigners among those targeted in New Zealand mosque attack
Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 02:02:54 +0000
Several of those killed or wounded in the shooting rampage at two New Zealand mosques on Friday were from the Middle East or South Asia
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Read moreNetanyahu: Israel would hit Iran to ensure its own survival
Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:56:44 +0000
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be prepared to attack inside Iran if the Jewish state’s survival was at stake.
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Read moreWelcome to the Saudi Arabia vs. Canada Troll War
We offer to sell the Saudis $15 billion in weapons to be used for war crimes in Yemen and this is the thanks we get? Rude.