Offbeat

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Syria after 13-year hiatus
Travellers to Turkey could face a considerable fine for standing too early when their flight lands, in a bid to stamp out the dangerous practice.
The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President
The US president's daughter, Tiffany, welcomed baby Alexander Trump Boulos on Thursday with her husband, Michael Boulos.
Watermelon+
Watermelon+, a new Palestinian film platform backed by Alana Hadid, launched at Cannes to amplify voices silenced by war and occupation.
Pope Leo congrats! [Getty]
Today, the total number of Christians in the Maghreb region is estimated to be around 200,000 to 300,000 people, and mostly based in Algeria.
Machine Learning
The UAE will roll out AI learning for schoolchildren in the country, beginning with students in nursery.
Trump appeared to have no idea about the conflict over Kashmir
US President Donald Trump has dumbfounded his audience by claiming that India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir for 1500 years
Kneecap_Coachella_Palestine
The Irish music trio previously accused the major US festival of silencing pro-Palestine sentiment during last weekend’s performance.
Egyptian artist Mohamed Ramadan's Coachella outfit ignites criticism among fans and unions [Getty]
Mohamed Ramadan, who became the first Egyptian star to perform at Coachella, sparked criticism with a pharaonic outfit on stage.
A Lebanese girl checks sport shoes displayed at the entrance of a building in the old market of the ancient city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, 05 October 2007. Lebanon's Christian opposition party denied that some of its members were undergoing paramilitary training, saying that several of them who were detained with weapons were just having fun.
Lebanese shoe band Ritika has faced mounting criticism by customers who accused it of naming shoes after Muslim religious figures
The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme conjures a fictional Middle Eastern state rich in whimsy and political echoes.