Paris – For the first time ever, this year, the Cannes Festival will introduce its Palme d’Or trophy with 167 diamonds. The addition of diamonds comes in celebration of the prestigious film festival’s 70th edition, which will be held on the French southern coast with a massive inte
Tel Aviv- The Israeli government slammed UNESCO on Wednesday over a resolution on Israeli occupation, considering the UN organization’s move anti-Semitic and threatening to oust it from its east Jerusalem headquarters in the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced th
London – Juergen Schmitz, managing director of Infiniti Middle East stressed the importance of the Saudi market which acquires 20% of Infinity sales in the region. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Schmitz said that the Saudi Vision 2030 embraces three Saudi factors: an active community, a
London- Stilton village in Britain, which has given its name to the variety of English cheese, has held its annual cheese rolling competition, with men’s and women’s teams competing in a knockout competition for bragging rights and a rather grand title. Cheese-handling skills are not nor
United States President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to work to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians as he hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. In their first direct meeting, Trump pressed Palestinian leaders to “speak in a unified voice against incitement” t
The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday it had suspended its participation in peace talks being held in Kazakhstan and demanded an end to government bombing of areas under its control. A senior official from Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, however, told reporters he expected Syrian opposition f
A mile-long mile mine in Iran’s northern Golestan province collapsed when methane gas exploded as workers tried to jump-start a locomotive engine. At least 26 coal miners were trapped after the explosion, Iranian media said. President Hassan Rouhani sent Minister of Labor and Welfare Ali Rabii to th
Russian and Turkish heads of state re-affirmed on Wednesday their commitment on cooperating to end the conflict in Syria. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin both formed a pact on Syria. They met on Wednesday in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, their first meeti
French Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen made a bold move during a recent speech when she lifted verbatim part of another delivered by former candidate Francois Fillon. The far-right candidate lifted parts of a speech by the former prime minister in what her critics called plagiarism and she said
Is the Constitution archaic, as President Donald Trump implied recently in an interview with Fox News? The answer is a resounding yes — if you’re an originalist, as Trump claims to be. The president unwittingly hit on the best possible justification for a living Constitution, which evolves to
London – Told all week that the game against Tottenham Hotspur would define the title race, the moment when the balance of power would swing in Spur’s way, a less durable team than Chelsea might have responded to Dele Alli’s splendid FA Cup semi-final equalizer shortly after half-time by crumb
SOFIA, Bulgaria — When you can’t understand why people behave in a certain way, the easiest thing to do is to convince yourself that people do not know what they are doing. This is what European political, business and news media leaders have done in response to the populist wave that is sweeping th
Dubai- Oil-exporting Arab states of the Gulf are heading “in the right direction” to plug budgetary gaps thanks to fiscal reforms but more change is still necessary, IMF regional chief Jihad Azour told AFP in an interview Tuesday. “This is going in the right direction,” said Azour, who was in Dubai
Riyadh-Saudi Ministry of Finance submitted its strategy to enable Saudi Arabia to be among the 15 largest economies in the world by 2030 with 22 programs and 74 projects the Kingdom is working on achieving them by 2020. Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan unveiled a stimulus package that invol
London – Iranian court is charging former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi for criticizing Iran’s military involvement in Syria and the country’s policy in the Middle East. Government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht rejected rumors claiming the government made a final decision concerning Iran’
Cologne (Germany) – The spokesperson of the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany has affirmed that a central unit specialized in confronting possible terrorist attacks through drones has been established. The spokesperson told a newspaper that the unit’s mission is to coordinate between the Fed
Mexico has been slammed for successive presidents’ failure to stop violence against journalists or to hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. A report from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said that Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalist
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed on Wednesday that Turkey was an important partner in the fight against terrorism, warning Europe against “pushing it away.” She said Europe should not push Turkey away despite worries about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tightening grip on power, seem
The United States is negotiating with China on a possible stronger UN Security Council response to North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches, diplomats said, as tensions spike between Washington and Pyongyang, which has apparently resumed activity at its nuclear test site. The Council
Riyadh – The Yemen Society for Consumer Protection (YACP) has said that 32,000 tons of rotten wheat, which was grown in the US, have been sent to Yemen. The YACP obtained a report and photographs of a World Food Program (WFP) ship, which was unloading rotten wheat in the port of Aden to be consumed
