Hawaii has become the first US state to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel order banning entry of people from six mainly Muslim countries, saying it will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students. “Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin announced tod
Madinah- Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz attended the closing ceremony of the 2nd joint military maneuver, ‘Watan 87,’ along with Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of al-Madinah al-Munawarah Region. Officials responsible for the joint tac
Tel Aviv- The Israeli Knesset gave a preliminary approval on Wednesday to a bill that would ban the use of loudspeakers to amplify the Muslim call to prayer (adhan). The Knesset’s majority voted in favor of two measures because those who have introduced the bill failed to agree on one version. The b
Cairo-As the Libyan government announced it was heading to carry out legislative and presidential elections within a year, a number of deputies in the internationally recognized parliament threatened to convene a session outside its headquarters in Tobruk to give confidence to the Government of Nati
Beirut- Lebanese authorities have raided currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on suspicion they sent huge sums to ISIS, within the country’s efforts to fight terror financing. Lebanese security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the raids started on Tuesday against several
Doha – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks Wednesday with the emir of Qatar on his first visit to the Gulf state since July 2015. Zarif and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed “regional developments” and bilateral relations, QNA state news agency said. QNA reported t
Bogota, London- The scene in Colombia has differed from ten years ago, when armed members used to collect 10$ from people to protect them from street gangs. Those gangs chased tourists visiting the country to discover its jungles or the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Taking the road to Ciudad Perdida
Casablanca- Moroccan police have arrested a suspect in the murder of lawmaker Abdellatif Mirdas in front of his home in the city of Casablanca. Mirdas, 53, Member of Parliament for the liberal Constitutional Union Party, was shot three times in his car in the well-off southern district of Californie
Riyadh- UNICEF and partners have completed the first round of a nationwide door-to-door vaccination campaign reaching 5 million children under the age of five with oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation, the UN children’s agency announced on Wednesday. Around 40,000 vaccinators spread acro
Riyadh- History, heritage, and culture enthusiasts in Riyadh will have the opportunity to learn about the cultural and human aspects of Kabul, and its contribution to Islamic history. They can also enjoy watching samples of gemstones, Afghan carpets, saffron, and some old Afghan books. All these can
Cologne (Germany)- The last X-ray cabins at German airports were put in place three years ago, but the German government has recently decided to replace them with new devices as part of its campaign themed “counter-terrorism technologies”. Instead of the tight round cabins, which require several sec
Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel voiced Wednesday cautious optimism that Berlin and Ankara may end a bad-tempered row with Turkey to begin to restore diplomatic ties back to normal. Dispute between the NATO allies, Ankara and Berlin, sparked over the past week after several local auth
Mosul- For two weeks, Yunis Mohammed and 17 relatives huddled terrified in the cellar of his west Mosul home as ISIS jihadists fought off advancing Iraqi forces outside. “The jihadists would knock on the door but we wouldn’t open,” the 39-year-old mechanic says, finally sitting und
Montreal – This three-story stone house was built in 1900 in Westmount, a city of 21,000 people situated on the heavily wooded western slope of Mount Royal, about 10 minutes from downtown Montreal. Most of the homes in the area were built between 1880 and 1920 and have been owned by some of Ca
Catching Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s fine, bloody-minded match-winning turn for Manchester United in the EFL Cup final it was hard not to reach back in time for comparisons. Rewind to the early 1990s and English football’s restless north-western superpower needed fresh blood, a point of attacking inspirati
In the coming video game Night in the Woods, a young woman named Mae decides to drop out of college and return to the former mining town where she grew up. It’s a place where there is little opportunity and most people are struggling to make ends meet. Mae, who is an anthropomorphic cat, drinks [&he
Dammam- Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco, and Royal Dutch Shell plc, Shell, announced the signing of binding definitive agreements between Saudi Refining, Inc., SRI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and SOPC Holdings East LLC, a US downstream subsidiary of Shell, on the separation o
President Trump boasts that his “America First” trade and economic policies are bringing well-paid manufacturing jobs back to America. That’s probably his biggest “deliverable” to Trump voters. But is this claim true? Trump won the presidency partly because he voiced the anger of American workers ab
The Lebanese government appointed on Wednesday a new army commander to replace General Jean Qahwaji. President Michel Aoun signed the decree that appoints Major General Joseph Aoun as the new military chief. He also signed a decree appointing General Saadallah Muheiddine al-Hamad as general secretar
Huston, United States – Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Tuesday that oil market fundamentals were improving after an agreement struck with top oil producers to curb supply and end a two-year glut took effect. More so, it was premature to consider whether the cuts should be contin
