Aden- Yemeni Army units on Tuesday successfully retook control over rebel-held locations, confiscating arms and ammunition from coup militants. Unguided Iran-made ‘Zelzal’, Arabic for earthquake, rockets were retrieved from insurgency militias in Sana’a’s eastern Nihim district. “National army force
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday slashed the sentence of transgender army private Chelsea Manning, who had been sentenced to 35 years behind bars for handing classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks amid reports he is planning more commutations in his final days in office. Obama pardoned 64 peop
The American University of Beirut (AUB) launched on Monday “BOLDLY AUB: The Campaign to Lead, Innovate, and Serve,” in a spectacular ceremony at the Charles W. Hostler Student Center auditorium on campus attended by regional dignitaries, business leaders, AUB leadership, and friends of t
London – Architects Journal (AJ) magazine published Zaha Hadid’s will revealing that the late architect left a fortune of £70 million, and after debts, the estate’s total value stands at £67 million. Hadid left a sum of £500,000 to her business partner Patrik Schumacher, the only non-family benefici
Jeddah- Three young Saudi men turned their dissatisfaction from international and local burger restaurants into a motive to buy cooking equipment, and delve into the preparation of delicious burger meals that satisfied their entourage. These positive outcomes encouraged them to establish a small bus
Riyadh-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday former German Chancellor and Honorary President of German Near and Middle East Association Gerhard Schroder. During the meeting, they reviewed the relations of friendship between the K
London- Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam said on Monday in a report calling for action to curtail rewards for those at the top. As decision makers and many of the super-rich gather for this week’s World Economic Foru
Cairo- Against all fears striking the heart of the labor sector in the United Kingdom, and the changes Brexit would inflict on its future, the pound sterling steadily improved as Prime Minister Theresa May made her Tuesday speech outlining the plan to exit the European Union. May’s clear-cut roadmap
Beirut- The new U.S. administration is busy arranging its papers for the Geneva talks expected on Feb. 8, after Washington failed to play a role in the upcoming Astana talks that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have planned for between Syria’s Bashar
London – Five economic agreements were signed on Tuesday between Iran and Syria, during a visit by Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis to Tehran. Khamis announced that the new agreements fell within a large program for mutual cooperation between the two countries, especially on the levels of infrastru
Jeddah– Saudi-Sudanese Maritime Exercises “al-Falak 2” continued on Tuesday between Royal Saudi Naval Forces and Sudanese Naval Forces within the framework of carrying out joint drills between the two countries. The Navies started last Thursday their joint exercise at King Faisal Naval B
Ankara- Turkish authorities announced on Tuesday that security apparatuses in Istanbul have captured the suspect behind a mass shooting at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub on New Year’s Day which left 39 people dead and 65 injured, including 27 Arabs and foreigners. The suspect is an Uzbek national and Tu
Ramallah- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that any attempt to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is considered more than a provocation and will therefore lead to a Palestinian-Arab response. Abbas hinted to reverse the recognition of Israel as a prelude to other esc
Brussels- A survey conducted by the Belgian newspaper “Lesoir” and the Francophone TV “RTBF” shows that after the Brussels attacks in March 2016, many Belgian Muslim youths have been concerned that they would be accused of having links with extremists and terrorists. The survey’s results came as fol
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday that Iraqi forces had begun “moving” against ISIS militants in western Mosul, an area the group still fully holds. He did not give details of exactly what actions Iraqi forces were undertaking on the western side of the city. Ab
The United Nations projects that the 2017 global economic growth will rise to 2.7 percent and 2.9 percent in 2018, up from 2016’s 2.2 percent. However, both Brexit and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tax policies could have adverse effects. On the other hand, China’s economic growth
Chinese President Xi Jinping voiced on Tuesday a vigorous defense of globalization and free trade and urged the world to “say no to protectionism,” delivering a strong rebuke to isolationist tendencies that helped fuel Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Focusing on the &
There is a passage in one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s latest books that seems deliberately designed to chop West Ham down to size and no doubt, as intended, would have pricked a few egos in the way he does better than anyone. What, Ferguson wanted to know, was “the West Ham way” and why did […]
Aden – U.N. Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed held talks with Yemen’s President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Monday to discuss the reestablishment of ceasefire and political talks to end the nearly two-year war. Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that during the meeting a new p
Ramallah – Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said that the Palestinian delegation has completed discussions in Washington with the U.S. administration – these discussions included bilateral topics as well as security and political ones. “An agreement has bee
