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Suhail Akram

Suhail Akram

Multimedia Journalist
Suhail Akram joined The National as Multimedia Producer in 2018. Prior to this, he worked with AJ+, first as a South Asia Fellow and then as a Producer, based out of New Delhi and Doha. He has worked with BBC as a Monitoring Journalist, South Asia and with DD News as a correspondent and news presenter.

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Christian worshippers gather around a bonfire outside the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda), in Nineveh province, some 30 kilometres from Mosul, during attend the Christmas eve service on December 24, 2021. (Photo by Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)
Christmas festivities in Iraqi city of Qaraqosh that was once under ISIS

Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniya, lies east of Mosul.

IraqDecember 25, 2021
Travelers check out the the flight information display system at the San Francisco International Airport on Christmas Eve in San Francisco, California, USA, 24 December 2021. Thousand of flights were cancelled globally and United and and Delta Airlines cancelled over 200 flights domestically on Friday, 24 December, alone citing the personnel shortages due to the surge of Omicron variant of COVID-19 infections. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO
Thousands of flights cancelled globally over the Christmas weekend

Airline carriers globally scrapped at least 2,401 flights on Friday, which fell on Christmas Eve

USDecember 25, 2021
An Indian health worker collects a swab sample����of a passenger who arrived from Bangalore by a train for the COVID-19 test following the detection of����the Omicron variant of coronavirus����in the state of Karnataka, at Chennai Central railway station, in Chennai, India, 03 December 2021. The Tamil Nadu state government����started COVID-19 testing for the railway passengers arriving from the state of Karnataka as the Union Health Ministry has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Karnataka����on 02 December 2021. Omicron, the recently����discovered strain of COVID-19 has been designated as a 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organisation (WHO). EPA / IDREES MOHAMMED
WHO calls on nations to act to contain the spread Omicron

The variant has been reported in 57 countries

Expo 2020December 09, 2021
Sheikh Hamdan is seen with Mohamed Bin Salman and Sheikh Mansour at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Photo: Dubai Media Office
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Expo 2020 Dubai

The prince is on a tour of the Gulf that began in Oman on Monday.

Expo 2020December 09, 2021
A car with Afghan migrants drives near the village Islam Qala, on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, on Afghanistan-Iran border in their effort to cross into Iran. Afghans are streaming across the border into Iran, driven by desperation after the near collapse of their country's economy following the Taliban's takeover in mid-August. In the past three months, more than 300,000 people have crossed illegally into Iran, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, and more are coming at the rate of 4,000 to 5,000 a day. (AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris)
This is how desperate Afghans smuggle themselves out of the country

Crossing the border illegally is full of risk, but these Afghans are willing to take it

AsiaDecember 07, 2021
Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed visits President Raisi in Tehran.
Senior UAE officials visit Iran

National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed travelled to Tehran where he met President Ebrahim Raisi

GovernmentDecember 06, 2021
Members of the Afghan national boxing team attend a training session in local gym in Serbia, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. They practiced in secrecy and sneaked out of Afghanistan to be able to compete at an international championship. Now, the Afghan boxing team are seeking refuge in the West to be able to continue both their careers and lives without danger or fear. (AP Photo / Darko Vojinovic)
Afghan boxing team seek refuge in Serbia

The team have contacted several foreign embassies, inquiring about humanitarian visas and protection

AsiaDecember 06, 2021
Jordan court
Jordan sentences five health officials to three years in jail over Covid oxygen deaths

Eight others found not guilty in case that sparked protests across country in March after oxygen supplies ran out

CoronavirusDecember 06, 2021
Fireworks burst over the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the lighting of the Christmas tree, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. It was the fist time since the coronavirus that the square was full for the lighting of the Christmas tree, but local vendors were hoping for a return of tourism. (AP Photo / Maya Alleruzzo)
Thousands celebrate the lighting of Bethlehem's Christmas tree

The annual event in Manger Square is regarded as the start of the West Bank city's festive season

MENADecember 05, 2021
Villagers carry their belongings near a truck burried under volcanic ash from the Mount Semeru eruption at Sumber Wuluh village in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, 05 December 2021. The volcano erupted on 04 December leaving a number of people killed and missing. EPA / AMMAR
Mount Semeru volcano eruption in Indonesia leaves trail of destruction

Thick debris and knee-level cold lava floods make it difficult for rescuers to reach buildings

AsiaDecember 05, 2021
This picture taken on November 22, 2021 shows Shabaneh Karimi (C) taking care of her baby Zubair, who suffers from malnutrition, in an intensive care room at a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nutrition centre in Herat. - The UN's children's agency UNICEF estimates that some 3. 2 million Afghan children under the age of five will suffer from malnutrition this winter. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH Afghanistan-children-hunger,FOCUS by Caroline TAIX
Afghan babies die of hunger as winter descends

Unicef estimates that about 3.2 million Afghan children under the age of 5 will suffer from malnutrition this winter.

AsiaDecember 01, 2021
A police officer in the Medical Reserve Force prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a village center as part of a nationwide three-day inoculation drive targeting some nine million citizens, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 29 November 2021. A health expert from the Philippine Genome Center has urged the public to get vaccinated for more protection during the pandemic, as concerns are growing following discovery of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. EPA / ROLEX DELA PENA
What does Omicron mean?

The World Health Organisation uses Greek letters to refer to Covid variants

CoronavirusNovember 29, 2021
A petrol attendant stands next to a newspaper headline in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa ��� where omicron was first identified ��� are scrambling to combat its spread across the country. (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)
What is Omicron and how worrying is this new Covid variant?

The World Health Organisation has declared Omicron, the new coronavirus variant, to be ‘of concern'

CoronavirusNovember 28, 2021
Expo fan is Amine Zaanoun, from Morocco, who set himself the task of visiting the all 192 pavilions at Expo as fast as he could, combining the feat with the Dubai Fitness Challenge. Photo: Amine Zaanoun
Expo fan visits every pavilion in just two days as a fitness challenge

Amine Zaanoun, from Morocco, set himself the task of visiting the pavilions as fast as he could, combining the feat with the Dubai Fitness Challenge

Expo 2020November 25, 2021
A handout picture made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching, with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA, 23 November 2021. DART is the world��������s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office. EPA / Bill Ingalls / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA / Bill Ingalls) HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
Nasa launches spacecraft that will crash into asteroid to see if can be deflected

Falcon 9 rocket will travel 10.9 million kilometres before crashing robot payload into rocky object called Dimorphos

FutureNovember 24, 2021
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