Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was committed to working with United States President Donald Trump to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians. Netanyahu made the pledge in a speech to AIPAC, the largest US pro-Israel lobbying group. The Trump administration is seekin
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz arrived in Amman on Monday, reported the Saudi state news agency SPA. King Salman will be heading the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the Arab Summit. The King was received at the airport by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a regional election in the western state of Saarland on Sunday, in a surprise state poll triumph, as the hype around her main rival fizzled on its first test in a “super election year”. With just six months to go until a general e
Dead Sea (Jordan) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who will preside over the Arab League Council meeting at the summit level on Wednesday, will travel to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump, a senior Jordanian official said on Sunday. Government Spokesperson and Minister of State for M
President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the “big, beautiful wall” that he’s promised to build on the US-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge barrier to those attempting to enter the US illegally faces impediments of its own. It’s still not cl
London – There are some things in sport that you’re just not allowed to say, lines that must not be crossed. For a long time it was more or less impossible to say in public that you thought Paul Scholes was simply a very good footballer, as opposed to a chasteningly complete distillation of pe
Thousands of Australians fled their homes for safer ground on Monday as powerful Cyclone Debbie bore down on coastal towns in Queensland, packing destructive winds, with warnings of major structural damage and dangerous tidal surges. Authorities urged 30,000 people to evacuate low lying areas most a
Dubai – Men in the Arab region are turning more to plastic surgeries, according to a medical conference held in Dubai. Doctors at the Dubai World Dermatology and Laser Conference and Exhibition, Derma Dubai, said latest data revealed that about 20 percent of men undergo plastic surgeries, up by 10 p
This is the Middle East: Arabs, Persians, Turks and Kurds. But let’s put history aside to avoid the trap and analyze the present. By looking at the region’s map we realize that all wars are happening on Arab land that is being exploited by terrorists and militias, and is suffering from international
Turkish expatriates living abroad began casting ballots on Monday for their country’s April 16 referendum on ushering in a system that would boost the president’s powers. Voting started at airports and border gates in Turkey, as well as in Turkish diplomatic missions in some European countries
London-Debate among Iranian political parties has been recently raging ahead of the presidential elections scheduled to be held in May. During the latest confrontation between Rouhani’s current administration and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a senior official in Rouhani’s office called for
The days when traveling by plane was a beautiful personal experience are gone. We used to welcome loved ones and bid them farewell at the airport gates and even, in some airports, at the plane’s door. Airports of today are like military barracks packed with armed personnel and surveillance cameras.
Philippine troops have rescued three Malaysians who were held captive by Abu Sayyaf rebels eight months ago, the military said on Monday. The Malaysians were among a group seized from a tugboat in waters between the southern Philippines and Malaysia last July. Their rescue means no other Malaysians
Hundreds of rebels and their families left their last bastion in Syria’s Homs city on Monday,as part of an ongoing evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind under a Russian-backed deal with the regime, state media and a monitor said. Heavy fighting between rebel groups and regime
Seven high school students and one teacher were killed on Monday after being caught in an avalanche during on a mountain-climbing trip in Japan, with more than 30 people reportedly injured. More than 100 troops have been deployed in a major rescue effort after the avalanche hit ski slopes in Tochigi
London– The Scotland Yard, headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, announced that Khalid Masood was a lone attacker, saying there is no information that suggests there are plots for further attacks. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said: “We must all accept that there is a poss
Ramallah, Tel Aviv – Hamas authorities partially reopened the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel Monday after a one-day closure following the assassination of one of the group’s prominent officials. Hamas shut the border crossing on Sunday and prevented people from going out for the fi
Riyadh- Amman will witness on Monday the establishment of a Saudi-Jordanian fund to support the business sector in both countries in addition to the signing of several agreements that cover transferring experiences and industries to the kingdom’s market. The events will take place on the sidelines o
Manama – Bahraini authorities announced on Sunday that they have dismantled and arrested a terrorist cell that planned and executed several terrorist attacks and was plotting to target senior figures and security forces in the country. The Interior Ministry said that 15 individuals had been arrested
Beirut – The recent clashes in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon revealed security pockets that extremists have taken up as safe havens and that are harboring fugitives wanted by Lebanese authorities. They also revealed dozens of non-Lebanese fugitives whose affiliations
