- 16 January, 2026
Omar Haddad
Omar Haddad is a technology and business journalist who writes about startups, fintech innovations, and digital growth in the Middle East.
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Red Sea Announces Film Projects For Development Funding
The Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia has picked 12 films from emerging Arab and African filmmakers for its development programme, the Red Sea
Fact Check: Is China Raining Worms On Its Citizens?
Worms are seen showering down from the sky in Beijing, the capital city of China, in a bizarre video that has gone viral on social
Syria’s diplomatic relations to be restored by Tunisia’s Saied
The latest indication that full diplomatic contacts with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad may be about to resume is the Friday statement by
Free VPN will be available in all Google One plans soon
Until now, Google’s virtual private network service was available only to Google One subscribers, but that might change soon. Google One has added VPN to
Turkey: Women in Istanbul defy ban on protests, get tear-gassed
Thousands of women defied a ban on protests on International Women’s Day, 8 March, and rallied in Istanbul, a major city in Turkey, before police
Captagon tablets found in sunflower seeds with prisoner in Lebanon
An attempt to smuggle drugs disguised as sunflower seeds into a prison in the country’s north was thwarted by Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces. Officials announced
Future negotiations will determine how much Iran will give to the IAEA: Grossi
Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s nuclear inspector, acknowledged on Monday that Iran’s concessions to him during his visit to Tehran over the weekend
Tunisian protesters defy ban to demand the release of Saied critics
Tunisians rallied on Sunday to defy a protest ban, demanding the release of over 20 prominent political figures who opposed the Tunisian president Kais Saied.
Iranian president Raisi blames ‘foreign enemies’ for schoolgirl poisonings
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati AKA Ebrahim Raisi, has blamed foreign enemies for a wave of poisonings of hundreds
Iranian schoolgirls taken to hospital after new gas poisonings
Dozens of girls from 26 schools in the Islamic Republic of Iran have been taken to hospitals following another wave of apparent toxic gas attacks