Jeddah – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz announced on Monday the launching of an international tourism project in the Kingdom under the name of the “Red Sea Project”, which will be built in one of the world’s most beautiful and diverse natural spots, in cooperation with the world’s largest
Riyadh- The Specialized Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a Yemeni to 19 years in prison and ordered him deported from the Kingdom following his sentence. The defendant was found guilty of adopting ‘takfirist’ ideology and pledging allegiance to the former leader of al-Qaeda. His freque
Khartoum– The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said that Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry would arrive to Khartoum on Wednesday to head a high-level delegation to the joint political consultation committee between Sudan and Egypt. “Sudan’s Foreign Ministry will host at its premises on Wednes
Two of Venezuela’s most prominent opposition figures were arrested overnight on Monday hours after President Nicolas Maduro announced a victory in the election for the much-maligned Constituent Assembly, which the opposition says will cement a dictatorship in the South American country. Leopoldo Lop
Turkey kicked off on Tuesday the trial of some 500 people who were detained in raids in the authorities’ crackdown on alleged organizers of last year’s failed coup. A total of 486 suspects will appear in a specially-designed courtroom outside Ankara, charged with crimes ranging from murder, violatin
Washington – The White House announced on Monday that its communications director Anthony Scaramucci has left his post due to “inappropriate” remarks he had made, revealed President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman, only ten days since he was appointed to the post. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the presiden
Actor George Clooney and his lawyer wife Amal Clooney will help nearly 3,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon go to school as hundreds of thousands of them are out of an education as a result in the war raging in their country. The Clooney Foundation for Justice is planning to help seven public schools pr
Cairo- New disputes between Head of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar and Head of Libya’s UN-backed government Fayez al-Sarraj have emerged Monday on the reality controlling Ghat military base, southwestern Libya, in addition to the stance over the new constitution in the country. Few ho
Jeddah – Saudi Arabia welcomed on Monday the concluding statement of the meeting of foreign ministers of the anti-terror quartet that was held in Bahrain to tackle the Qatari crisis. It also backed its denouncement of the Qatari authorities’ deliberate obstruction of pilgrims seeking to perfor
Tel Aviv– Israel police, special forces, and border police are being deployed in large numbers in al-Quds to protect Israelis at the Western Wall for the fast of “Tisha B’Av”. Tisha B’Av events began Monday night and will continue until Tuesday. The fast, which takes place annually on th
Erbil, Ankara – While the Iraqi Oil Ministry announced on Sunday that it agreed with Tehran to form a joint committee to study the export of Kirkuk oil to Iranian territory through a pipeline to be established for this purpose, the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy in the Kurdistan Reg
Beirut – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s visit to the United States last week was not limited to its official designation and agenda, but it paved the way for a roadmap for the new American administration to work with Lebanon during the upcoming phase. The visit was highlighted by the warm wel
Riyadh – Yemeni government welcomed the efforts by UN and peace-brokering countries in elevating the struggles of Yemenis, but at the same time it regrets that the UN coordinator isn’t taking any measures against insurgents who steal and resell medications and treatments of Cholera. Yemeni Minister
Beirut – Lebanon’s Mustaqbal Movement condemned on Monday “Hezbollah’s” involvement in the terrorist al-Abdali cell that was discovered in Kuwait in 2015. After holding talks with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaal al-Qinai, a Mustaqbal delegation warned that the group’s connection to the cell c
Moscow, Beirut, Ankara- Despite the risky deterioration witnessed at the US-Russian level after the US Congress voted last week to slap new sanctions on Russia, Moscow asserted on Monday its insistence to cooperate with Washington in the Syrian file, particularly the implementation of a truce in sou
Riyadh- Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh has denounced the Qatari media promotion of calls to internationalize the Two Holy Mosques, describing this request as malicious. In his statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, he saw that the purpose is to rise tension and undermine unity of Muslims. He
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia accused Iran on Monday of persistently stalling the resumption of investigations into the 2016 attacks on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. “The Iranian authorities have consistently stalled and refused to resume investigations of the attacks, even
The images of the Iranian regime’s hegemony over all aspects of life in Iraq are clear. From trade to construction and raw material to its control of the banks, government, parliament and political parties. A New York Times report said that the Iranians are controlling everything, from the televisio
Jeddah – Deputy Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks on Monday with visiting Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdul Qader Msahel, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Meeting in Jeddah, the two officials addressed joint efforts to combat terrorism and
Vienna – Before we remove spider webs, which annoy and disgust us, from our homes, we should read this article that supports previous researches that highlight the importance of these webs and their medical benefits. According to a media report on Saturday, a medical team specialized in cosmet
