Beirut, Washington – Amid rising confusion and sudden shuffling of cards which struck the entire spectrum of stakeholders in the Syria crisis, the United States under Donald Trump’s administration reaffirmed that the president is less concerned with long-time despot Bashar al-Assad leaving pow
Baghdad – The death of ISIS second-in-command, Ayad al-Jumaili, is yet to be confirmed following an airstrike in the Iraqi region of al-Qaim. An Iraqi intelligence said on Saturday that he was killed in the raid, while the US-led anti-ISIS coalition was unable to confirm the information that w
The first time I came across the phrase “expected goals” was in November 2015. I had disappeared into a Twitter wormhole and when I emerged I was on a site called Statsbomb and an article entitled “Leicester City and their Trip to the Kamikaze Zone”. At that point in their miracle season, Leicester
Tens of thousands of Australians were stranded by floodwaters on Saturday after the remnants of a powerful cyclone swept along the country’s east coast, cutting roads, destroying bridges, killing two women and leaving four missing. The disaster zone from ex-Cyclone Debbie stretched 1,000 km (6
London – General James Jones, former supreme allied commander of NATO, has always been involved in the Middle East affairs, problems and causes. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Jones expressed relief towards the “tremendously successful” meeting between Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin S
Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Google have joined a list of potential buyers eyeing Toshiba’s lucrative memory chip business, vying with others for the Japanese firm’s prized semiconductor operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Saturday. Toshiba has reportedly
Beirut- Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said Lebanon was close to “breaking point” due to the strains of hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees, and he feared unrest could spiral from tensions between them and Lebanese communities. “Today if you go around most of the host comm
Cairo- Extremists in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula are cooperating and helping each other through money and arms transfers across several states in the region, security reports have said. Although they have dispersed after three years of attempts to establish their own “Emirate” in an area that lies betwe
Washington- Iran is continuing to behave as an exporter of terrorism and still sponsors militant activity, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Friday on his first trip to London since taking the Pentagon’s top job. Asked during a joint news conference with British Defense Secretary Micha
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s fiscal position remains strong, according to Moody’s Global Credit Research report published on Friday. The report pointed out that economic reforms executed by the kingdom will contribute in curbing the public budget deficit despite the drop in oil prices. Moody’s A1 r
Venezuela’s long-suffering democracy was dealt a near-deadly blow Wednesday, when the country’s Supreme Court seized what power remained in the democratically elected National Assembly, leaving President Nicolas Maduro with virtually unrestricted authority. Venezuelan authorities called on the count
Rabat – The Justice and Development Party (JDP) has decided on the candidates who will handle ministerial portfolios in the next government. Morocco’s Prime Minister Saad Eddine el-Othmani is expected to receive this Saturday lists in the names of ministers of the governing coalition parties.
Kuwait – The First Kuwaiti Film Festival was launched on March 26 under the patronage of the acting State Minister for Information and Chairman of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah The Kuwaiti cinema was chosen to lead this edition for many
Riyadh- Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council have inaugurated the Prince Saud Al Faisal Conference Center in the main secretary general headquarters, in the same hall where he always wandered and took official photos with his Arab, Gulf, and foreign counterparts. This inauguration has come in r
Aden – Three suspected al-Qaeda members were killed in south Yemen in what analysts believed to be a US drone strike. Residents and local officials said on Friday the attack took place in al Wadie district of Abyan province. One of the three killed was the local leader of the extremist group,
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday salvaged half of the $6 million nosecone of its rocket, in what the space entrepreneur deemed an important feat in the drive to recover more of its launch hardware and cut the cost of space flights. Shortly after the main section of SpaceX’s first recycled Falcon 9 boo
London- Austria recorded a sharp rise in attacks against migrant shelters last year, with 49 cases that mostly went unsolved compared to 25 in 2015, authorities said Friday. The incidents, revealed in a response by the interior ministry to a parliamentary enquiry, ranged from racist graffiti to arso
Tel Aviv – The Israeli decision to construct new settlements in the Western Bank for the first time since 1992 would test the efforts of the new US administration to revive peace talks. While several condemnations to the Israeli decision had emerged from the UN, France and Germany on Friday &#
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia has condemned the blast in Parachinar, Pakistan. The explosion killed and injured dozens. Riyadh reiterated its solidarity and its backing for Islamabad. A source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the Parachinar city explosion and offered condolences to t
Washington- President Donald Trump has approved proposals made by generals to boost the US military’s authority to step up air strikes in the fight against al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, the Defense Department has said. “The president has approved a Department of Defense proposal to pr
