US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused his predecessor Barack Obama of “tapping” his phone during last year’s White House campaign, however, no evidence was provided to support the charge. Trump made the accusation in a series of tweets from his personal Twitter account. He
Egyptian police have killed four fugitive terrorists believed to have been plotting a “major attack” in a shootout near Cairo, the interior ministry said. The “takfiri” cell had been meeting when police raided their hideout in Giza province, on the southwestern edge of the Eg
Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by US authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials. “Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the
A photo of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reading a USA Today headline about US Vice President Mike Pence using private email has gone viral on social media. Clinton was on an airplane traveling from Boston to New York on Friday when a fellow passenger snapped a photo of her glancing
Jakarta- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, speaking from Indonesia, underscored the importance of dialogue among people belonging to different religious backgrounds and cultures in order to promote tolerance. King Salman pointed out that religions seek to protect the h
Beirut- The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, and Speaker Nabih Berri’s political advisor Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil have been exerting strong efforts for the past months to make a rapprochement between the two parties. Bassil and Khalil have been drafting
Cairo – Despite intensifying controversy within Egypt’s parliament, demands urged the amendment of Al-Azhar law on diversifying the highest committee members. The amendment orders that specialists not exclusive to religious subject material are incorporated within al-Azhar’s Council of Senior
Jordan executed at dawn on Saturday 15 death row prisoners, the majority of whom were convicted of terrorism charges, Information Minister Mahmoud al-Momani said, in a further break with the moratorium on executions the country had observed between 2006 and 2014. Ten of those hanged had been convict
Tel Aviv – A US Congressional delegation will visit Israel on Saturday to look into the possibility of relocating the American embassy to Jerusalem. Local Israeli news agencies said that the delegation was on behalf of the Subcommittee on National Security of the House of Representatives, and
Paris – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced on Friday the conclusion of the fourth round of the UN-mediated intra-Syrian talks in Geneva. The international envoy said that participants have agreed to discuss in parallel, all four “package” deal proposals for crisis resolution — g
London – United States forces continued for the second day its operations targeting al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) based in Yemen. AQAP pockets in each of Shabwah and al-Bayda provinces, registered at least 30 raids in the last 48 hours. “This is part of a plan to go after this
Beirut – Taymour Jumblat, the son of Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat, is preparing to run for the upcoming parliamentary elections, topping a list of “veterans” and new young figures, as he says. The son of the Lebanese Druze leader asserts that he is ready to launch a new phase
Mosul – Clashes between Peshmerga forces and the Sinjar Protection Units erupted near Sinjar, a town in Iraqi Kurdistan, local Kurdish sources reported. Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani, belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), is known to back Peshmerga units, while K
An ISIS offshoot based near the Afghan-Pakistan border is expanding to new areas, recruiting militants and widening the reach of attacks in the region, members of the movement and Afghan officials said. Some members of the so-called “Khorasan Province” of ISIS claimed responsibility for
Brussels- Security forces are taking seriously a militant video showing scenes near the central station of Antwerp in northern Belgium, a police spokesman said. The clip, which surfaced on social media accounts linked to ISIS, is filmed outside the busy Central Station. The footage shows a piece of
Dhaka- Bangladeshi police have arrested the head of a militant group accused of inspiring followers to kill foreigners, the chief of the counter-terrorism unit said on Friday. Shaikh Mohammad Abul Kashem, who founded an offshoot of the larger Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group, was picked u
Peshawar, (Pakistan)- A US drone has killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, officials said, the first such attack in the country under the administration of new American President Donald Trump. The attack occurred in the Sara Khwa area of Kurram, one of seven
Rome- Some 970 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in coordination with a Norwegian vessel, Italy’s coastguard said, as the numbers attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe continue to rise. Even before Thursday’s arrivals, more than 13,400 people had arrived on ItalyR
Mosul- Iraqi forces have found an ISIS media center in an upscale part of a west Mosul neighborhood now recaptured by them. Inside a two-story villa, complete with a garden and a shed, ISIS produced placards and broadcast its Al-Bayan radio station, according to Iraqi forces and residents. “Th
An armed faction entered a major Libyan oil terminal and an airport at the neighboring one on Friday, after attacking forces that have controlled the terminals since September, officials and residents said. It was unclear who controlled the ports late on Friday as fighting continued. There was no st
