Khartoum – The Sudanese presidency announced that the situation in the country has become encouraging for foreign investments, thanks to stability that was consolidated in the wake of national dialogue. Sudanese Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh said that the ongoing national dialogue has crea
Cairo – Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is heading to Kuwait on Sunday on an official two-day visit, to meet with Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as to continue consultation and coordination on various
Paris – Amidst tight security measures, French electors will be back to ballot boxes today in the second and decisive round of presidential elections, which will determine the president for the next five years. Emmanuel Macron – highly possible to win – would be the youngest president since th
Tehran – Iranian armed forces spokesman General Masoud Jazayeri criticized on Saturday President Hassan Rouhani for speaking against the country’s ballistic program during the second television presidential debate held in Iran last Friday. Without naming him, General Jazayeri said: “We again s
Beirut – The first day of a memorandum on setting de-escalation zones in Syria eased violence, but did not see a complete cessation of fighting as forces of Bashar Assad’s regime violated the calm in several areas, particularly in al-Qaboun neighborhood in Damascus and in the countryside of Ha
Ramallah – Hamas on Saturday elected former deputy Ismail Haniyeh as the new chief of its political bureau, the highest position at the Movement, which is ruled by Shura institutions. Haniyeh was capable of winning the highest votes of the General Shura Council against his closest competitor M
Dubai – The Government of Dubai, acting through the Department of Finance (DOF), announced that the $600 million Sukuk Trust Certificates issued on 2 May 2012 under its $5 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme, reached maturity on 2 May 2017. Upon maturity, all certificates were redeeme
The Iraqi man laid the body of his wife, wrapped in a black shroud, gently on the bow of a small wooden boat and held onto it as a second man rowed slowly to pick up the man’s three children standing a few meters away. The two teenage girls and young boy climbed in, careful […]
Palestinian movement Hamas elected ex-Gaza Strip chief Ismail Haniyeh as its new leader on Saturday, days after revising its founding charter to ease its stance on Israel. “The Hamas Shura Council on Saturday elected Ismail Haniyeh as head of the movement’s political bureau,” the g
London – To the majority of football supporters, the Italian game is a fallen giant. Serie A is seen as a fading image of what was once the best league on the planet – an image that remains vivid only in the memories of older generations. Its keenest aficionados will disagree but, given that m
A hacker who has unsuccessfully tried to hold Netflix for ransom has achieved an unexpected result: His failure shows that subscription-based business models in content distribution is making piracy pointless. Intellectual property owners’ slowness in adopting these models is the only reason c
Mosul – Iraqi forces pushed further into Mosul from the north on the second day of a new push to speed up the nearly seven-month attempt to dislodge ISIS, commanders said on Friday. Footage taken by a drone operated by the Iraqi 9th Armored Division over the northwestern suburb of Musherfa, sh
Palm Springs- Living under the mercy of an oppressive regime, which either has its citizens be blindly obedient or brutally punished, Iranian director Kaiwan Karimi released another bold film ‘Tabl,’ otherwise known as ‘Drum’ reaffirming the rights for artists to express progressive ideas. With Fren
The toll from unrest in more than a month of anti-government protests in Venezuela rose to at least 36 on Friday as looting broke out in impoverished cities and the opposition geared up for more demonstrators. Hecder Lugo Perez, 22, died on Friday after he was hit in the head by a projectile in the
Tel Aviv- The Israeli finance ministry has said that the annual combined budget for the Shin Bet security service and the Mossad espionage agency will be 8.6 billion shekels ($2.4 billion) in 2018, double what the two intelligence entities received 12 years ago. A ministry report said that the 2018
Moscow – Astana’s agreement on setting up “safe zones” has taken effect at midnight on Saturday after Russia has announced that US-led coalition warplanes will be barred from flying over these zones in Syria while confirming it will continue fighting ISIS and Nusra Front in Qabun. Russian Pres
Ankara- The law on granting the Turkish citizenship to foreigners entered into force after it was published in the official Gazette on Friday. According to the law, foreign investors will receive the citizenship in case they invest $1.5 million in Turkey. The Turkish government approved on January 1
Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s team said on Friday it had been the target of a “massive and coordinated hacking attack” that dumped its campaign emails online barely 24 hours before the election. The centrist candidate’s staff said the release of thousands of ema
Washington – Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that al-Qaeda terrorist organization in Yemen and Houthi rebels have swapped prisoners within the framework of continuous cooperation between the two groups. He noted that such information has confirmed that Hout
Washington – United States media on Friday turned the spotlight to the first foreign trip by US President Donald Trump, who chose Saudi Arabia to be his first stop. Newspapers pointed out that Trump seeks to rally a strong coalition against extremism. Statements by White House officials said T
