When it comes to presidential popularity, perceptions can matter in less-than-intuitive ways. Anything that can affect perceptions might actually make a difference to whether a new president gets his way with Congress and to how his party fares in the midterm elections — even if it is somethin
Baghdad- Hundreds of families who fled Mosul last year left displacement camps Wednesday to head back to their homes, in the biggest wave yet of returns to the city, officials said. “We are now taking 500 families, which means 2,700 people, to their liberated houses,” local official Must
Abu Dhabi- India and United Arab Emirates signed on Wednesday the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and a number of memorandums, on the sidelines of official negotiations held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE’s de
Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, chaired at al-Yammamah Palace a meeting of the Economic Affairs and Development Council. During the meeting, the council reviewed a number of economic and developmental issues, including the council’s se
Washington- U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Wednesday the Pentagon and the State Department to come up with a plan to set up “safe zones” in Syria and to present it to the White House within 90 days, Reuters and AP reported. The order would provide safe areas in Syria and in the surrounding r
Riyadh- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud launched on Wednesday the new F-15SA aircraft during the 50th anniversary ceremony of the Foundation of King Faisal Air College and the graduation of the 91st batch of its students in Riyadh, in the presence of Sudanese Pres
Bogota- To reach the museum of the Artist Fernando Botero in Bogota, people have to walk in the historical heart of the city, which is considered the most beautiful part of the Columbian capital. The area is characterized with massive buildings and narrow streets, which reflect an architectural styl
Sadiq Al-Mahdi, the former Prime Minister of Sudan who is also the head of the National Umma Party and the religious movement the Ansar, will return to Sudan after spending more than two years in self-imposed exile in Egypt. His party and supporters announced that they are organising a large celebra
The US government’s decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem is not a new move. Congress had already ordered the move more than a decade ago but every president since then has resorted to postponing it as they cannot reject the decision unless they go back to Congress a
London – The push by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives for a shift to border-adjusted corporate tax (BTA) could drive U.S. crude prices higher than the global benchmark Brent, triggering large-scale domestic production, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. The measure, known
Cologne – The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (Bundeskriminalamt, BKA) announced that terrorists are planning to use chemical weapons to poison drinking water supply systems. The BKA issued its official warning on Tuesday, saying that perpetrators are “able to procure larger quantiti
Ankara- Turkish authorities have conducted a series of arrests against terror suspects attempting to slip through borders. Security forces apprehended three active suicide attack recruits involved with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or (PKK) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD). Three trained su
Washington – An ISIS official sent al-Qaeda Leader Osama bin Laden a letter inciting him to take action as it was the perfect time for the organization to lay hand over Sana’a. Bin Laden perceived that establishing an Islamic state in Yemen is now supported by adequate conditions, but he did n
London – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Prime Minister Theresa May must seek approval from Parliament before formally triggering the country’s withdrawal from the European Union. May’s government insisted “nothing” would change the timetable for triggering Article 50 by the end of March a
Amman- Jordan’s State Security Court ruled on Tuesday against eight nationals and a Palestinian arrested under suspicions of involvement with terror groups and pledging allegiance to ultra-hardline group ISIS. The verdicts sentenced each to a decade in hard labor. Islamist groups lawyer Musa al-Abda
Beirut – Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat has maintained steady efforts to hamper any attempt to adopt a parliamentary electoral law that would be based on the proportional system. Jumblat, who had voiced his concern over the fate of the Druze community should the upcoming electio
Moscow – Despite all confirmations that Astana talks will only address military aspect related to implementing ceasefire in Syria, the Russian delegation participating in the Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital submitted a solution for the Syrian opposition’s delegation based on drafting
Police in Belgium on Wednesday were holding seven people for questioning after raids in the Brussels region as part of an ongoing counter-terrorism operation, prosecutors said. The searches of eight houses were linked to returning jihadi fighters from Syria and separate from investigations into ISIS
In the aftermath of the New Year’s bloody terrorist attack in Istanbul, several official announcements were made, each with a different version as to what exactly happened and who the terrorist was. Unfortunately, it was clear though that there were many security deficiencies and Ankara was uneasy a
Taiz- The Yemeni National Army, backed by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition air power, continued its push against coup militias overrunning governorates. Renewed clashes erupted with massive losses being registered on behalf of coup militants composed of loyalists fighting by the side of ousted president
