Beijing – Chinese army is showing off its military capabilities, just a month before the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which has revived the tension with the U.S. concerning the island of Taiwan. Earlier, Chinese newspapers announced that the country’s aircraft carrier, the Liao
Jeddah – Banks under control of insurgent militias are on the brink of bankruptcy, according to financial experts. Economical and financial experts stressed that the deposits that were supposed to be in the banks, are now in danger shall the government not intervene rapidly to secure the funds. This
Riyadh – Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the Popular Mobilization Forces is a “religious sectarian organisation,” carrying out mass killings in the country, especially in al-Anbar with support of Iranian generals. “The so-called ‘popular militia’ is a religious organiza
Baghdad – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi received on Monday shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who in recent months led a series of anti-government demonstrations. The meeting was the first between the two men since February, when Sadr called for the dismissal of Abadi’s cabinet. The meetin
Moscow- Mystery surrounded on Monday the Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 plane that crashed Sunday in the Black Sea with 92 people on board while heading to Hmeymim airbase in Syria’s Latakia. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said military investigators were considering all theories, but tha
Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received an invitation from King Abdullah II of the Kingdom of Jordan to attend the upcoming Arab Summit Conference in Jordan. Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Nasser Judeh deliver
Muscat – Seven women have been elected to municipal councils in Oman, according to vote results released on Monday by the interior ministry. It came a day after the sultanate held its second ever-local election. Voters across the country went to the polls on Sunday to choose 202 councilors fro
Riyadh- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has initiated a people-driven campaign on Monday to provide aid for the Syrian people by donating SR 20 million and ordering to dedicate SR 100 million for the campaign. In a statement issued from Riyadh, the Royal Court sai
Riyadh – Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohamed bin Salman received a phone call from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The two discussed mutual relations between the two countries as well as regional developments in the Middle East and region.
Surveillance footage confirms that Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker gunned down by Italian police, transited through the French city of Lyon by train, a source close to the investigation said, AFP reported. “A man corresponding to the killer was spotted on the afternoon of Thursd
At least 226 ISIS ultra-hardline militants have been “neutralized” in latest operations around the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, the spokesman for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Turkey-backed Syrian rebels, supported by the Turkish military, have been laying siege to
Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government said they staged an air strike against opponents in the central Jufra region on Monday. Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), said the strike had targeted a camp used by the Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB), a
Ronald Koeman rolled his eyes when the subject cropped up but Everton’s performance in the Merseyside derby on Monday ensured there was no avoiding a repeat of the question. Namely, will the potential of Ross Barkley morph into the consistent performer David Moyes and Roberto Martínez believed he co
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s stock market rose 100 points on Wednesday on the eve of the government’s release of its 2017 budget. The Saudi stock index added 1.5 percent to 7,191 points, nearing technical resistance on this year’s peak of 7,235 points, hit earlier this month. Trading volume rose to
Yes: it’s Him again. For the last few weeks it’s been hard to turn around without bumping into Cristiano Ronaldo, burnished and gleaming, immaculately tuxedoed, proudly fondling his latest gong. Well, here’s another one. As 2016 draws to a close the fifth edition of the Guardian’s annual top 100 foo
Al-Khartoum – Ethiopian government announced that it is cooperating with the Egyptian government, yet still awaits a response to the official request calling it to stop the work of certain opposing groups. Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said that there are Egyptian institutions harboring,
Ever since the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong and handed hard drives filled with highly classified documents to the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, there has been rampant speculation over whether he was really a foreign agent. The official
Bob Gates has worked in senior national security positions for the past five presidents, Republican and Democratic. So it’s noteworthy — and to me, encouraging — that he is advising President-elect Donald Trump, too. Gates, a former defense secretary, CIA director and deputy national security advise
London – The International Atomic Energy Agency has published on its website a number of documents, previously restricted, about the international nuclear deal with Iran reached in 2015. The documents released Friday are accompanied by a letter from the European Union’s foreign policy ch
Cairo – In meetings held near the Cairo International Airport, officials in regional security bodies have exceptionally accelerated their activity following the terrorist attacks that targeted the Middle East recently. Reports said that many extremists have been displaced to Libya, which suffe
