Beijing – The United States and China vowed to work together against threats of the North Korea’s nuclear program, while US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that the situation has reached a “dangerous” level. Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart’s language seemed more reconciliatory in light
Beirut – Sayyed Mohammad Ali Husseini, secretary general of Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Arabic Islamic Council, announced that the council has been transformed into an expanded Arab Shi’ite council that embraces all efforts and interacts with Arab Shi’ite figures and authorities for the unity of A
Four people were killed late on Saturday when suicide bombers attacked a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said. Borno state police spokesman Victor Isuku said the incident occurred when three bombers — a man and two women — tried to enter Umarari
Cairo – Pope Francis will pay an official visit to Cairo for the first time in history in April, announced presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef. He added that the trip will be in response to an invitation extended by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who met the Pope when he visited the Vatica
Riyadh and Beijing – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz ended his official Asian tour and left China to head back to the kingdom. King Salman embarked on a nearly two-week tour that took him to Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Brunei and China, some of world’s biggest
Even though the political positions of the new US administration have been positive and in compliance with the stances of its Gulf allies, the visit of the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince to the US has reformed the strategic alliance between Riyadh and Washington. We could even say that the broad headline
The rationale behind Steve Gibson’s long-standing reluctance to sack Aitor Karanka and the reason he ultimately felt impelled to dismiss Middlesbrough’s first foreign manager were, paradoxically, both encapsulated by the Basque’s handling of Adama Traoré. A force-of-nature type winger, the former Ba
English football may be about to plunge into one of its regular periods of introspection now that Leicester City are left as the only standard-bearers for the Premier League in the Champions League quarter-finals, though the rest of Europe will not find anything too surprising in this week’s develop
Riyadh – Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted a missile that was launched by Houthis militia rebels, targeting Jizan city, Command of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition to back legitimate and internationally recognized Yemeni government of President Mansur Hadi, announced in a statement on Fri
Security forces shot dead a man who grabbed a soldier’s weapon at Paris Orly airport on Saturday soon after the same suspect was involved in a shooting of a police officer north of the French capital, the interior minister said. The man was known to police and intelligence services, Interior M
Cologne – German police have detained a Bahraini national, who was accused of leading a secret terrorist organization in his country and applied for asylum in Germany in 2015. The Public Prosecution in Germany issued a statement on Friday saying that the counter-terrorism unit arrested Fayyad
Hundreds of rebels, their families and civilians began leaving the last opposition-held district of the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday under a controversial deal that will bring the whole city under regime control. Between 10,000 and 15,000 rebels and civilians would evacuate from Waer in batches o
Washington – A senior official in the Pentagon said that 41 detainees remained in Guantanamo bay prison, the prosecution of 31 of them has started – including the 10 leaders who plotted September 11 attacks in 2001. Last week, and for the first time, the Mauritanian former detainee Moham
Washington – Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, concluded his visit to Washington, DC on Friday. Pentagon Spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis explained that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met with the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince at th
The US and China pledged on Saturday to work together to try to get North Korea’s government to change its current course of pursuing nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned the situation had reached a “dangerous level.” The language fr
London – At least 40 people including women and children were killed aboard a boat carrying Somali refugees in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, officials said on Friday. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said 140 passengers were believed to have been aboard the vessel. The refugees were h
London- United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that Yemeni conflicting blocs have been presented with a comprehensive and well-balanced framework to achieve a settlement. Ould Cheikh’s framework addresses political and security concerns held by the two key sides of the c
Gaza – The Palestinian Hamas movement wants to usher in a new political era to overcome the regional challenges that began affecting it when its exiled leadership left Damascus in 2011. Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since June 2007, has in the past years been in a state of political and
Rabat – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI appointed on Friday Saad Eddine El Othmani of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) as the country’s new prime minister and asked him to form a government. The king announced on Wednesday he would replace Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister with
Freetown- A pastor working in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond. The diamond was presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma late Wednesday before being locked in Freetown’s central bank vault. It awaits an official valuation under the Kimberley Process, which ce
