Paris- The little-known conservative, dubbed “Mr. Nobody,” François Fillon shocked the French establishment with him likely winning the next center-right nomination and possibly the presidency in the 2017 elections. The second-round of the Socialist Republican primary will open polls on Sunday, anno
Beirut- The Syria Civil Defense, or White Helmets, has warned that the people living in the besieged eastern part of Aleppo are facing starvation and death if much needed humanitarian aid and medical supplies are not delivered within 10 days. The warning came as Syria’s regime presses the fier
Tel Aviv-With the success in controlling fires in Israel, the escalation of complaints due to the negligence of the government to prevent these fires, treat the victims and evacuate residents and with the intensification of threats by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers against Arabs
Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied Washington’s efforts to topple him, died on Friday at the age of 90. Castro had been in poor health since an intestinal ailment nearly killed him in 2006 and he formally ceded
Beirut- The dispute among Lebanese parties on the Public Works Ministry reflects the importance of the portfolio for different parliamentary blocs, mainly ahead of next May’s legislative elections. The ministry that is headed by Caretaker Minister Ghazi Zoaiter, who is close to Speaker Nabih Berri,
Beirut- The families of nine soldiers taken captive by ISIS in the northeastern town of Arsal in August 2014 were optimistic on Saturday after the Lebanese army arrested a top militant in the border area with Syria. According to the relatives and sources following up the case of the captives, the ar
Beirut- A Kurdish leader said the international coalition, whose mission was to provide logistic and advisory support to the predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been fighting face to face against ISIS with Kurdish People’s Protection Units militia (YPG). The leader noted that U
Kuwait- Polls opened in Kuwait Saturday for its general election of its 15th parliament, since its 1961 independence. Turnout is expected to reach 65 to 60 percent – which is considered a high compared to the 2013 elections when only 53 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. Turnout rate is
Vienna- The non-OPEC meeting expected on Monday has been officially cancelled, Bloomberg quoted a delegate as saying. The Nov. 28 meeting was set to bring together both OPEC and non-OPEC producers to discuss future measures, such as production cuts, to ease out the market glut. “There is an of
Before President-elect Donald Trump brings in the bulldozers to “drain the swamp” in Washington, I hope he will consider the career achievements of two people who embody the nation’s tradition of bipartisan foreign policy leadership, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft. The two former national s
Mosul- The residents of the Iraqi city of Mosul, which has come under attack by Iraqi forces from its east, north and south to liberate it from ISIS, are in a desperate situation. While aid agencies estimated that some 200,000 residents could flee the city in the first weeks of the fighting, five we
Washington- Politicians – supported by opinion polls – believe that Donald Trump was elected as a result of his promises to adopt tougher immigration policies. But in reality, large numbers of migrants have fled homes in Central America since Trump’s surprise election win, hoping to reac
Iraqi forces have pushed the hardline organization ISIS out of the street where Yaqdhan Abdelnabi lives in Mosul, but the former sales manager is moving his five children to another part of the city because it is still dangerous. Women hang laundry on balconies and men chat at the few shops that hav
An Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 250 km east of the capital Tehran,killing 44 people and injuring 100. More so, the death toll is likely to rise, state television reported. A local official told state TV that the remote location of the crash had slowed rescue effor
Britain’s biggest carmarker Jaguar Land Rover announced plans on building electric cars in Britain, just two days after the government promised $484 million worth endowment to support greener technologies. Green technologies are those aspiring to mitigate or reverse the effects of human activi
A group of suspected extremists arrested last weekend in France were ISIS supporters being directed from “the Iraqi-Syrian region” to prepare an attack in the Paris area, a prosecutor said on Friday. Public prosecutor Francois Molins said police had found automatic weapons after raids in
In a promising development , a drug injection is expected to replace the daily pill for controlling “bad” LDL cholesterol. The Inclisiran shot will be taken at the doctor’s office two or three times a year. Researchers found that Inclisiran dramatically cuts LDL cholesterol levels by half or more. E
Eden Hazard has grown used to the stream of instruction barked from the touchline. He puts his head down, stays in the zone as best he can, and might occasionally flit over to the opposite flank in search of respite. But there is never any real escaping Antonio Conte’s exhortations or, even when spo
Dammam- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman visited the Eastern Province from Riyadh for the kickoff for a multi-project initiative covering oil, gas, and economic sectors brought by Saudi National oil giant, Aramco. Perhaps the highlight of the mega development projects is the King Ab
The Lebanese army said on Friday it had arrested a leading local ISIS group commander and 10 other members in a special operation on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal. The army said special forces from the intelligence and other troops carried out the dawn attack on an ISIS base
