Istanbul, London- With temperatures up to more than 40 degrees Celsius, the Kahraman Marash governorate in southern Turkey offers its guests and visitors the Maras ice cream which competes with famous Rome-made ice cream. Recently, tourist caravans from Turkey and abroad have been visiting Kahraman
Brussels, Ankara- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry informed the European Union on Tuesday that the four Arab States that cut diplomatic and commercial ties with Qatar in June would not accept any compromise. After talks with EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels, Shou
Washington – US President Donald Trump justified on Monday his decision to end the US program of aiding Syria’s rebel factions, saying that it was “massive, dangerous and wasteful,” reported Agence France Presse. His statements came three days after General Tony Thomas, the head of US special
Singapore- Seeking to extend its lead over Uber, southeast Asia based ride-hailing firm Grab announced it expects to raise $2.5 billion from Chinese peer Didi Chuxing and Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and others. The pair will invest up to $2 billion. Grab said on Monday that the fundraising wil
Washington, London- In a first-of-its-kind phenomenon in 99 years, the sun eclipse anticipated in the United States on August 21 will offer scientists a rare chance to conduct deeper studies on the sun, its magnetic field, and the earth’s atmosphere. Scientists hope to benefit from the audience’s tu
The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy President Dr. Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani on Tuesday valued the Saudi Council of Ministers issuing a decision on approving establishment of the “National Atomic Energy Project in the Kingdom.” The initiative is based on a bid submitte
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki discussed supplies of Russian T-90 battle tanks at a meeting in St Petersburg on Tuesday, according to a Russian military official present at the meeting. Russia’s Izvestia newspaper cited the Kremlin last week as saying
A research conducted on 202 former football players showed evidence of brain disease in nearly all of them, AP reported. It’s the largest update to chronic traumatic encephalopathy studies, or CTE, on brain disease linked with repeated head blows.The new report was published Tuesday in the Jou
The Brexit talks have started, and there’s little sign yet of an intelligible U.K. strategy. All is disarray. The shambles makes two bad possible outcomes more likely. One is that the U.K. will crash out of the European Union in 2019 with no agreement in place. This would cause enormous econom
A United States Navy patrol ship fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf Tuesday after it approached within 137 meters, a US defense official said. “The IRGCN boat was coming in at a high rate of speed. It did not respond to any signals, they did not re
Polish President Andrzej Duda signed on Tuesday one out of three contentious bills that may limit the independence of the judiciary in a move that was preceded with days of protests. The law allows the justice minister, who is also the prosecutor general, to name the heads of all lower courts. The p
French industrial software company Dassault Systemes announced Tuesday that it has signed a contract worth billions of dollars with US aerpsace giant Boeing to modernize its production system. “Boeing will expand the deployment of products developed by Dassault Systemes,” the company sai
London – It is not often the contents of Mladina magazine get picked up outside the leafy surrounds of Ljubljana but the former journal of the youth wing of the Yugoslavian Communist party is now the most respected political magazine in Slovenia. It is therefore a natural place for the Sloveni
SAN FRANCISCO — Last week after my motorcycle malfunctioned and crashed on the freeway, I wanted only two simple things from technology: to call 911 and to tell loved ones where I could be found. Coincidentally, I had been testing location-sharing tools from Apple, Google, Facebook and Snapchat. So
Stomach balloons and other devices may help people eat (or absorb) less food. But does the weight loss last? For the millions of Americans who have obesity, the burden of excess weight is much more than meets the eye. This chronic, debilitating condition leaves people prone to many serious illnesses
Riyadh- Asharq Al-Awsat learned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not present any initiative or mediation role to solve the current Gulf crisis during his meeting with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Jeddah on Monday. Yet, he stressed the importance of th
London – According to just about every manager interviewed on the subject, not to mention the accumulated wisdom of more than 100 years of professional football, the hardest task in the game is putting the ball into the back of the net. It often looks deceptively easy, a tap over the line here
Erbil- Iraqi Defense Minister Erfan al-Hayali denied news reports that he had threatened that the Iraqi army would interfere if the Kurdistan Region held a referendum and declared independence. He told Rudaw that the issue of the referendum is “political” in nature and therefore the Iraqi army and h
Dammam – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described his trip to the Gulf on Tuesday as “productive and successful”, following two days of talks that appeared to have no immediate progress towards ending the Qatar crisis. Erdogan left Qatar on Monday after two days in the Gulf tryin
Israeli authorities removed on Tuesday the metal detectors from the holy Haram al-Sharif mosque compound after their installation had triggered days of clashes with angry Palestinians. Despite the removal of the offending equipment, Muslim officials said worshippers should continue a boycott for now
