British Prime Minister Theresa May called on United States President Donald Trump on Thursday to build a stronger “special relationship” between Britain and the United States to withstand new, modern-day threats, Reuters reported. Seeking to land a trade deal — with the new U.S. pr
Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham announced Thursday that at least six rebel factions had joined its ranks in northwestern Syria in order to counter a major assault by a powerful extremist group. Ahrar al-Sham, which presents itself as a mainstream rebel group, sided with the FSA groups. It said that
An Iraqi soldier, after spotting a bulldozer across the Tigris River, alerted his elite unit, which fired a missile with a boom so loud it blew a metal door behind the soldiers off its hinges. “The terrorist driving that bulldozer is burning. He is cooked,” said Mostafa Majeed, the soldi
South Sudan strongly denied the existence of a diplomatic crisis with its neighbour Ethiopia and refuted news stories about Juba hosting the Ethiopian opposition in coordination with Egypt in order to work against Addis Ababa, and called this rumour a big lie. A statement issued by the spokesman for
The Minister of Local Administration and the Chairman of the Higher Committee for Relief Sergeant Abdul Raqeeb Fath held Houthi militias and those loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh responsible for seizing three trucks loaded with humanitarian aid and relief belonging to the World Food Programme. According
All attention focussed on Astana to see Moscow’s seriousness about pushing for a cease-fire, releasing 13,000 people that are detained in the Syrian regime’s prisons and delivering aid to besieged areas after there was a glimmer of hope for a peaceful solution to end the relentless war waged b
Washington – The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017, due to tightening supply and strengthening demand. In its January 2017 Commodity Markets Outlook, the World Bank is holding steady its crude oil price forecast for the year at
Washington – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Todd Young and John Cornyn reintroduced the Iran Non-nuclear Sanctions Act, legislation that would impose harsh financial and economic sanctions countering Iran’s non-nuclear provocations, including its ballistic missile violations, human rights abuses a
Riyadh – Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) revealed on Wednesday that the capital investment in the telecommunications sector is likely to achieve new growth in the coming years. The commission estimated investments currently to be around $13.3 billion. Saudi Arabia h
Brussels – Transparency International issued its 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report on Wednesday – the outcome raised concerns on how massive and pervasive corruption is in the public sector. “The world systemic corruption and social inequality reinforce each other, leading to popul
London and Kuwait – Kuwait’s foreign minister Sabah Khaled al-Sabah made a rare visit to Iran during which he delivered a written message from the Emir of Kuwait to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. The minister also met with Iranian FM Mohammed Javad Zarif. Iran’s Foreign Ministry reported that the
Riyadh – A recent U.N. report revealed that Houthis robbed 68% of the Yemeni Army weapons — they also received arms shipments from Iran. The experts’ panel of the Security Council committee entrusted with imposing sanctions on restrainers of Yemen’s peaceful transition showed that there
Washington – Preliminary closed session of pretrial hearing of Sept. 11 defendants began on Tuesday and is expected to last for months. The five defendants are: mastermind Pakistani Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Yemeni national Ramzi bin al Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi, Walid bin Attash and Saudi national Must
London- Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly rejected recent remarks by a British Foreign Office official against the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, calling the comments “provocative.” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Wednesday reacted to recent remarks delivered at the Hous
U.S. healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson on Thursday announced it was buying Europe’s biggest bio-pharmaceutical firm, Switzerland’s Actelion, for $30 billion (27.9 billion euros) in a deal that creates a new spin-off company. The deal between the world’s biggest producer of hea
Amman- The ninth conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region convened Tuesday in Amman under the theme “Together for Humanity.” The three-day meeting tackles a scope of issues including the emergency response to challenges in the
Ankara – Four people have been arrested after an operation targeting al-Nusra militants in the Yildirim district of the northwestern province of Bursa on Wednesday. The arrested suspects were determined to have been providing logistical support for the jihadist group in Syria and have entered
Manama – Bahraini Public Prosecution announced that the High Criminal Court and the Appeal Court will look in February in three criminal cases of 20 individuals accused of torturing youths and robbing possessions in an excuse that the victims are cooperating with the police and notifying them
London, Brussels- Former Israeli Minister Tzipi Livni has cancelled a visit she was expected to make to Brussels after Belgian prosecutors confirmed they wanted to question hear over war crimes allegations. Local newspaper Le Soir said prosecutors had been hoping to question Livni over allegations o
I got made redundant by Bentley on the Tuesday, which was crazy because I didn’t know what I was going to do,” said Arsenal’s new signing Cohen Bramall earlier this month. “My agent Lee Payne rings me on the Wednesday saying you’ve got a trial at Arsenal. I was like: ‘What?’ I was gobsmacked.” Last
