Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sole survivor relives 2009 Yemenia Airways crash at French trial

Yemenia Airways crash

In the French trial against Yemenia Airways, a 12-year-old girl who survived the 2009 crash in the Comoros islands that killed all 152 people on board detailed the harrowing minutes leading up to her plummet into the water and subsequent miraculous rescue. Bahia Bakari, now 25, has sat through several hearings with her father but … Read more

How omicron is affecting Middle East markets

omicron

DUBAI: The new Covid-19 variant, omicron, has prompted global economic concerns, as fears of its spread begin to affect stock markets and oil prices, Arab News reported. Saudi Arabia’s main market, the Tadawul All Share Index, opened 5.3 per cent lower on Sunday, trading near 10,700 points. The Dubai Financial Market was down 8.49 per cent in … Read more