José Mourinho has said he is a more mature manager than he was at the start of his career and believes he is able to transmit that serenity to his Manchester United players. Mourinho’s second spell at Chelsea ended acrimoniously when he was dismissed in December 2015 but, after a difficult start at
The ISIS group claimed responsibility for the attack outside Britain’s parliament which left four people dead, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Thursday. But it gave no name or other details and it was not clear whether the attacker was directly connected to the group. “The per
About 600,000 Iraqis remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the ISIS group, including 400,000 who are “trapped” in the Old City under siege-like conditions facing food shortages and growing panic under shelling that could provoke a mass exodus, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR
Marine Le Pen, the French extreme right’s presidential candidate, clearly summed up how the West regards the Syrian Revolt, which erupted six years ago. In an interview with Al-Arabiya TV channel, she replied to a question about her view of Bashar al-Assad by saying: “If I were to choose between al-
Ankara – Turkey arrested three German citizens of Lebanese origins, suspected of having links to the ISIS terrorist Anis al-Amri responsible for the attack on the Christmas market in Berlin last year which killed 12 and injured dozens. Anis Amri was shot dead by Italian police in Milano four days af
Jeddah- The famous social media platform ‘Twitter’ has banned at least 636,000 accounts linked to extremism that have been under suspicion since 2015. Over 376,000 accounts were suspended by the social media website in the last six months of 2016 in a bid to crack down on extremism. Twitter also sai
Moscow, London – The fifth round of UN-led intra-Syrian talks will kick off in Geneva on Thursday, with little hope of substantial breakthrough, as both pro-regime and opposition delegations have shown no flexibility in their stances. The previous round of talks ended on March 3, with the UN announc
Cairo – Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, led by Khalifa Haftar, may have committed war crimes, including killing and beating civilians, executing, and desecrating bodies of opposition fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi on and around March 18, 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. In a report
A former lawmaker of the Russian State Duma and key witness in a treason case against Ukraine’s ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Thursday, police said. Kiev police chief Andriy Kryshchenko told the television channel 112 that Denis
Tunisia- Leader of the People’s Movement Zuhair Maghzawi criticized limiting the political operation in Tunisia to two parties: Ennahdha Party and Social Liberal Party. He considered this a misunderstanding of the political map following the 2011 revolution and disclosed intentions to stage a
London- Two days after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei launched a wave of harsh criticisms against the country’s economic policy, President Hassan Rouhani rushed to deny any shortcoming on enforcing the nationally demanded “resistive economy.” The spat intensified a few days before Rouhani put fo
Cologne – Germany is set to deport two terror suspects, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 22-year-old Nigerian, despite both being born in the country, the first case of its kind in the country’s history. The Federal Administrative Court in the state of Lower Saxony agreed on Tuesday that their deportati
Ten members of Egypt’s security forces were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with jihadists in central Sinai, the army said on Thursday. Fifteen extremists were also killed in the fighting, the military said in a statement, without revealing when the incidents took place. Seven
London- A fire has caused serious damage to the historic 15th century Bayezid Ottoman mosque in Didymoteicho, northeastern Greece, local officials said Wednesday. Nathanail Rigas, head firefighter of the Thrace region bordering Turkey, told Agence France Presse that restoration work could have spark
As previously foreseen, the first of a kind legal battle made possible by the United States Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) began. Families of 850 victims whose lives were claimed by the 9/11 terror attacks, next to the families of 1,500 injured on the ill-fated day, filed federal
London- The ban of laptops and electronic devices, which are bigger than mobile phones in size, on airplanes heading to the US from airports of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Cairo, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kuwait, Doha, Amman, Istanbul and Casablanca has caused confusion among travelers and airlines. The same curb on el
Mosul – Displaced civilians in liberated areas have become ISIS’ main target now that battles have intensified in the center of Mosul’s Old City. ISIS militants have resorted to shelling areas recaptured by Iraqi forces in western Mosul, hitting civilians fleeing the fighting. Heavy mortar fire kill
Gelendzhik, Russia- Russia’s force in Syria has suffered losses since late January more than three times higher than the official toll, according to evidence gathered by Reuters, a tally that shows the fight in Syria is tougher and more costly than the Kremlin has disclosed. Eighteen Russian c
London – The Iraqi wars and the damage left behind will be highlighted at the Trafalgar square’s Fourth Plinth in London in 2018. The work by US artist Michael Rakowitz has been announced the winner, featuring an ancient Assyrian winged bull sculpture destroyed by ISIS in 2015. Rakowitz
Aden- A Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were behind all the acts of sabotage in the region. Adviser to the Yemeni President Abdul Aziz Al-Maflahi said: “It is not surprising that Iran, and particularly its Revolutionary Guards, stand behind such act
