DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has set up a hotline 155 for parents and guardians of students to make any queries they have. The move aims to save their time and efforts if they visit the council. The hotline was announced on SEC’s Facebook page. However, SEC did not say if it is available 24-hour or only during working hours, Al Sharq reports. The peninsula
Al Jazeera scribe’s custody extended
CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors have extended the detention of Al Jazeera’s Egyptian journalist Abdallah Elshami for 45 days, his lawyer said yesterday, amid accusations of a crackdown on the channel for pro-Islamist reporting. Elshami was arrested on August 14 along with about 700 protesters in Cairo.
Last chance for peace: Abbas
UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned the UN yesterday that US-brokered peace talks offered the “last chance” as he demanded an agreement with Israel that permanently resolves all disputes. Speaking before the UN General Assembly, he urged no let-up in international pressure on Israel to stop building settlements on Palestinian land. AGENCIES
