United Nations agencies made an appeal on Monday for at least 1.4 billion that is needed to help those fleeing war and famine in South Sudan. The agencies increased their 2017 appeal for South Sudan’s refugees, saying they needed at least $1.4 billion to help alleviate “unimaginable̶
From Antonio Conte’s tone-setting first public words to the dismantling of Everton we outline the most important moments in shaping Chelsea’s triumph. Antonio Conte is unveiled as manager The eighth permanent managerial appointment of Roman Abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea had set the tone early. A
Ramallah-Founder of Israel’s Islamic Movement Sheikh Abdullah Nimr Darwish died on Sunday at the age of 69 at Hasharon Hospital in Petah Tikva after suffering from a number of illnesses. Darwish was born and raised in Kafr Qasem, an Arab city east of Tel Aviv. He studied at an Islamic college in the
Sergei Lavrov’s official job is foreign minister of Russia, but his visit to Washington Wednesday won’t be remembered for any diplomatic breakthrough — just for Lavrov’s dripping irony and skill at provoking adversaries. Lavrov’s style, which mirrors that of his boss, V
Riyadh- The program for financial sector development – one of the programs to achieve Saudi Vision 2030 – has become an essential step towards developing the domestic capital market and putting it among the top 10 biggest capital markets in the world. This coincides with the kingdom’s vital work on
India resorted to the World Court on Monday in order to bar Pakistan from executing an Indian citizen on charges of espionage. India argued in a preliminary hearing at the UN court, formally known as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), that Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention on Consular R
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on Egyptians to be more patient in a reference to the difficult economic conditions in the country. Sisi said on Sunday that the state is “in a race against time” to provide citizens with essential consumer goods at affordable
Germany warned on Monday that it could move its troops elsewhere after Turkey barred its lawmakers from visiting a NATO base near the border with Syria. Berlin described as “unacceptable” Ankara’s latest ban on a visit to the Incirlik base in southern Turkey, used by international
Ramallah – Following reports of a mass health collapse and successive fainting, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs demanded that Palestinian prisoners who entered their 28th day on hunger strike in Israeli prisons on Sunday be hospitalized, as their health continue to decline. Thi
Beirut – Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri described a meeting that was held Sunday night as a “crossroads” towards reaching an electoral law based on the proportional system, away from sectarian and confessional considerations. Berri, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and Lebanese Forces MP Georges Adwan me
Riyadh – Under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Riyadh hosts the first Saudi-US CEO Forum 2017 in coincidence with the US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia. The forum aims to prospect investment opportunities and reinforce right partner
Aden- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday the cholera outbreak has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill between April 27 and Saturday. “We now are facing a serious outbreak of cholera,” Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations at the ICRC, told a news
North Korea’s successful missile test-launch signals major advances in developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, experts said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed rejection to any new country acquiring nuclear weapons, but that the world should talk to Pyongyang rather than t
German Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a major blow to her rival center-left Social Democrats after her conservative party won a state election in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday. The region is Germany’s most populous and has been led by the center-left Social Democrats f
Heavy shelling by ISIS jihadists killed at least seven people in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Sunday night as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of people were killed in suspected US-led coalition strikes in the northern Raqqa province and the town of Albu Kamal near th
Amman– Jordan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed al-Safadi reiterated his country’s firm stance toward the Arab Peace Initiative and the need to end the conflict in the Occupied Palestinian territories. The Jordanian minister also stressed Amman’s rejection to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. His
Dubai – CEO of Starz Play Arabia, Maaz Sheikh, hailed the infrastructure in the Arab Gulf region that allows pay television providers to offer different content at a time when large segments of the youth help draw high-quality programs. He revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat: “Pay television providers manag
In certain cases, an individual’s history is the same as that of a group, a phase and a place. The history of a prominent media figure like Turki al-Sudairi is our history as journalism and journalists as well as the history of a long period of journalism. With Sudairi’s death, we mourn the dean of
Kuwait- Kuwait’s Court of Cassation on Sunday postponed the verdict on the case of unauthorized collaboration with Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, known as “Al-Abdali cell,” until June 18. The case dates back to 2015 when the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry announced arresting members of a terrorist r
Dammam – Saudi toddler Jawad al-Dagher met an ill fate at the hands of terrorists who showered his father’s vehicle with bullets in Al-Awamiyah in Qatif governorate in the Eastern Province. Covered in his own blood after sustaining a head injury Jawad did not survive the brutal attack launched
