London – Iranian and western sources uncovered Tuesday that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have started using a new route across the Gulf to transfer weapons to their Houthi allies in Yemen. “Parts of missiles, launchers and drugs are smuggled into Yemen via Kuwaiti waters. The route sometimes is
Ankara – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks on Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart on the latest developments in Syria, revealed Turkish diplomatic sources. They said that Cavusoglu and Mohammed Javad Zarif met on the sidelines of the emergency Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Kuwait – Kuwaiti MPs and government officials agreed on Tuesday to respect the orders of their country’s Emir during a meeting held between the legislative and executive authorities to discuss the repercussions of the escape of some al-Abdali terrorist cell members from prison. Kuwaiti Emir Sh
China officially opened on Tuesday its first overseas mission, the same day as the country’s army marked its 90th anniversary, state media said. China is building the military base in the Horn of Africa’s Djibouti. Chinese military personnel, officials and guests attended a flag-raising ceremony and
Veteran lawmaker Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was elected prime minister on Tuesday by Pakistan’s parliament after the ouster of Nawaz Sharif last week. Nominated by Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Abbasi secured 221 votes, Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced on live television.
Cologne – German scientists have succeeded in hindering the work of a specific enzyme that plays a major role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The new achievement is supposed to pave roads for a promising cure for this ailment. Dr. Marc Aurel Busche from the Technical University of M
Abu Dhabi – Five Chinese companies will start operations in Abu Dhabi’s industrial zone with an initial investment of AED1.1 billion ($300 million) in a number of opportunities offered by Abu Dhabi in several sectors as part of the emirate’s diversification plans 2030. Dr. Sultan Ahmed A
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have started using a new route across the Gulf to funnel covert arms shipments to their Houthi allies in Yemen’s civil war, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. In March, regional and Western sources told Reuters that Iran was shipping weapons a
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday he would meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Manila at the weekend, their first meeting since Russia ordered the United States to cut its diplomatic staff by 755. “Of course it make our life more difficult,” Tillerson to
A number of prominent experts in Iranian affairs strongly denounced and rebuffed the Iranian regime for procrastinating and eventually halting investigations into the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran. The 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran was a mob action on 2
A car bomb explosion in the southern Somali town of Kismayo wounded at least 10 people on Tuesday, police said. “We believe it was a car bomb parked here in this busy street. So far we know 10 civilians were injured,” said Mohamud, a police officer who gave his first name only. Residents
Ghada Tosson waits anxiously outside an Egyptian high school in the Helwan district south of Cairo as her daughter with Down’s syndrome sits her end-of-year exam. Winning the chance to sit standard high school tests took years of fighting in a country where people with mental disabilities are
London- The irony was not lost on Mauricio Pochettino. “Remember when I first came to Tottenham and I was criticised for saying the White Hart Lane pitch was too small for us?” the manager said. “And now, people are saying that Wembley is too big?” Pochettino’s comments came last season, when his te
London- This transfer window is taking the phrase “silly season” to a whole new level, with record signings being unveiled throughout the Premier League. Thirteen of the 20 clubs in the league broke their transfer records last summer but Everton broke the mould. Their record signing dates back to 20
Cairo- “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered to host 1,000 families of the martyrs of Egyptian armed forces and police to perform Hajj rituals this year,” Saudi Ambassador to Egypt, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the Arab League and Dean of Arab
Riyadh – Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih expressed gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and to Vice Custodian Mohammed bin Salman for adopting the National Program for Atomic Energy, affirming that it will stimulate the
New York – Yemen is urging US government to take in dozens of Yemenis stuck in Malaysia due to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban, which affects Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Last month, Supreme Court partially reinstated the ban which was blocked by lower courts bef
London- Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, General Mohammad Bagheri warned on Monday of security threats against Balochistan, eastern Iran, a region of Sunnite’s popularity. He said that the enemies of Iran are seeking damage to it. Commenting on the security tension in Balochistan during
Abu Dhabi – President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued the landmark Federal Law for Tax Procedures, which sets the foundations for the planned UAE tax system, regulating the administration and collection of taxes and clearly defining the role of the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). The Fe
Riyadh – As of August 10, Saudi Arabia will close the qualification applications for Dumat al-Jandal project, which will strengthen the kingdom’s presence in the field of wind energy and increase electricity productions via renewable resources. The Energy Ministry’s Renewable Energy Project De
