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New research reveals the dual benefit of the jab, as UAE medics urge residents over 50 to bridge a significant knowledge gap and get immunized. UAE doctors are issuing a strong recommendation for residents aged 50 and above to get the shingles vaccine, following groundbreaking research that links the immunization to a drastically reduced risk of life-threatening conditions like stroke, heart attack, and dementia. The call to action is part of the UAE’s broader preventive healthcare strategy. It comes after a study presented at IDWeek 2025 found that the shingles vaccine offers significant protective benefits beyond its intended purpose. According…
Thirty-four children were among 78 people killed in the deadly blaze, which occurred during the school holidays.A Turkish court has sentenced 11 people to life in prison over a fire that killed 78 people at a hotel in a ski resort in northwest Turkiye’s Bolu mountains in January.Among those sentenced on Friday were Halit Ergul – the owner of the Grand Kartal Hotel, which sits in the Kartalkaya ski resort about 295km (183 miles) east of Istanbul – according to state-run broadcaster TRT Haber.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Suspect in US arson attack at Pennsylvania governor’s mansion…
The resolution supports Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, a stance backed by Trump’s administration.The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat’s 50-year conflict with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.Western Sahara, a tract of desert the size of Britain, has been the scene of Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute since colonial power Spain left in 1975 and Morocco annexed the territory.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Gaza family forced to live around undetonated bomb lodged in their homelist 2 of…
Dozens of Yemeni UN personnel could face death penalty, as UN says at least 59 of its staff are being held by the group.Yemen’s Houthi-run government will put dozens of detained United Nations staff on trial, alleging that they have spied for Israel or had links to an Israeli air strike that killed the prime minister, according to officials.Abdulwahid Abu Ras, Yemen’s acting foreign minister, told the Reuters news agency on Friday that a cell within the UN’s World Food Programme was involved in directly targeting the government.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Yemen’s Houthis detain 20 UN…
Ahmed Souab, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, faces a number of charges related to ‘anti-terrorism’ legislation.A Tunisian court has sentenced Ahmed Souab, a lawyer and fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to five years in prison, his lawyer said, in a case that rights groups say marks a deepening crackdown on dissent in the North African country.Defence lawyer Yosr Hamid said on Friday that her client had received an additional three-year sentence of “administrative supervision” after he was arrested in April following criticism of the legal process in a trial of prominent figures, including opposition leaders.Recommended Stories list…
Bodies of prisoners returned by Israel show signs of torture, as three Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes despite truce.Thirty more bodies of Palestinians who were detained by Israel have been returned to the besieged Gaza Strip, some showing signs of torture.This comes as Israeli forces continue air strikes across the Strip, despite a shaky ceasefire, killing at least three people on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Bring him home’: Sami Hamdi’s wife urges US to release UK journalistlist 2 of 3‘They left us with nothing’: Sudanese flee el-Fasher under firelist 3 of 3Canada’s Carney and China’s Xi…
The el-Fasher massacre in late October highlighted that the war in Sudan shows little sign of abating.Sudan’s civil war between the regular army known as the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces continues unabated.The conflict is well into its third year and has seen both sides allegedly commit war crimes and crimes against humanity. In addition, the RSF is implicated in atrocities that may amount to genocide, especially in the sprawling western region of Darfur.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN officials condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan as RSF advanceslist 2 of 3‘No mercy’:…
Wife of pro-Palestine commentator Sami Hamdi describes shock detention at San Francisco airport as lawyers file emergency legal challenge.Soumaya Hamdi was planning for the family holiday she would soon be taking with her husband when she received a text message that changed everything. “Is it true that Sami is being abducted?” a friend asked.She had called her husband, British-Tunisian commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi, earlier that day to check in on him, as he travelled around the United States on a speaking tour discussing Israel’s war on Gaza. When he didn’t answer, Soumaya had assumed he was at a speaking…
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says ready to negotiate despite Israeli refusal, as new strikes kill one person in the south.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has accused Israel of responding to its offer to negotiate by intensifying air strikes, the latest of which killed a man riding a motorbike in southern Lebanon.Despite a November 2024 ceasefire, Israel has kept troops in five areas of southern Lebanon and has continued near-daily air strikes, repeatedly violating the truce. Israel claims it is targeting Hezbollah, but civilians have also been killed.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Palestinians mourn 15-year-old boy killed during Israeli…
Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the harvesting season as Israel pushes measures to annex the occupied territory.This olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank has witnessed the highest level of damage and number of illegal Israeli settler attacks since 2020, a United Nations agency has found.The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday said 126 attacks were recorded in 70 towns and villages, and more than 4,000 olive trees and saplings were vandalised.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Despite ceasefires, Israel continues attacks around the regionlist 2 of 3The rise of global boycotts…