Venezuela’s opposition held silent march on Saturday in homage to a dozen people killed in three weeks of protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. They have demanded that he hold delayed elections and address a growing economic crisis. Twelve people have been killed in a re
London – The death of Ugo Ehiogu in the early hours of Friday morning following a cardiac arrest has plunged the footballing world into a state of sadness. The Tottenham Hotspur Under-23 coach had been working on one of the club’s training pitches on Thursday morning when he collapsed. Even as
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to make a sweeping victory in elections in June, revealed opinion polls. He ruling Conservative Party is set to win around 50 percent of the vote, double that of the opposition Labor party. May’s decision to call a June 8 election stunned her poli
Two separate possible drug-related incidents took place on Saturday with the discovery of the remains of at least six people in a ditch near the seaside of Mexico’s Acapulco in Guerreo, the country’s bloodiest state. An official said that the bodies had been buried between 5 and 20 days ago in a dit
Pope Francis lamented on Saturday the state of holding centers where migrants are held in various European countries, likening them to “concentration centers.” He therefore urged governments to get migrants and refugees out of these centers. During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants,
North Korea detained a US citizen on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, saying he was arrested at Pyongyang International Airport on his way out of the country. This brings the total number of Americans held by the isolated country to three. The man, a Korean-American in his fi
The Moroccan Interior Ministry accused Algerian authorities of deporting 55 Syrians, including women and children, towards the kingdom as Rabat summoned the Algerian envoy over the development. The ministry statement said that the Algerian authorities have “cornered” the refugees nears the border ci
Divisions have started to break out in Germany’s anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as delegates from the party rejected an appeal by one of their leaders to seek a pragmatic political path instead of turning into a “fundamental opposition” party. AfD looks set to turn fu
Beirut – Head of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat presented on Saturday a new parliamentary electoral law in a bid to end the ongoing crisis over the issue. The new hybrid law is a combination of the proportional representation and winner-takes-all system. At a time when the ma
Doha – The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, received a number of calls from Arab states leaders congratulating the Qatari leadership for the safe return of the kidnapped citizens previously held hostage in Iraq. The families of the freed abductees continued celebrating the safe return
Beirut – Two military landing operations took place in eastern Syria, the same region where Washington announced the arrest of a close associate of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on April 6, Iraqi military and Syrian local sources confirmed. After the raid, sources registered 30 minutes of i
While French voters head to the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, the duet of extremism and counter-extremism has thrown its shadow on the country. The terrorist attacks claimed by ISIS have struck fear among the French people. Terrorist groups are the happiest with the extremist appr
Washington – Russian agents tried to infiltrate the electoral campaign of Donald Trump through his advisors, revealed US media. CNN reported that agents tried to use Trump’s former foreign policy advisor Carter Page in order to influence the US presidential elections. The Federal Bureau of Investiga
Rabat – Morocco and Cuba have restored their diplomatic relations after 37 years, announced the Moroccan news agency. It said that the two countries’ permanent representatives at the United Nations signed an agreement in New York to resume the ties that were severed in 1976 after Havana recognized t
Cairo – Discussing ways on reinforcing bilateral relations and facing regional challenges, a Saudi-Egyptian summit will be held on Sunday in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia’s monarch King Salman will be meeting with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Sisi’s visit to Riyadh is a step in the greater d
Riyadh- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, issued on Saturday a number of royal decrees that reshuffled administrative posts, appointed new ministers and established of a national security center. Among the issued directives was an order on establishing the National Securi
Paris – The French presidential elections got underway on Sunday with voters heading to 67,000 ballot boxes distributed throughout the country in wake of the dark shadow of the terrorist attack that hit Paris on Thursday night. Given the serious threats, the French president and prime minister were
Cairo – Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit stressed that the organization is a “means to unite Arabs.” He said from Alexandria University: “The Arab League is passing through the most difficult phase since its creation due to the collapse of some Arab countries, such as Libya, Syr
Khartoum – The Sudanese government hopes that US economic sanctions will be lifted by July 12. This date was set by the US administration according to the executive order issued by former US President Barack Obama, stipulating lifting the sanctions partially then completely after 180 days once
Tunis – Tunisia announced on Saturday that authorities had prevented over 20,000 youths from joining terrorist organizations. Interior Minister Hadi al-Majdoub said that since 2012 security forces succeeded in preventing over 27,000 youths from joining the ranks of these groups. These suspects
