Riyadh – EU Parliamentarian and former French Justice Minister Rachida Dati called on the international community to take a firmer stance towards the necessity to put an end to death and destruction in Syria. She also stressed that Russia and Iran should control their behavior and take constru
Jordan – The Jordanian government signed an agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) aimed at developing the Kingdom’s water sector and infrastructure, as part of an EU project to assist Jordan with the Syrian refugees crisis. Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Im
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Monday a national day of mourning, a day after a military plane crashed into the Black Sea killing all people on board. Russia has expanded a search operation to try to recover passengers’ bodies and the jet’s black box. The military plane crashe
Tunisia- The assassination of the Tunisian Engineer Mohamed al-Zoari has sparked wide popular protests in the country calling the government to hold the parliament and media responsible for the security and political failure amid indications on reconstructing the political and national partisan scen
Beirut – Two years following the absence of a President, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun participated on Sunday at the Christmas celebrations promising all Lebanese he would endeavor to make it a year of plenty, peace and success. “We know there are plenty of promises. I do not want you to get
Khobar – The Saudi Arabian budget was expected to be more clear this year concerning the announcement of oil prices rates used to calculate the budget’s estimations, yet, the oil price rate was maintained hidden till the next year. Khalid A. Al-Falih, Saudi minister of Energy didn’t reveal the
Beijing – China announced on Sunday that its aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises. The drills come amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan which Beijing claims as its own. Chinese navy said in a statement late on Saturda
Tel Aviv – Angry Israeli reactions continued on Sunday against U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 that condemned Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advanced on Sunday the angry Israelis who are against the new Resolution by directly at
Beirut – As the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) including mainly Kurdish forces have approached on Sunday from the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria, Turkey sent more reinforcements on its border with the neighboring country. The SDF backed by U.S. Special Forces and the coalition war
Riyadh – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at al-Yamamah palace on Sunday the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Joseph Westphal who bid farewell to the King on the occasion of the end of his tenure as his country̵
The image of the Saudi minister Ahmed Al-Khatib visiting the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam appears to have been an excuse for a media exchange that turned the relationship between Riyadh and Cairo from an intimate one to one where bad language is used. Even if we assume that the image and the visit are
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, made a telephone call on Saturday with Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa during which he was reassured about Prince Khalifa’s health. Th
Dubai- Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade reached Dh952 billion ($259 billion) in first nine months of 2016 with a 11 percent surge in the total volume of traded goods, rising as high as 70.82 million tons of commodities. Imports had the lion’s share at Dh594 billion (46.81 million tons and 12 percent in
Beirut – The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Saturday the Ministerial Statement for the new government to be presented to the parliament to gain the vote of confidence the upcoming week. Minister Michel Pharaon as well as ministers of the Lebanese Forces objected to the paragraph pertaining to th
Aden – Following the increase in the number of suicide operations carried out lately in Aden and some other liberated Yemeni governorates, a number of Radfan tribes from Lahej province started working on unifying efforts to support security forces and aid them in keeping track of terrorist cel
Pope Francis hoped for peace on Sunday through a Christmas message where he wished for love in a world teared by war and terrorism, urging people to remember migrants, refugees and those hit by economic instability caused by “idolatry of money”. Francis, on the fourth Christmas season si
Ankara, London- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he will bring up the issue of a no-fly zone with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump when the latter takes office next year, meanwhile the Free Syrian Army is fighting, supported by Turkish army, in the outskirts of al-Bab ci
Brussels, Rome, and Berlin – The year 2016 comes to an end, as the world witnesses several terrorist acts that led governments all over the globe to enforce security measures in case of new attacks during the holiday season. Many countries, such as UK, Australia, Malaysia, and Germany declared over
Oil incomes had severely increased over the past year, to an extent where many in Saudi Arabia are accepting the callings for abandoning total dependency on oil revenues which they had been addicted-to for decades. The suggested remedy is bitter, but necessary to save the country, secure better futu
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 90, will miss a traditional Christmas church service on Sunday for the first time in nearly 30 years because of heavy cold, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said. Queen Elizabeth has joined the Christmas service at the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene in Sandringham
