Moscow – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Moscow on April 11-12 for talks with Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. “On April 11-12, US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, will arrive in Moscow on a working trip. It’s his first visit to our country a
Beirut – Regional Director for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the Red Cross, Robert Mardini stressed the need for the warring parties in Syria to respect the International Humanitarian Law, which is the most important demand in protecting civilians in the conflict.
Tunisia- The 34th session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers kicked off on Wednesday in Tunisia. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, Honorary President of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, said nations and people always need to ensure t
Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, has lost his seat on the powerful National Security Council in a high-level White House shakeup. Trump’s elevation of Bannon to a permanent spot on the NSC had been widely criticized as injecting politics into White House delibe
Ramallah – The Palestinian Authority announced on Wednesday that it was cutting the salaries of tens of thousands of government employees in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The decision to cut the salaries by 30 percent deepened the divide between the West Bank and Gaza — two territories that the P
Rabat- Morocco’s King Mohammad VI named a new government on Wednesday ending a six-month political deadlock that followed October’s elections. Prime Minister Saad Eddine al-Othmani, second-in-command of the Justice and Development Party [PJD] that triumphed in the elections, will lead a cabine
South Korea has successfully test-fired a home-developed ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit any part of North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. It comes a day after the North test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast before US President Donald Trump was
Washington – The Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the latest chemical attack in Syria and terrorism prevailed over the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Wednesday. During a joint press conference, Trump said that bilateral talks focused on eff
Cairo – The Egyptian capital hosted the four-day “CityScape Egypt 2017” real estate exhibit from March 31 to April 3, bringing together more than 90 real estate developers. Held at the Cairo International Convention Center, the exhibit saw the attendance of thousands of visitors, investors, an
Washington- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the chemical attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province “crossed a lot of lines” and that his “attitude” toward Bashar Assad has changed. Trump’s comments put him on a collision course with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Australia Thursday warned terrorists could target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey later in the month, urging travelers to avoid Ankara and Istanbul. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement that Turkish authorities were aware of the information “and tradi
Frankfurt, London- Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler and supplier Robert Bosch are joining hands to develop self-driving cars. The alliance between the world’s largest maker of premium cars and the world’s largest automotive supplier forms a powerful counterweight to new auto industry players
Hammam Al-Alil (Iraq), London- After the decline of ISIS’ control in Mosul, the Iraqi city is reviving. A Reuters report said that citizens resumed their visits to Hammam Al-Alil, a town south of Mosul once famous throughout Iraq for its healing hot waters and its spa. This oasis of leisure now coex
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz met at Riyadh’s Al-Yamamah palace on Wednesday with British Prime Minister Theresa May and they held official talks, discussing bilateral relations, cooperation fields and the regional and international developments. Furthermore
Washington graciously ‘reassured’ us the other day that the fate of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad is no longer a United States priority in dealing with the ongoing tragedy there. This message was conveyed by not one, but two foreign policy authorities, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Ambassador to t
Gareth Southgate has a number of decisions to make as he prepares to name his third squad since replacing Sam Allardyce as England manager. The absence of Harry Kane and, in all likelihood, Jordan Henderson means there will be places for grabs in the starting XI, let alone the squad, so number of fr
US Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey designed his social media presence to be safe from prying eyes. He set up a private Instagram account only followed by family members, and subscribed to Twitter under a false name. After just one mention in a public speech, it took only a few h
Well did the committee supervising King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies this year by granting its award to Dr. Radwan al-Sayed whose work made significant difference in this field. Sayed is one of today’s few intellectuals who provide a systematic and developed analysis of Islamic cul
Managerial stability is supposed to promote reassurance, a sense of safety even, but its belated advent at Sunderland has merely prompted widespread insecurity. Last July David Moyes became the club’s seventh manager in five turbulent seasons as Ellis Short vowed to end his seemingly interminable cy
President Donald Trump is poised to sign legislation to overturn Federal Communications Commission rules forbidding internet service providers from selling data they have vacuumed up about the online habits of their customers. Privacy groups are understandably perturbed. But I wonder whether all the
