Dubai- Emirates Group has said that it made profits of 2.5 billion dirhams (670 million dollars) in its last fiscal year ending in March, a 70 percent fall. The Group’s revenue reached 94.7 billion dirhams (US$ 25.8 billion), an increase of 2 percent over last year’s results, and the Group’s cash ba
Cairo- A number of tribesmen in Egypt’s Sinai region revolted on Thursday against ISIS and started collaborating with the Egyptian Army to regroup ahead of launching a significant qualitative operation against the terrorist organization. Local sources in Sinai said the tribesmen’s decision came afte
Moscow, Beirut- Russia insisted Thursday that the US contribution to the memorandum on establishing de-escalation zones in Syria should be acceptable for Damascus in the first place. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters in Sochi that it was still early to speak about a US particip
Jeddah – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sent an official invitation to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, inviting him to attend the Arab-Islamic-American Summit to be held in Riyadh on May 21. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak also received a similar
At least two Turkish soldiers were killed when troops clashed with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during operation in Dogubayazit district of Agri province, said the Ankara-based international news outlet Anadolu Agency. A clash broke out between security forces and PKK terrorists near Kislak
Hamas has arrested the suspected murderer of one of its key military commanders in Gaza, the Palestinian movement’s leader Ismail Haniya said Thursday. The killing of Mazen Faqha in the heart of Hamas-controlled Gaza shocked the movement and raised fears of a fresh conflict with Israel as it r
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron’s party on Thursday unveiled more than 400 candidates who will stand in parliamentary elections in June, with half of them newcomers to politics and half of them women. Pro-Europe centrist Macron, 39, was elected on Sunday after promising a “revolut
The United Nations says it needs more information on an agreement reached in the Kazakh capital of Astana last week to establish “de-escalation zones” in Syria before it can endorse it, a UN aid official said on Thursday. The memorandum signed by Russia, Turkey and Iran came into effect
Washington – The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of al-Nusra Front’s leader Abu Mohammed al-Joulani. In 2013, Joulani pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and its leadership.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday that the US was committed to protecting Turkey amid Turkish anger over Washington’s decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria. Mattis told Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in London that Washington was committed to protecting its NATO ally, his spo
Riyadh – King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has unveiled in Riyadh a new strategic drone program called “Saqr 1”. KACST President Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed stressed the highly advanced techniques used in this aircraft. He stated that Saqr 1 is equipped with a KA-sa
Ankara- Judicial Turkish sources have unveiled an ISIS plot to carry out an attack similar to that in Reina nightclub which took place on New Year’s Eve, killing 39 people and wounding 69. Sources revealed that the indictment prepared by the Public Prosecution in Istanbul against the executor of Rei
Riyadh – By 2030, Saudi Arabia won’t regard oil prices and the Public Investment Fund will be the primary incentive to diversify income resources over the coming years, according to Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan. Jadaan was speaking at the Youths and Opportunities’ Forum organized by
Libya’s coastguard on Wednesday intercepted a wooden boat packed with nearly 500 migrants after altercation with a German NGO rescue ship and coming under fire from traffickers, the navy said as it returned the migrants to Tripoli. The migrants, who were bound for Italy, were picked up off the
A moderate but shallow earthquake rocked China’s far western Xinjiang region on Thursday, killing eight people and injuring another 23 as more than 1,500 homes crumbled, state media reported. The 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 5:58 am, 213 kilometers south-southwest of the ancient Silk Road cit
Taiz- Insurgency Houthi leader Sharaf Ali Jahm, also known by his alias ‘Abu Jihad,’ was killed along with two companions in fierce clashes on Wednesday with Popular Resistance in Usaylan district in Shabwa governorate. Popular Resistance fighters also thwarted a militia-launched assault site west o
Jeddah – Yemeni Deputy Minister of Human Rights Mohammad Askar described the occupied Yemeni regions as “big prisons” that include free Yemeni prisoners and captives. Askar added that there are “inhumanitarian practices represented in forbidding salaries as well as constructing illegal detenti
Madinah – On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, opened the 17th Scientific Forum for the Researches of Hajj, Umrah, and visit at Taibah University in Madinah on Wednesday evening. On arrival at the venue o
Tel Aviv – US President Donald Trump’s aides are looking into the possibility of holding a summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and US President, according to political sources. The sources said that Abbas granted his approval for the m
Three women from London, including a person who was shot by officers during a raid by counterterrorism police, have been charged with preparing acts of terrorism and plotting murder. The Metropolitan Police said Rizlaine Boular, 21, and two other women — one of them Boular’s mother, Mina Dich,
