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Saudi students sit for their final high school exams in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 19, 2010. (AFP)

World Bank: Reforming Education in Arab World Must Be Priority

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | Features

London – The quality of education in the Arab world has dropped in comparison to other regions in the world, which demands immediate reform to tackle development needs and employment in the future, said a recent World Bank report on education in the Middle East and...

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Syrian children collect water from the side of a road in the northern Syria city of Aleppo. (AFP)

World Bank Urges Middle East to Take ‘Urgent’ Action over Water Scarcity

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 29, 2017 | Middle East

The World Bank urged the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday to take “urgent” action to prevent the negative consequences of inadequate supply of water and sanitation. It said that the region loses about $21 billion over these issues, saying that urgent action...

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Passengers board a Turkish Airlines aircraft at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. (AFP)

US Bans Large Electronics from 10 Middle East, N.Africa Airports

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 21, 2017 | Middle East

The United States announced on Tuesday that is imposing a ban on electronic devices carried by travelers coming to the US from ten airports in the Middle East and North Africa. The Trump administration said that the restrictions were a response to unspecified terror...

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Iraqis cool down from the scorching summer temperatures under public showers in Baghdad- AFP, Getty Images

Climate Change Might Make the Arab World ‘Uninhabitable’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 5, 2016 | Middle East

London- Climate change will soon transform both North Africa and the Middle East into an uninhabitable zone. According to research conducted by the German Max Planck Society and the Cyprus Institute, the Arab world currently is experiencing unprecedented severe heat...

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Nigerien migrants ride on a Toyota pickup truck as they return from Libya, in Agadez on March 14, 2014. (REUTERS/Joe Penney)

Niger destroys people-traffickers’ safe houses

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2014 | World

Niamey, Niger—Authorities in Niger have destroyed safe houses owned by human trafficking networks for sheltering illegal migrants and forcibly turned back anyone without a valid identity document in towns near its northern border, a government minister said on...