Polio, which mostly affects young children, invades the nervous system and can lead to spinal and respiratory paralysis, sometimes resulting in death. There is no cure for this highly contagious disease. The virus was eradicated from the Gaza Strip more than 25 years ago through a comprehensive vaccination campaign. But the “decimation of the health … Read more
It’s extremely rare for Telegram to “nuke” a whole channel, said Squirrell, who previously worked as a senior adviser on counter-terrorism to the British government. However, the platform has acted upon notices from the security services or counter-terrorism police before. An example of this was Europol’s “day of action” against ISIS-linked accounts in 2019, where … Read more
Siemens and Siemens Healthineers developed Smart Clinics as a nonprofit program that brings basic infrastructure to countries where basic healthcare services are limited. They are currently operating in Jordan, Iraq, Colombia and Egypt. Care in a time of crisis for Venezuelans The Smart Clinic in La Guajira has become an important point of contact, especially for … Read more
Katie Price, the well-known TV personality and former Playboy model, has announced that she would consider escorting to help resolve her financial troubles. The mother of five shared her unconventional strategy to overcome bankruptcy in her book, This Is Me. “Bankruptcy doesn’t hold the same fear now I can see a way out of it. … Read more
The Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi informed Tehran that if it responds to Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Jordan will not allow it to enter its airspace, Sky News Arabia reported. Riyadh has declared it will not allow Iranian missiles or drones to pass through its airspace en route to Israel, a senior member … Read more
Iran has dismissed American and Arab attempts to moderate its reaction to the killing of Hamas’s top political leader in Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. These reports come amid Iran’s investigation into the security lapses that allowed the attack on Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh to occur, as earlier reported by … Read more
Last Thursday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Vandenberg Space Launch Complex in California with a payload of 20 Starlink satellites. And like the preceding 325 times before, the launch seemed to go off without a hitch: the rocket reached space and the first stage returned, landing on a drone ship in the … Read more
A new set of documents soon to be exposed by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) sheds more light on the affair dubbed Qatargate, which involves a series of documents showcasing Qatari authorities allegedly instructing the transfer of tens of millions of dollars to Israeli officials such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and … Read more
Iran-supported Islamist militias are currently engaged in war against Israel on two fronts. The main focus of combat remains, of course, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. A “support front,” as is the preferred term, has been maintained by Lebanese Hezbollah since October 8 in the Israel-Lebanon border area. Iran seeks as a strategic objective to … Read more
A security incident with wider ramifications is unfolding in the Kingdom of Jordan this week. According to recent reports explosives have been seized in two locations in Amman, the capital. The story began in an area called Marka which is near an old airport. Later a second site in Abu Alanda was uncovered. Jordanian … Read more
