Aden – Yemeni government sources have revealed that around 30 figures from the Yemeni southern leaders objected over the southern transitional council – rejected by the legit Yemeni government. Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr said that there is a national accord made by the Yemeni p
A father and daughter were killed on Saturday after Pakistani troops fired across the de facto border in the Indian part of the disputed Kashmir region, an Indian military spokesman announced. Three of their relatives were wounded when mortar bombs hit parts of Rajouri district on the Indian side of
Brussels- The Belgian government has revealed that it would start implementing a warning system that communicates information on terrorist attacks to mobile devices via text or voice messages. Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon said on Twitter that the government wants to alert citizens on
Mutinous soldiers blocked on Saturday access to Ivory Coast’s second largest city Bouake as part of an ongoing protest over bonuses. The protests had erupted in Bouake on Friday before spreading quickly, following a pattern similar to a mutiny in January by the same group that paralyzed parts
Cairo – Egyptian sources said that the president’s religious affairs advisor Usama al-Azhari started taking practical steps to activate the initiative of “Cyber Army” to fight terrorism on social network websites. Sources added that thousands of Facebook and Twitter pages will be created in Ar
A senior North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the United States said Saturday Pyongyang would be willing to hold talks with Washington if the conditions are right. Choe Son-Hui, head of the foreign ministry’s North America bureau, told reporters at Beijing’s international air
Cairo – The head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), Mohammed Arfan, and Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr have taken part in New York in a summit on the impact of small and medium-sized enterprises on sustainable development goals. The Micro, Small and
Jeddah – Yemen’s deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Hassan Arab announced that his ministry received the files of a number of suspects linked to terror activities. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that these files will be referred to the General Prosecution, which will in turn carry out investigatio
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz congratulated on Friday French President-elect Emmanuel Macron on his victory in Sunday’s elections. He expressed in a telephone call with Macron Saudi Arabia’s eagerness to cooperate with France to achieve global peace and stabili
Moscow- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has discussed with this Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts in two separate phone conversations the “de-escalation zones” in Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday that Lavrov received a phone call from Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Washington – Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Mouallimi announced on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s choice of the kingdom as the first stop in his first international tour since his election “demonstrates the importance of bolstering ties between the two
Beirut – The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) did not carry out any amendments regarding the delegation members to attend the negotiations in Geneva due next week. During its meetings in Riyadh, the committee discussed the political transformation and stressed that it represents a priority in
Washington- A Jordanian citizen living in the US State of Ohio has been indicted on a charge of attempting to travel to the Middle East and fight with ISIS, a month after his arrest at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Kentucky. Prosecutors said 26-year-old Laith Wale
Dammam – A Saudi child and a Pakistani man were killed while 10 others, including a woman, were injured on Wednesday when terrorist gunmen arbitrarily shot at workers and passersby in Al-Masourah district of Al-Awamiyah with an aim to deactivate a development project site, which terrorist mili
London – Twelve years after running as mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Qaliba will attempt for a third time to run for the presidency in Iran. He had in recent months however faced real estate corruption scandals, but that has not deterred him from registering in the elections. Qalibaf is one of hu
London – Saudi Arabia has donated USD10 million to support Somalia, during the third Somalia Conference held on Thursday in London. Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom – who headed the kingdom’s delegation to the conference – said in his speech that “Somalia
Mosul- Ruqaya, wearing pink trainers and a bright orange dress, walks down the hill with a dirty plastic jerrycan to fetch water from the Tigris river, a task that falls on the five-year-old girl because her father is sick. She pauses by the roadside as a convoy of Iraqi Humvee vehicles hurtles past
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent a message to President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, inviting him to attend the Arab-Islamic-US Summit to be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The message was delivered by the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awa
Baghdad, Mosul- Popular Mobilization Forces launched on Friday an operation to retake the Iraqi neighborhood of al-Qayrawan, west of Mosul, a hub for ISIS on the border with Syria. “Our operations were launched at 5:00 am on several fronts … The aim is to head west” towards Syria’s border, the deput
London – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s meetings in Washington revealed an ongoing dispute between the two countries regarding the fate of head of Syria’s regime Bashar al-Assad. The administration of President Donald Trump insists on “cutting off the head” of Syria’s reg
