Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who resigned after the court ruled he was unfit to hold office. Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, which has a majority in parliament, is expected to name a new prime minister to hold of
Syria’s war was not kind to the nine animals that had been kept alive at Magic World. As clashes became intense around the damaged amusement park near Aleppo, people struggled to find food and medicine for themselves, let alone for the wild animals in cages. So last week, an animal charity res
Algiers- Algerian security forces have foiled a “terrorist plot” masterminded by a militant with links to France-based Amedy Coulibaly, an ISIS member who in 2015 took hostages in a Jewish supermarket in Paris, the Al-Khabar daily reported Thursday. Citing “well-placed security sou
Gaza- Exiled Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan took part on Thursday in a public meeting with Hamas members of parliament for the first time in a decade. Hamas called for a public meeting to discuss the condition in al-Aqsa Mosque – Seven exiled Fatah members in addition to Dahlan attended the session wh
A commuter train crashed into a buffer in northeastern Barcelona early Friday, injuring at least 54 people, one of them seriously, Catalan government officials and emergency services said. The force of the crash crumpled the front of the train against the buffer at Francia station and detached a she
In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, US Senate Republicans failed spectacularly on Friday to dismantle Obamacare. Voting in the early hours, three Republican senators, John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, crossed party lines to join Democrats in a dramatic 49-to-51 vote to reject
Dubai- The UAE has announced a grant of USD10 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the UN agency’s efforts in fighting a cholera outbreak in Yemen. The announcement was made during a meeting held on Thursday between Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai
More than 50 people, including civilians and members of the military, were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, multiple sources have told Agence France Presse. Tuesday’s attack in the Magumeri area of Borno state on a convoy of speci
Beirut – Several identical sources said that a deal was reached between Lebanon’s Hezbollah group and Al-Nusra Front to withdraw Nusra militants from the mountains of Arsal, in exchange for the release of five captured Hezbollah fighters. Director General of the General Security Forces Abbas Ibrahim
Tunis- Tunisia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to create a company to implement projects in health and services. The agreement was reached at the Tunisian-Saudi Economic Forum held in Tunis on Thursday. Saudi Trade and Investment Minister Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi said at the opening of the foru
Riyadh– Palestinian Ambassador to Riyadh Bassem Al-Agha said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has worked silently and away from the media, to resolve Al-Aqsa crisis, noting that the Kingdom was not looking to stir media propaganda, but to achieve positive results on the ground. In remarks to Asharq Al-
London – US President Donald Trump’s Administration is seeking to conduct inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites, in an attempt to verify Tehran’s commitment to the 2015 Nuclear Deal, according to well-informed sources in the US government. The inspection is regarded as one of the most str
London, Washington- The US-led coalition fighting ISIS warned on Thursday Syria’s opposition from fighting regime forces in the desert, and said they need to focus on combating ISIS in eastern Syria. Coalition spokesman US Army Col. Ryan Dillon said: “The coalition supports only those forces committ
London- Malaysia has expressed readiness to mediate in the Qatari crisis if requested. Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in the parliament on Thursday that the opportunity should be given first to Kuwait as an intermediary in addressing the crisis, noting that the Malaysian govern
Riyadh- The Command of the Arab Alliance in Support of Legitimacy in Yemen said on Thursday that its air defense forces successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militias in the direction of the Holy city of Mecca, in a desperate attempt to disrupt the Hajj season. “The a
London- Technology that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in the United States, according to Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, which carried out the research. The OHSU research is believed to have broken new ground both in the number
Ramallah – More than a hundred people were injured and many others detained during violent confrontations outside al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Thursday, shortly after Palestinians began celebrating their return to the holy compound, with the removal of all Israeli security measures at its entrance
Beirut- Prime Minister Saad Hariri has met with House Speaker Paul Ryan at his office in Capitol Hill, calling for the protection of banks in Lebanon as a draft US Congress bill aims to tighten regulations on Hezbollah’s finances. Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Charge d’affaires of the Lebanese Emb
Mosul- A US-trained Iraqi army division allegedly executed several dozen men in the final throes of the battle against ISIS militants in Mosul’s Old City, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, urging the US government to suspend all support for the 16th Division of the military pending a probe
In his visit to Moscow this week, Iraqi Vice President Nuri Al-Maliki peddled what he presented as his big idea: inviting Russia to build “a significant presence’ in Iraq to counter-balance that of the United States. Since Maliki is reputed to be Tehran’s candidate as the next Iraqi prime Minister h
