Over 4,000 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed over their links to last year’s failed coup, the Turkish Justice Minister announced on Friday. “Over 4,000 judges and prosecutors have been removed from their posts inside the Turkish judiciary over their links to the Fethullah Terrorist Or
G7 leaders meeting in Italy on Friday and Saturday will attempt to put on a united front against terrorism given their differences over climate change and global trade. The summit in Sicily’s ancient hilltop resort of Taormina kicks off four days after children were among 22 people killed in a
Individual stocks can be hazardous to your financial health. You may not want to hear that right now, with the stock market regularly hitting new highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index set another record on Wednesday after reaching a new high on Monday. It set records on two days the previ
London – Eden Hazard – not N’Golo Kanté – was the best performer this season, closely followed by Alexis Sánchez, Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Roberto Firmino. Arsenal: Alexis Sánchez, 7.74 The second highest rated player in the entire league, Alexis Sánchez has carried Arsenal for much of th
Riyadh – Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has decided to form a $500 million venture capital fund, a move it said would develop digital innovation in the region. During a news conference in Riyadh on Thursday, STC CEO Khaled Biyari said that the company had first launched venture capital projects i
Moscow- Russia addressed tensions rising in northeastern Syria amid Turkish threats on launching a massive military offensive against Arab-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces who are fighting against ISIS next to the US-led international coalition. The situation in northern Syria is very likely to esca
Allegations over Uber’s “treatment of women employees” has forced a group dedicated to getting more women into tech roles to cut ties with the ride-hailing company, said a new report. Fortune reported that the Anita Borg Institute told the company that their partnership was over due to “continuing a
With the arrival of a new administration to the White House, Washington has decided to speak out against Qatar’s relations with terrorism in the Middle in a bid to calm the situation and control the growing terrorism in the world, reported Al-Arabiya.net on Friday. Qatari officials were warned about
Taliban militants attacked an Afghani army base, killing at least 15 soldiers following similar assaults earlier this week. The Defense Ministry said that the attack took place in the Shah Wali Kot in the southern province of Kandahar. The attack late Thursday came just three days after 10 Afghan so
Masked gunmen dressed in military uniforms attacked a group of Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 26 others as they were driving to a monastery, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. The group was traveling in two buses and a small truck in Min
Aden, Jeddah- Insurgency militias in Yemen captured a number of coup political figures in Sana’a following protests demanding that public sector employees get hold of their due salaries. Militiamen have attacked demonstration organizers, and have apprehended a pro-Houthi Judge Ahmed Saif Hashed, eye
Riyadh – Ghassan al-Sulaiman, Governor of the General Authority for SMEs, said that the entrepreneurship community is facing challenges, including public procedures, regulations, funding, growth rate and competition over qualifications and abilities. Sulaiman’s statement was made in Riyadh on
Riyadh- Former Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has said that Iran has been brought forward to one of two ultimatums, either stand against terrorism or to cement its position as a terror sponsor state in the region. Iran has to reveal its true stances on counterterrorism efforts– eith
The United Nations condemned on Friday the rising death toll of civilians in Syria, urging all air forces operating in the country to take greater care to distinguish between legitimate military targets and civilians in their escalating air strikes especially in the northeast against the ISIS terror
Riyadh- A report published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday accused Houthi and Saleh militias of increasing their forced recruitment of Yemeni tribal children by bribing their elders with cash and jobs to lure children to the battlefronts without the knowledge of their families. Local obs
A Virginia-based appeals court has set the stage for a showdown in the Supreme Court after refusing to reinstate US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority nations. The decision, written by Chief Judge Roger Gregory, described Trump’s executive order in forceful
South Korea allowed on Friday a civic group to contact the North to discuss the resumption of humanitarian projects and aid in what was seen as the first practical implementation of new President Moon Jae-in’s goal to establish dialogue with Pyongyang. The Korean Sharing Movement NGO has been author
In traditional clerical schools in Iran and Iraq, one of the skills that aspirant mullahs learn is known as “shabih-khani ”. This is difficult to translate but, broadly speaking, it means “narrating as-if”. In other words, this is a primitive form of theater imitating life with a few broad strokes o
Indonesia has arrested three suspects linked to Wednesday’s twin bus suicide bombings in the capital Jakarta that was claimed by the ISIS terrorist group, an official announced on Friday. The elite anti-terror squad working with regular police Thursday detained two men in Bandung on Java island and
Dubai – Speaking of his group’s recent partnership signed with Jordan’s government, Chief Executive Officer of Airport International Group PSC Kjeld Binger said that it ranked among the top 40 deals reached by both the private and public sectors worldwide. The partnership exemplifies what is a
