Ramallah, Gaza- A few days following a fierce attack on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Hamas Movement apologized for the unacceptable insults launched by some of its members during marches staged in the Gaza Strip. “I extremely apologize for such an individual behavior, Mr. President,” Ham
Tel Aviv, Ramallah- Hunger strikes in Israeli prisons have entered their third day with Israeli authorities going into penal measures exacted on protesters aiming to better their conditions. Rather than negotiating Palestinian prisoners partaking in the strikes, prison management banned family visit
Washington – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lauded on Wednesday historic ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia. He also underlined his country’s commitment to facilitate US-Saudi economic relations, noting that the US would support the Saudi private sector, and hoping that the Kingdom
London- Children whose mothers were frequent cell phone users during pregnancy were more likely than those of less frequent users to be hyperactive, a new study finds. But lead author Laura Birks is not advising expectant mothers to hang up their cell phones. She cautioned that she could not say if
Beirut- Qatar is mediating between Iran and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham for a population swap deal in four Syrian towns, to secure the release of kidnapped Qataris in Iraq, an informed Lebanese source told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Wednesday. The deal stipulated the complete evacuation of the two Shi’i
Aden- Two senior commanders among the ranks of armed loyalists backing Yemen’s ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed in an area near Sana’a on Wednesday. Partaking in the insurgency aiming to overturn the internationally-backed government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, the commanders,
Ankara- Turkey’s Supreme Election Board rejected on Wednesday all opposition objections to the results of last Sunday’s constitutional referendum, which was passed by 51.4 percent of Turkish voters to officially transfer the country into a presidential regime. The board said it objected appeals pres
Paris- Belgium’s federal prosecutor said Wednesday that a man held in France over a foiled plot to stage an attack ahead of the first round of France’s presidential election was also sought by Belgian authorities. Clement Baur, 23, was one of two people detained on Sunday in the southern
London– The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Wednesday that sarin or a similar banned toxin was used in an attack in Syria’s Idlib province on April 4. Reuters quoted the organization’s director, General Ahmet Uzumcu as saying that the results of the analysis “indicate th
The United States wants to see a strong Saudi Arabia, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said during talks Wednesday aimed at reinvigorating the Riyadh-Washington alliance. Mattis, meeting the most powerful figures in the Saudi capital, also hinted that President Donald Trump could visit the kingdom, a lo
United States President Donald Trump took a “prudent” step in seeking a 90-day inter-agency review of whether lifting sanctions through the Iran nuclear deal would be in the United States’ national security interests, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Asked if Trump was concerned th
France will produce proof “in a few days” that the regime of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical strike on a Syrian village that killed 87 people earlier this month, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday. “We have elements that will allow us to show that the regime know
San José, Costa Rica- This four-bedroom, five-bath Spanish colonial is in Escazú, about five miles west of San José, the capital city of Costa Rica. This sprawling, suburban area in the hills has cooler temperatures than elsewhere in the region. It is also one of the country’s most affluent areas, w
Washington- The Trump administration is working hard to come up with a comprehensive strategy for Syria after striking the forces of Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. To that end, congressional leaders are preparing a new push to get their old ideas for pressuring the Syrian president, Russia and
London – It doesn’t get any easier, no matter how many times you watch it. The way he lands, his instinctive reaction to assess the damage, the split second where you just hope your first suspicions might be wrong. But then Shane Long is cradling Séamus Coleman’s head and that is the point whe
Dubai- UAE Minister of Energy Suhail al-Mazrouei said that he sees a healthy level of demand for crude oil in the future from emerging economies in Africa and Asia and that the UAE would remain commercially-minded in its strategic oil investments. Mazrouei’s comments came during a session on the reg
Riyadh-ACWA Power said that the total investment cost of the portfolio in renewable energy projects, which include 13 projects in five different countries around the world, is worth SR18.329 billion ($4.8 billion). ACWA Power presented its projects within its participation in the Saudi Arabia Renewa
Moscow- The man accused of masterminding the Saint Petersburg train bombing that killed 14 people has denied the accusations pressed against him. Russian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of Abror Azimov, one of the alleged masterminds behind the recent terror attack on the St. Petersburg’s
Manama – Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa approved on Tuesday amendments to some of the military law provisions after the amendments were passed by the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives. The king’s approval grants the military judicial system the authority to investigate terrori
At least 44 people were killed on Wednesday when a bus swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in a Himalayan region of northern India, an official said Wednesday. The bus plunged into a 200-meter deep gorge on the Tons river in northern Himachal Pradesh state around 115 kilometers
