A masked gunman set fire to a gaming room of the upscale Resorts World Manila entertainment complex in the Philippine capital on Friday, igniting a toxic blaze that killed at least 36 people, authorities said, believing it was a botched robbery attempt and insisting it was not a terrorist attack. Th
Jeddah- Under the guidance of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, the Defense Ministry has launched the “Month of giving to the people of loyalty” program to disburse financial aid during Ramadan to families of martyrs and wounded sol
London – Followers of Iraqi developments may have forgotten Aziz Mohammed, who was laid to rest in Erbil on Thursday. He was certainly a prominent player on the Iraqi scene in the second half of the 20th century. He headed the Iraqi Communist Party from 1964 to 1993, a period that witnessed major Ir
Beirut, Moscow – Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMF) known as al-Hashed al-Shaabi, infiltrated for hours on Thursday night in regions east Syria, a move considered as testing the International Coalition, which provides a cover for Arab and Kurdish fighters in the area. PMF’s Spokespe
Washington – US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday his country’s withdrawal from the Paris climate deal, fulfilling one of the pledges he had made during his electoral campaign. He said that remaining in the 2015 agreement would undermine the US economy, cost US jobs, weaken American natio
Mosul – While Iraqi forces advanced on Thursday on the Grand al-Nuri Mosque in central Mosul where ISIS militants are fortified in one third of the western city’s remaining pockets, the terrorist organization shelled mortars at hundreds of displaced people escaping the Zanjili district, killin
London- Algeria has agreed to take in the Syrian refugees trapped since mid-April in a desert area that borders neighboring Morocco, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. In a statement carried by APS news agency, the ministry spokesman, Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, said Algeria would take in t
Sydney, London- Two weeks into a world-first exploration of a deep-sea abyss, Australian scientists have uncovered all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures, including a “faceless fish” found for the first time since decades. An international group of 40 scientists and researchers have
Delving into a political quarrel over the most recent subpoenas in the US House Intelligence Committee’s Russia test, US President Donald Trump on Thursday backed endeavors to examine activities by US security and different authorities under past president Barack Obama. “The big story is
London- Lawmakers in Iran have once again overwhelmingly voted to re-elect Ali Larijani as parliament speaker. The Islamic consultative assembly or the Majlis witnessed little change in its governing board as the first and second deputy speakers namely Masoud Pezeshkian and Ali Motahari were also re
More than anything, Arsène Wenger looked happy. For months, the Arsenal manager has furrowed his brow and tensed his body as the blows have rained down on him. He has sensed conspiracy at every turn; a trap in every question. There have been enemies everywhere, including within club ranks. It has be
Manama- Bahrain’s High Civil Court ordered the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Waad) and the liquidation of its assets, the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs said. The court said that Waad used on its official online account the term “Martyrs of the Nations”
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia has drawn a new global oil policy over the year 2017 and the first quarter of 2018 as the Kingdom has played a major role in the conclusion of the deal between Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC states for the first time in history, proving the
The Command of the Coalition for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen announced that a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker came on Wednesday under attack while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait. The coalition statement said three Rocket Propelled Grenades were fired at the tanker from a n
The UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s comments on the Manchester suicide bombing, suggesting that “Many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed to the connections between wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here
London- Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib increasingly became a refuge for militants who refused to surrender to regime forces anywhere else in the country in the ongoing civil war. The population of the province became highly concentrated following deals brokered by the regime of Bashar al-Ass
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense have sent cables of condolences and sympat
Aden- A state of calm returned to Aden’s airport, in the interim capital of Yemen, after clashes erupted on Wednesday between two factions of the forces charged with protecting the security of the airport. Forces directed by coalition forces stepped in to stop clashes between airport security forces
Tel Aviv- Documents that were revealed in Tel Aviv on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War confirm that a few days after the end of the war, Israel examined the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel as one of the several possibilities to get rid of the b
London- Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) leader Nasr al-Hariri said that his side doesn’t bet on the Syrian regime accepting political transition, saying that to do so is delusional. He explained that the Syrian opposition is merely testing Russia’s true intentio
