Mosul- Ihsan Ismail, 18, fled his village of Abu Jarbua east of Mosul an hour before his parents and little sister Nurhan were able to leave. He was taken to a camp at Khazir but his family was at another camp. In nearly all of the camps set up to house the displaced, residents are […]
Abu Dhabi- Addressing the nation on the occasion of the 45th National Day, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates said that the government is confidently progressing to deliver indicators of the National Agenda leading to the UAE Vision 2021 which seeks to develop
Abu Dhabi- The UAE and Egypt have stressed the importance of building an Arab strategy to confront challenges and exert efforts to keep security and stability in the region. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received E
Ramallah- After Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas, also head of the Fatah political party, gave his long three-hour speech on Wednesday evening at the public Fatah conference, eye-catching hushed meetings held behind closed doors kicked off. The five-day congress was the first to be held since 200
London- U.S. researchers have succeeded in developing a new prostate cancer therapy that focuses on “shocking tumors.” A man with advanced prostate cancer has seen the disease disappear, after doctors from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore “shocked” his tumors with huge amount
Washington- Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has announced her intention to appoint Jihad Azour as Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department. Azour will assume his new position on March 1, 2017, replacing Masood Ahmed who left the Fund in Oct
Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was ready to cooperate with the new U.S. Administration. He also expressed Moscow’s hope to collaborate with Washington in fighting terrorism, as both countries bare a common responsibility to achieve world security. During his annual “state
The monthly U.S. jobs report for November that will be released on Friday is unlikely to be so bad that the Federal Open Market Committee would upset market expectations and refrain from hiking interest rates in mid-December. Instead, the data are likely to validate what fixed-income markets have al
Dhahran- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz launched five Saudi Aramco expansion projects with an estimated worth of $43.5 billion (equivalent to some SAR163 billion.) The projects encompass production-oriented expansion for the national oil and gas giant, Aramco. The pr
Beirut- Heavy showers that hit Lebanon on Thursday have increased the sufferings of Syrian refugees living in sporadic tents. Rain along with dropping temperatures hit Lebanon amid a complete absence of the role of the Lebanese state and a declining role of humanitarian organizations in helping the
Washington- Two U.S. Republican Senators said they were seeking to amend the controversial Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) to limit the scope of possible lawsuits. The law was strongly rejected worldwide, as several countries have described it as a violation to the principles of in
Tel Aviv- Israeli police have summoned the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to question her on a corruption case linked to the use of public funds to cover the couple’s personal outgoings. Several hours of questioning were carried out under caution at the national police fraud squad headqua
Aden- U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed received on Thursday a letter from Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Aden as part of a new endeavor to solve the conflict in the country. Hadi’s letter included the response of his government to a roadmap previously proposed by the
Beirut- As the Syrian regime deployed on Thursday additional forces ahead of a push in the more populated neighborhoods of east Aleppo, calls emerged to save the city before it was too late. A global coalition of 223 nongovernmental organizations, including Human Rights Watch and the Global Center f
“There are still corpses in the streets, there are wounded people everywhere and hunger is killing those civilians that remain. I do not know if the term “humanitarian disaster” is sufficient to describe the situation of the city, but the reality is worse than can be described in words.” The a
Five Nobel prize winners called Thursday for urgent international action to protect world heritage sites from the destruction wrought by extremist groups and conflicts. In an appeal launched on the eve of an international conference in Abu Dhabi, the laureates pointed to the irreparable damage that
Nearly half a million residents of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq are facing a “catastrophic” situation due to the lack of drinking water and electricity. Clashes between Iraqi forces and ISIS fighters are also taking place in the city. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq Lise Grande said t
Riyadh- The approval granted by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz over allocating USD26.6 billion of reserves to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) has boosted the investment force of the fund. This will make the PIF one of the most influential government funds in the world.
Riyadh-The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh on Wednesday sentenced three Saudis to death for firing at police patrols and the Qatif prison. A fourth person was sentenced to 12 years in prison for firing at police patrols and government buildings and receiving and smuggling weapons by sea. The judge
London- Ahmed Badreddine Hassoun arrived in Dublin on Tuesday as part of a religious delegation from the Syrian regime, drawing the ire of many of Ireland’s Muslims. “He’s not welcome,” said Dr. Ali Salim, senior member of the Islamic Cultural Center of Ireland. “This man is part of the regime in Sy
