Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and visiting Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos held talks in Riyadh on Tuesday at al-Yamamah Palace. During talks, they discussed Saudi-Greek relations and ways of promoting and developing them in various cooperat
Rabat- Morocco’s Ministry of National Education has officially shut down all schools associated with the Fethullah Gulen, who is the alleged architect of the July 15 failed coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. All students affected by the close down of the Gulen institutions
Beirut – French far-right National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen refused to wear a headscarf for a scheduled appointment with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti on Tuesday and walked away following a short discussion with the Mufti’s aides. Le Pen, among the frontrunners for the presidency, co
London, Ramallah- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Tuesday Tehran’s Palestinian allies that if they abandoned the resistance, another group would be ready to carry their flag. Khamenei’s comments at the Sixth International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada held in T
Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, met at his office in Riyadh with General Tom Beckett, senior defense consultant for the Middle East at the British defense ministry. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations be
Riyadh – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior received at Al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday Member of the United States Senate Senator John McCain. During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common concern, including enhancing cooperati
Geneva – Diplomatic sources in Geneva told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday that representatives from the so-called Syria Support Group would first hold an intra-meeting before sitting with U.N. special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in an effort to solve the knots blocking the upcoming negotiat
Cairo- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed on Tuesday with Jordan’s King Abdullah II the need to kick start serious and effective peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis based on the two-state solution, Egypt’s presidential office said on Tuesday. “The two sides discussed way
Riyadh- The Renewable Energy Project Development Office, a newly created body of the kingdom’s energy ministry, has launched its first Request for Proposal (RFQ) for companies interested in bidding for 700 megawatts of solar and wind energy projects. The Ministry of Energy said that the requests wil
Moscow- A new edition of the photography contest themed “Best of Russia – 2016” has kicked off in Moscow. Launched in 2008, this contest is a photography exhibition that focuses on featuring all the country’s aspects of life through photographs. The Russian Federation is characterized with a unique
A meeting bringing together both the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia started on Tuesday. The event took place in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi. UAE Vice President and Ruler of Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and over 150 government officials and a number of private and
A Ukrainian member of parliament told Reuters on Tuesday he plans to travel to Washington to present an alternative plan for peace with Russian-backed separatists. MP Andriy Artemenko’s initiative has been disavowed by both the Russian and Ukrainian governments. The Kremlin said his plan was &
Yemen announced on Tuesday that it launched a major polio vaccination campaign amid fears the disease could reappear in the war-ravaged nation. Yemen was declared polio-free in 2009, but experts say conflict-affected countries are particularly at risk of outbreaks because of disruption to their heal
Listening to UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura and following the ongoing infighting raging in Aleppo, Idlib and Hamah provinces between the ‘Islamist’ armed opposition groups, are enough to uncover the terrible conspiracy that seems to have succeeded in putting down the uprising of the Syrian mas
MODERN homes today are getting internet-connected light bulbs, thermostats, TVs and speakers. So with a simple voice command or the touch of a button on our smartphones, we can set the temperature, turn on a light or prepare the TV to record a program. What could go wrong? A lot more than most peopl
London – It probably won’t surprise anybody who has followed the life and times of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to know that when he was rich enough to afford the house of his dreams in Malmo – a mansion, painted pink, “as big as a castle” – it didn’t particularly bother him that somebody was already li
New York, London – The International Security Council will listen Thursday to a briefing by High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Kim Won-soo, who will provide updated information on joint mechanism between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (
Jeddah- Deputy Chief of General Staff of Yemeni Armed Forces Major General Ahmed Saif said that the army detected Iranian-made bombs, used earlier by Lebanese “Hezbollah” and currently by Houthi militias to target leaders in the Yemeni national army. These bombs are made of fiberglass and look like
Casablanca – A Saudi economic delegation, consisting of 16 members, is carrying out a tour in Morocco (Casablanca, Rabat and Agadir) to meet their Moroccan counterparts and discuss possible cooperation opportunities in investment and commercial fields. Mohamed Fahd al-Hamadi, chairman of the M
Erbil –Iraqi forces are closing in on Mosul airport, just south of Mosul, after dislodging ISIS militants from a nearby hill in Bouyoussif town, a key village overlooking Mosul’s airport. A number of civilians in the area called for aid during a phone call with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper as the
