Ramallah – Palestinian journalists endure very complicated and harsh conditions compared to many of their colleagues around the world. Every one of them is exposed at any moment to Israeli bullets, assault or and arrest. Journalists in the Palestinian territories often cover protests, clashes,
Abu Dhabi, London- “Iftah Ya Simsim”, a leading program in the Arab world that targets the educational needs of children between the ages of four and seven, won second prize in the 28th edition of the Arab Radio and TV Festival held in the Tunisian town of Hammamet. Hundreds of Middle Eastern televi
East Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, reversing a previous refusal to engage with the country’s United Nations-backed government, met its head Fayez Sarraj on Tuesday for talks that sources close to Haftar said were positive. Haftar is the dominant figure for factions in eastern Libya
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call on Tuesday to try to meet in July and work together to try to strengthen a shaky ceasefire in Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement. The Kremlin, which called the talks between Putin and Trump business-lik
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Tuesday that Turkey would bring the curtain down on its over half-century bid to join the European Union if new accession chapters were not opened. Erdogan’s threat to say “goodbye” to the EU came just minutes after he rejoined Turkey’
Riyadh – The Dubai-sponsored forum for Arab Journalism presented Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Ghassan Charbel the Media Personality of the Year Award on Tuesday. Mr. Charbel was awarded at the concluding events of the Arab Media Forum. The event was held under the patronage of V
New York – Andre Rebelo, a 24-year-old YouTube streamer from Vancouver, British Columbia, live-streamed himself playing the game Grand Theft Auto V on his YouTube channel, Typical Gamer, in mid-January. This time, he added something different for his audience. As Mr. Rebelo broadcast his gamep
London – Within hours of becoming Sunderland’s manager last July David Moyes boarded a privately chartered plane. He and the team were bound for a French training camp but an ominous grinding noise from the engines and slightly tense looks exchanged among the cabin crew soon confirmed they wou
If President Trump has a real strategy to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, it’s such a tightly held secret that even the parties involved don’t seem to know what it is. When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits the White House this week, that mystery will be on full disp
During the years of war and negotiations, Damascus’ regime allies resorted to lessening political pressures on them by selling empty promises. They would say something like: “Don’t worry. We are seriously considering changing Bashar al-Assad and putting an end to the fighting.” Then few weeks later,
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet’s session at al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Monday afternoon. At the outset of the session, King Salman briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes of his meeting with President Abed Rabbuh Mansour Hadi of
Cairo – Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that three policemen were killed and five others injured in a shooting in Cairo late Monday. A statement issued on the ministry’s Facebook page said the attack occurred just before midnight, when armed men in two vehicles shot at police officers in t
Washington – US President Donald Trump said he was actively considering breaking up big banks, Bloomberg Television reported on Monday. Trump’s comments could give a push to efforts to revive the Depression-era Glass-Steagall law that separated commercial lending from investment banking.
Riyadh – Net profit at Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world’s biggest petrochemical producers, jumped 80 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2017 on the back of higher sales prices for its products. SABIC, which is majority state-owned, made a net profit
The opposition in Venezuela denounced on Tuesday President Nicolas Maduro’s decision on Monday to write a new constitution. The opposition was blocking streets on Tuesday to decry the decision to create a new super-body known as a “constituent assembly,” a move they say is a veiled attem
Riyadh – Saudi Minister of Justice Dr. Walid al-Samaani confirmed that his ministry has nothing to hide regarding terror issues or any other matter. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that justice in Saudi Arabia deals with criminal trials, including those related to terrorism, like any other in which al
Cairo – Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold discussions in Uganda on Tuesday, during a visit aimed at boosting cooperation with Nile Basin countries, according to a ministry statement. The foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Ahmed Abou Zeid, said that Shoukry would deliver a
Algiers – Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal urged all citizens to head to the polls and participate in Thursday’s parliamentary elections. Sellal called on the Algerian people to derive lessons from May 1945 to safeguard Algeria’s independence and continue its construction, considering
Washington – Former US Diplomat James Jeffrey said that President Donald Trump’s Administration was seeking to restore traditional US foreign policy, noting that the new president wanted to work with his country’s conventional allies in the Middle East, including Arab states, Turkey and Israel, in a
Mosul – Men, women and children stand in separate lines in the scorching sun baking west Mosul’s Baghdad Square for a turn in one of the two white mobile clinics. According to an AFP report, in the Mosul area, Dary has a clinic at Hammam al-Alil, a half-hour drive south of the frontline
