On Saturday , officials and state media said that  Egypt began the first trial run of its “new Suez canal” before the formal inauguration of the new shipping route next month. Dubbed the Suez Canal Axis, the new 72-kilometer  project aims to  speed up traffic along the existing waterway by reducing the waiting period of vessels, and  boosting revenues for …

By: Ramzy Baroud Another row is brewing between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, over the release of Avraham Mengitsu, an Israeli citizen who, according to Israeli military sources, ‘slipped into Gaza’ on September 7, 2014. The circumstances of Mengitsu’s entry into Gaza remain unclear, especially since Hamas’ political leader,Khaled Mashaal, denied that the military wing of Hamas is …

On Thursday, United Nations Human Rights Committee raised concerns about Canada’s new anti-terror legislation (Bill C-51) saying it could run afoul of international human rights standards. The Anti-Terrorism Act, which passed by the Parliament in June, eases for intelligence officers, border guards and law enforcement officials monitoring and arresting potential terror suspects in Canada. The law also could potentially be …

On Thursday , Almost 40 refugees, including at least seven children, have died while to reach Italy from Libya in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy, Save the Children reported  . The Organization stated that some of the 80 survivors of the crossing who were brought ashore in Augusta, Sicily, reported the deaths occurred the day  before when the  boat they …

A   new event will be held in Toronto,  Canada  called ” Talent for Syria ”  to engage youth and the community in artistic expression to support Syrians. The Charity Event is organized to  help  in  sending Syrian orphaned refugees to Al Salam School in Reyhanli-Turkey, a project run by the Syrian Kids Foundation. Many Syrian children have been deprived of an …

on Wednesday ,researchers said  that they found in a British university library Fragments of a Koran manuscript which considered  the world’s oldest surviving copies of the Islamic text. The Radiocarbon dating indicated that the parchment folios held by the University of Birmingham in central England were at least 1,370 years old, and that  make them the oldest written forms of” …

Nabila Batarseh won $12.5 million in the June 5 Lotto Max draw. Nabila is an   Arab Canadian woman originally from Jordan, lives in  Calgary. Her ticket was one of four that shared a $50 million LOTTO MAX jackpot. The others were sold in Edmonton, British Columbia, and Ontario. Nabila said she was at home with her family when she decided …

This year, according to a  survey by the Reputation Institute, Canada is the most  reputable and admired country in the world . Canada has won this distinction four times since it started in 2010. Canada lost only once and ranked second after Switzerland last year. The Reputation Institute measured the reputation of 55 countries based on levels of trust, esteem, …

 By : Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)  Middle East Policy Council   I want to speak with you today about the Middle East. This is the region where Africa, Asia, and Europe come together. It is also the part of the world where we have been most compellingly reminded that some struggles cannot be won, but there are no …

Eid Al Fitr is being celebrated in the USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UK and much of the world this Friday. Though in some South Asian nations (like Pakistan, Bangladesh, India )the Eid will be celebrated a day or two later. Some people in the US and Canada who also insist on physical sighting of the Eid will follow what Muslims …