Beirut – After proving its effectiveness in fighting ISIS in several northern and northeastern Syrian areas, Moscow on Monday entered the line of supporting Kurds, therefore, competing with the military support that the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) are receiving from the Washington-
David Rockefeller, a former head of Chase Manhattan bank and luminary in political and philanthropic circles, died Monday at the age of 101, a spokesman said. He died in his sleep due to congestive heart failure at his home in Pocantico Hills, just north of New York City, spokesman Fraser Seitel sai
Russia does not plan to open new military bases in Syria, the defense ministry said on Monday, after the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it had reached a deal with Moscow for a new military base in northwestern Syria. “There are no plans to deploy new Russian military bases on the territory of
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired a national cabinet session in Riyadh on Monday, said the Saudi Press Agency SPA. The session started with King Salman briefing the cabinet on outcomes of Asian tour. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had concluded a month-long Asian tour to build ties
Among the memorabilia in Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s office is a fragment of the Wright brothers’ first airplane. But the most intriguing items may be two small plastic satellites on sticks that can be maneuvered to simulate a dogfight in space. Space is now a potential battle zon
There was something a little eerie about Kasper Schmeichel’s penalty save towards the end of Leicester City’s uproarious Champions League defeat of Sevilla. Mainly it was the element of real-time deja vu about the whole thing. Not just because Schmeichel had also kept out a penalty from Joaquín Corr
London – Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President Bandar Hajjar has launched a roadmap to resolve social and economic problems that are facing the world. “Confronting poverty is not restricted to providing food, clothes and housing but transforming the poor to a productive individual,” Hajjar
Sometimes, places increase a journalist’s curiosity. We were at the People’s Palace in Beijing in front of the famous Tiananmen Square and close to the mausoleum of Mao Zedong at the lunch hosted by President Xi Jinping in honor of his guest, King Salman bin Abdulaziz. I could have talke
Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz confirmed Saudi Arabia’s keenness to provide an example for protecting the rights and legitimate freedoms, and achieving prosperity and comprehensive social development, in accordance with Islamic Sharia, all the while preserving t
Around 100 people were briefly evacuated from the French financial prosecutor’s offices in central Paris on Monday due over a bomb alert. The alert was prompted by an anonymous caller who told police that there was a bomb in the building that houses prosecutors investigating high-level financi
Chancellor Angela Merkel declared on Monday that Germany reserved the right to “take all necessary measures, including reviewing the permissions” for future Turkish campaign events on its soil even if those permits had been granted. She warned that Germany could ban future campaign event
Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Monday that Britain will formally trigger its exit from the European Union on March 29. “The UK’s permanent representative to the EU informed the office of (European Union President) Donald Tusk that it’s the UK’s intention to trigger A
US President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Monday of fabricating allegations of presidential election interference against Russia and creating more “fake news.” His tweet came just as Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency chiefs were to speak to Congress on wha
A Palestinian policeman was killed on Monday in a shootout at a refugee camp in the West Bank, the official Wafa news agency reported. A murder suspect killed Hassan Ali al-Hajj in a shootout that broke out in the densely populated Palestinian refugee camp of Balata, in the Israeli-occupied city of
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia has launched “A Nation Without Violations” campaign to give residency and labor law violators the chance to leave the country without having to pay penalties. The campaign was approved by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nay
Cairo – Former Prime Minister of the National Salvation Government Khalifa al-Ghwell stated that he tried to reach an agreement with Akilah Saleh, speaker of the parliament in Tobruk, and Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani to form a new government to substitute Sarraj government. Ghwell denounce
Washington- US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the Guantanamo Bay prison will not be shut down and reiterated over the weekend a campaign pledge for putting ISIS “bad dudes” in the detention center in Cuba. Reuters news agency said that Trump is asking Congress to give the Pentagon a
Washington- US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he wants to build dozens of new warships has raised many question marks on whether such an attempt is feasible in the short-term. Interviews carried out by Reuters with ship-builders, unions and a review of public and internal documents show
Ramallah – Hamas intensified its war on drugs and drug dealers in Gaza Strip as part of the campaign launched to end the spreading of narcotics. A military court sentenced on Sunday two drug dealers to death, the first such punishment handed down by the Palestinian judiciary. The two men sentenced t
Rabat – It appears that developing a new strategy for the Middle East, most notably one to combat terrorism, is among the priorities of the new Republican US administration. Congress is seeking to change the policy of Democratic President Barack Obama, which led to further Iranian expansion in the r
