On Sunday the 27th of November, I wrote about the death of Fidel Castro, and the article was entitled “Warrior’s Rest”. I was contacted by a colleague who only contacts me when he catches me offending or making a mistake, and who hurries to deride me and take revenge on me. He said “What are [&helli
A Belgian judge charged a woman and a man on Thursday with terrorism offences over an August machete attack on two policewomen that was claimed by ISIS. The prosecutor’s office said 36-year-old Sabrina Z. and 37-year-old Farid L., who were detained in a series of raids on Wednesday, were charg
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow and Damascus were not behind an air strike in northern Syria that killed four Turkish soldiers last week. “Neither Russia nor Syria, its air force, had anything to do with this,” Lavrov told a news conference in the sout
Riyadh- The U.S. has expressed concern over the announcement of Houthis and the General People’s Congress, established by Ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, of forming a new government unilaterally, adding that this step lacks legitimacy and violates commitment to support and facilita
London- Following a series of statements from the Arab Coalition and the United States, international confirmations on Iran arming Houthis in Yemen have been made. This time, confirmations were given through a British institution as international investigators confirmed in a report released on Tuesd
Beirut – Several obstacles are still hampering the formation of a new Lebanese Cabinet, in the wake of difficult conditions set by the major political forces, which are battling over “sovereign portfolios” and other key ministries. Parliamentary and political sources said that obstacles preventing P
More than 350 U.S. universities are urging President-elect Donald Trump to change his mind and keep a program that lets hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people study and avoid deportation. At the initiative of Pomona College president David Oxtoby, the universities, including Columbia, Ha
Beirut- President of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists Fadi Gemayel has said that Lebanon is passing through difficult circumstances as its growth rate has ranged between 1 and 1.5%. “Although this rate is being reached in some European countries too, yet it is still so far away from what t
New York- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged President-elect Donald Trump to maintain the heritage of U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration in foreign policy, warning that “it’s also essential that we don’t turn our back on the alliances, friendships and principles.̶
Washington- U.S. President Barack Obama has revealed some of his future plans after leaving the White House end of January. “You know, I’m gonna sleep for a couple of weeks when I get out of here, take my wife on a well-deserved vacation. And I’ll spend time in my first year out of offic
Dammam- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz will inaugurate five giant projects by Aramco in the fields of oil, gas, economy and knowledge. These projects reinforce the position of Saudi Aramco as one of the biggest energy and petrochemical companies in the world. King Ab
Dhaka- The scale of human suffering of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar has been rising, as desperate people like Mohammad Ayaz told how troops attacked his village and killed his pregnant wife. Cradling his two-year-old son, he said troops killed at least 300 men in the village market and ga
Riyadh– The President of the World Arab Institute in Paris, Jack Lang, said that Saudi-French relations were based on strategic dimensions, which are aimed at meeting common interests and goals. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Lang said that Saudi-French ties represented a “model relation”
We do not yet know the policy of the next administration toward Israel and Palestine, but we do know the policy of this administration. It has been President Obama’s aim to support a negotiated end to the conflict based on two states, living side by side in peace. That prospect is now in grave doubt
New Delhi- The hostility circle between the two nuclear rivals India and Pakistan has expanded from the military rivalry to competition on water. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently raised concerns by pledging to prevent Pakistan from benefitting from Sindhū River, which means the recon
New York– The United Nations Security Council convened on Wednesday in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The U.N. Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, called on the warring parties to allow the unconditional delivery of humanitarian aid to Alepp
Kabul- The number of people who have fled their homes for safer parts of Afghanistan has hit a record high, the United Nations said Wednesday. As of November 30, 2016, more than half a million Afghans — 515,800 people — had been internally displaced by fighting, surpassing a previous rec
London- The Afghan Taliban are facing a cash crisis with donors unwilling to bankroll an insurgency whose victims are increasingly civilians rather than foreign troops. Taliban’s Official Mullah Rahmatullah Kakazada told The Guardian that the war is becoming unpopular because of all the bad publicit
The pilot of a LAMIA Airlines plane that crashed in Colombia, virtually wiping out a Brazilian soccer team, had radioed that he was running out of fuel and needed to make an emergency landing, according to the co-pilot of another plane in the area. The crash on Monday night killed 71 people. Six sur
After more than two years of war in Benghazi, Libya during which Libyans have been forced to stay in their homes and avoid going out into the street and sitting in cafes and public places, pictures are starting to appear of children going to school daily and popular markets reopening. These are indi
