Riyadh – CEO of Nasdaq Adena Friedman said that Nasdaq has huge opportunities in the shares issuance of the Saudi oil giant Aramco, seeing as it includes the five biggest companies in the world and is a home to company leaders in various sectors. Friedman told Asharq Al-Awsat that any company
Seoul, Moscow – Just hours after US Vice President Mike Pence declared that the era of strategic patience was over; US President Donald Trump took a moment at the White House Easter egg roll Monday to deliver a rather harsh message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Trump made the comment to a CNN
Ankara – Mehmet Gunal, deputy leader of Turkey’s opposition Nationalist Movement Party, asserted that his party has fulfilled its pledges and supported the constitutional amendments until they gained the support of the majority of the people voting in Sunday’s referendum He criticized to Asharq Al-A
Caracas – Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that the army will deploy “throughout the country” starting on Monday, two days before a new protest called for by the opposition. The volatile country is now braced for what Maduro’s opponents vow will be the “mother of all pro
Abu Dhabi – The 11th edition of Cityscape Abu Dhabi kicked off on Tuesday, with over 100 leading developers, architects, designers and major players in the design and construction sector showcasing their projects at the event held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prin
London – UNICEF has warned that war in Yemen may deprive a generation of Yemeni children of education, putting them at greater risk of being married off or recruited as child soldiers. UNICEF Representative in Yemen, Mertixell Relano said that months of unpaid salaries have affected over three-quart
Seoul – Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye was officially charged with bribery, extortion, abuse of power and other high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life. Park was impeached in December, officially stripped of power in March and has been in a
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia confirmed that targeting the displaced Syrians from al-Foua’a and Kafrya villages is a terrible terrorist crime that contradicts with all moral and human values and principles. Saudi Cabinet condemned the suicide bombing, which resulted in the death and injury of a large number
Aden – Yemeni Minister of Interior and deputy prime minister, Hussein Mohammed Arab inaugurated on Monday the center for joint operations for leadership and governance in the temporary capital Aden. The minister stressed on the importance of providing the leaders of armed and security forces with ne
Jeddah- Yemen’s Information Ministry intends to launch an English newspaper and satellite channel to inform the international community of the violations and practices of rebels against the Yemeni people. Yemen’s Minister of Information Muammar al-Eryani said that this step is among the
Baghdad – Qatari nationals who were kidnapped in Iraq in 2015 may be released soon, a negotiator close to the file said. He added that a Qatari delegation was currently in Baghdad to discuss the issue. The negotiator, who wished to remain anonymous, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday that the two
Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, second deputy premier and minister of defense, discussed issues of common interest with Mauritanian Minister of Defense Diallo Mamadou Bhatia. During the meeting, they also discussed means of enhancing bilateral military cooperation. Th
Sant’Alessio (Italy) – On the foothills of the Aspromonte Mountain in southern Italy, the laughter of a small group of refugees breaks the silence of a once-dying village. The small village has been welcoming families and vulnerable migrants for three years in a project which not only pr
London – Washington raised the tone of its rhetoric with Moscow on Monday when White House national security adviser Herbert McMaster said it was time for tough talks with Russia over its support for Syria’s regime and its “subversive” actions in Europe. Speaking to ABC News,
San Francisco, London – A team of researchers have developed a light-weight device made of paper, inspired by the Chinese and Japanese arts of paper-cutting, that can store energy from body movements. Portable electronic devices, such as watches, hearing aids and heart monitors, often require
United States President Donald Trump’s appointee Neil Gorsuch on Monday showed himself to be a frequent and energetic questioner during US Supreme Court arguments in his first day hearing cases as a justice. Gorsuch, whose confirmation to the lifetime job restored the court’s conservativ
Hundreds of students clashed with government forces in Indian Kashmir during protests Monday against a police raid on a college, as tensions ran high in the restive region. Around 100 students were injured as police used batons and tear gas to try to quell the protests, which broke out in the main c
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Turkey’s “Euphrates Shield” incursion into northern Syria would not be its last such venture in the region but its first, saying it would carry out as many military operations as necessary, wherever necessary, in its fight against terrori
Saudi Arabia’s national cabinet session, chaired by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, congratulated Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish people on the successful referendum for constitutional amendments, said Saudi Press Agency SPA. A constitutional referendum was held throughout T
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