Belgian police detained 11 people in anti-terrorism raids across Belgium targeting jihadists who have returned from Syria, prosecutors said Wednesday. Police raided nine houses in various areas of the Belgian capital including Molenbeek, the district that was home to several of those involved in the
President Donald Trump and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed to act jointly against ISIS in Syria, in their first phone call since the new U.S. leader took office last month, Ankara said Wednesday. The two leaders also agreed that the new CIA chief, Mike Pompeo, would visit Turkey this
Hyderabad, India — When ISIS identified a promising young recruit willing to carry out an attack in one of India’s major tech hubs, the group made sure to arrange everything down to the bullets he needed to kill victims. For 17 months, terrorist operatives guided the recruit, a young engineer named
New York-In its biannual report on the state of ISIS and al-Qaeda, the U.N. says recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters to ISIS in Iraq and Syria “has slowed considerably” and fighters are increasingly leaving the battlefield. ISIS’s finances are also on the decline, forcing it to operate on a “c
The statement of the father of the Egyptian suspect in the Louvre attack, Abdullah Hamahmy, reminded me of that of Mohammed Atta’s father, one of the executors of the September 11 attacks. The father, a former police officer, told al-Arabiya.net it is impossible that his son who used to work at a le
Paris- Paris and other parties have been putting pressure on U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura to back off from hints that he would form Syria’s opposition delegation in case the latter failed to do so by February 8, according to senior French official sources. The sources told Asharq A
Somali lawmakers were choosing a president on Wednesday amid a security lockdown that has closed the capital’s international airport and cleared major streets over fears of a strike by Shabaab militants. Mortar fire hit several neighborhoods of Mogadishu and fighting broke out between the extr
Khobar- At a time when Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s giant oil company, stopped implementing projects for refineries in Asian countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, it is getting close to acquiring the largest refinery in the United States. Shell Oil Co, the U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc,
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei finally broke his silence and dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s “threats” on missile tests, saying the president “showed the real face of America.” Khamenei asked the Iranians to respond to Trump’s threats on Friday during
Riyadh – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, received at his office Saudi ambassadors-designate to a number of brotherly and friendly countries. At the outset of the audience, the Crown Prince congratulated them on the royal trust appointing them as
Aden- Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi said on Tuesday he is working on a plan to build a new federal Yemen based on the principles of justice, citizenship and equality that would protect the rights of all people away from discrimination. Speaking from the province of Socotra, Hadi said: “Th
Riyadh– The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has received at al-Yamamah palace President Rustam Minnikhanov of the Republic of Tatarstan, currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the reception, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques welcomed the President
Dubai – Dubai attracted 14.9 million visitors in 2016, with an increase of five percent compared to the previous year, according to Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism). In a statement issued on Monday, Dubai Tourism said that the Emirates was definitely on track to m
Russia will miss August’s World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended on Monday, world governing body president Sebastian Coe said. Coe said Russia, whose 15-month ban from athletics was prolonged at the IAAF’s Council meeting in Cap d’Ail near Monac
Paris – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has described a new Israeli law legalizing settlements as an attack against his people. Speaking on Tuesday during a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande, Abbas said the law was illegal and was “obviously against the wishes of the
Gene therapy delivered by a benign virus enabled deaf lab mice to hear for the first time, researchers said Monday, offering hope for people with genetic hearing impairments. The breakthrough could pave the way for gene-based treatments, they reported in two studies, published in Nature Biotechnolog
London – Iran’s Supreme Spiritual Leader Ali Khamenei criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest statements on the nuclear deal with restrained rhetoric, as analysts said that his criticism included no threat to respond militarily. Khamenei called on Iranians to take part in demonstrations on F
Beirut- Amnesty International (AI) uncovered in a report issued Monday that between 2011 and 2015, twice every week, groups of up to 50 people were taken out of the Saydnaya prison cells and hanged to death. The report entitled “Human slaughterhouse: Mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya priso
Cologne (Germany)- Miss Germany Lena Broder has decided to waive her beauty crown and resume her carrier as a teacher at a local school. After getting the permission, Broder suspended teaching for around a year to dedicate her time to her new tasks as Miss Germany. In an interview with the German Ne
About three blasts, suspected to be resulted from mortar shelling, was heard on Tuesday across the Somali capital where the authorities had imposed a security lock down on the eve of a presidential vote. No immediate reports of casualties or claims of responsibility were made, although the radical t
