The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to expand Obamacare and ensure all Americans have access to healthcare. The real estate magnate takes office next month after promising to repeal outgoing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare policy
Mobile manufacture giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd officially announced on Friday that a software update for Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be released mid-December in the United States preventing them from charging and functioning as mobile phones, rendering them useless. The smartphone maker said
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced that it had arrested 12 citizens who are suspected of recruiting for the ranks of terrorist groups. According to a statement that it issued on Wednesday, the Russian security services said that “Russian Interior Ministry employees, in
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc has officially made a $14.1 billion offering for the remaining shares of European pay-TV group Sky Plc that the U.S. company does not already own, the British broadcaster said on Friday. Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox is Sky’s largest shareholder,
Riyadh – Kazakhstan is launching new initiatives to attract foreign investments in agriculture and food production, as well as major opportunities in vital sectors, such as energy and industry. Kazakhstan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Bakyt Batyrshayev said he expected that the year 2017 would bear the
CNN TV reported yesterday that officials at the US State Department have said that the Department is in contact with the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding news that the Russian government is supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan and is investigating the matter. Last week, the commander of the US Fo
London- A British police watchdog issued a shocking report revealing the involvement of hundreds of police officers with cases of sexual assault. The report made mention of at least 300 police officers exploiting their post to carry out their offenses. Sexual misconduct was carried out mostly agains
An old Persian proverb says: If the first brick is badly laid, the whole wall will rise to the heavens slanted. This is what is happening with the so-called nuclear deal that President Barack Obama claims he has concluded with the mullahs of Tehran. The whole thing started as a political lie to buil
Baghdad- Ariel bombardment against Iraqi town Qaim, located in the Al Anbar Governorate near the Syrian border, had reportedly killed 60, most of which were civilians igniting a nationwide controversy. Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al-Jabouri rushed into ordering an official investigation, s
Against the background of Syria’s debacle, Lebanon continues to wait for the birth of its first government (cabinet) under its new president Michel Aoun. Yet, Lebanon, long regarded by Hafez Al-Assad, and later Bashar Al-Assad, until 2011 as ‘Syria’s soft belly’, looks in better shape than its ‘Olde
London – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that the global air freight demand grew to 8.2% year-on-year in October, achieving the fastest growth in 18 months, which reflects a positive activity in the market during this time of the year. Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s direct
Riyadh- Saudi Defense Minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman met in Riyadh on Thursday visiting German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. The two discussed bilateral relations and means of bolstering them, especially defense. Middle East developments and counterterrorism efforts were d
London – The Middle East region has been a perfect hub for international fashion designers after it stole the lights in the past years following the growing economic crisis which was mainly caused by the slowness of the Chinese economy. New investors, who chose the Middle East to launch their
Kuwait – Kuwait has recently celebrated the official visit of the top Gulf leader Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz. King Salman was awarded the Order of Mubarak Al-Kabir and Order of Kuwait, the most prestigious Kuwaiti medals by national leader Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Bot
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia will officially reveal next Tuesday the sixth release of its banknotes and coins for the era of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques amid definite information saying that the metal Riyal will replace the paper one. In this concern, a senior Officia
Aden – Yemen’s Ambassador to Washington, Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, said that the new peace roadmap, which was presented by the U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen, “contains several details that were not approved” by the country’s different political factions. In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspape
Taiz – The Human Rights organization in al-Mahweet governorate, northwest of Sana’a, revealed on Thursday that rebel militias had committed 575 violations during the past month of November. The non-governmental local civil organization uncovered in a report that it had documented 5 cases of ki
Moscow – Under the claim of protecting its air base in the Hmeimim airport in Syria’s Latakia province, Russian newspaper quoted sources at the Defense Ministry saying Moscow has decided to dispatch two units of the Vostok and Zapad military battalions to Syria. However, leader of Russia’s Nor
Beirut – Lebanese political parties have issued conflicting statements about the expected date of the new government’s formation, as major obstacles are still hindering Prime Minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri’s mission, with the insistence of some blocs of having “key” ministerial portfolios. Meanwh
Beirut – Moscow is still holding the projected meeting between Russian and U.S. experts in Geneva next Saturday by announcing a cessation of fighting in Aleppo. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Syrian regime forces had stopped their combat operations in Aleppo to allow the evacuati
