A Mexican cement maker said that it is more than prepared to lend its services to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to build the wall he wants to erect on the southern border of the United States. The wall has been a long-campaigned proposal by Trump to curb illegal immigration. “We can’
Oil rates turned positive on Wednesday despite concerning doubts that OPEC will agree to a production cut large enough to make a significant dent in the global glut of crude–Brent crude futures were up 16 cents at $49.28 a barrel. Oil prices trended lower earlier in the morning but turned posi
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday criticized a proposal by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to scrap a trans-Pacific trade deal. Merkel warned that future agreements will likely be worse. With a planned U.S.-EU mega-deal called TTIP also looking doomed, Merkel predicted that in
Riyadh- An economic report published on Tuesday forecast that adjusting government spending in Saudi Arabia, especially in line with capital spending, in addition to improvement in non-oil revenues might come less than the estimated budget deficit of 2016-2017. The report issued by Jadwa Investment,
Djibouti – Amidst recently constructed buildings and other historical ones, President of Djibouti Ismael Omar Guelleh is managing the affairs of his country, which is aiming to play a major role in the new world, depending mainly on its strategic location on Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Horn of Af
Riyadh – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and President of the Political and Security Affairs Council, chaired a meeting of the council on Tuesday in Riyadh. During the meeting, the council listened to a political and security briefing on a num
Cologne – German public prosecutor in Karlsruhe announced that three German men of Syrian descent were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of supporting a Syrian terrorist organization active in Syria. Detectives believe there is a link between those three Syrians and the other three who wer
London – U.N. announced that 68,000 citizens have fled their homes since Iraqi forces began a huge offensive against ISIS in Mosul last month. The number has significantly increased over the past week as Iraqi forces entered densely populated city. Yet, the numbers didn’t reach the offensive predict
This contemporary four-bedroom five-bathroom home is on a hillside in the suburban town of Envigado, in the Aburrá Valley, about six miles from the center of Medellin. Viewers of the Netflix series “Narcos” will recognize Envigado as the hometown of the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar, who was kil
Earlier, some journalists used to lie to their audience. Today, one audience can lie to another. This is the new situation with social media which became our source for information and where everybody has become a journalist. We used to underestimate the effect of social media and its fabricated sto
London – More than 125,000 Britons have signed an electronic petition calling the resident of Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II to pay for the palace repair, which is expected to cost £370 million funded by the taxpayer. Activist Mark Johnson has set up the petition two days ago to express
Bahrain – Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states will hold a preparatory meeting on Thursday in Bahrain ahead of the 37th Gulf Summit that will take place in Manama next month. Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Hamad Al Khalifa will chair the meeting, in t
London – Mosques are not just public places to practice religious rituals in Britain and they are often built on the expenses of the Muslim community – based on the initiative of the residents; these mosques have been used as centers for gatherings and celebrations; funds for food aid; a
Malabo – Several countries announced they would withdraw from the 4th Africa-Arab Summit to be held on Wednesday in the Republican of Equatorial Guinea, due to the insistence of African Union to include delegation of the Western Sahara in the annual meeting. During a ministerial meeting on Tuesday i
Beirut – The ministerial consultations on Tuesday marked celebrations held in Lebanon on the 73rd commemoration of the country’s Independence Day embraced by the four leaders, President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and caretaker Prime Minister Tammam S
Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh President Patrice Talon of Republic of Benin. The two discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, ways of enhancing them in various fields, and the latest developments at regiona
London, Aden – U.S. diplomatic sources asserted on Tuesday that the U.S. does not oppose revising the proposal of Secretary of State John Kerry about an agreement to end the war in Yemen. U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Mathew Tueller told Asharq Al-Awsat: “Kerry’s plan is not engraved on a stone, bu
Moscow – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin discussed on Tuesday economic and commercial cooperation in Damascus within the framework of the Russian-Syrian commission on trade and economic, scientific and technical cooperation. Rogozin, who co-chairs the Russian-Syrian commission, met with
Chicago- Brazilian researchers have developed a new type of 3-D scan which allows doctors and parents to closely examine the stages of a developing fetus by using data acquired from MRI machines and ultrasound through customized glass. Dr. Heron Werner of the Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem and co
Riyadh- A Yemeni resident was killed and seven others injured by a cross-border shelling staged by Yemeni coup militias. The projectile hit a shopping center in Najran city, Saudi Arabia. The unwarranted fire was reportedly carried out by Iran-aligned Houthi militants based in Yemen. Saudi civil def
