London-Four British Cabinet Ministers, including Boris Johnson, have vowed to continue to sell arms to Saudi Arabia in defiance of two parliamentary committees that called for Britain to cease military support for the country. The Telegraph newspaper explained that Foreign Secretary Johnson issued a
Marrakesh– Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al-Falih said that OPEC’s biggest producer was “committed to meeting the world’s energy needs via the gradual transition towards a more environmentally sustainable future.” Addressing almost 200 nations meeting in Morocco at the 22nd U.N. Climate Change Confer
Riyadh – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, held a dinner banquet in honor of Algerian Prime Minister Abdulmalik Sallal and the accompanying delegation. Before the banquet, the Algerian Prime Minister shook hands with the princes, ministers and sen
Ankara- The terrorist ISIS organization has escalated its assaults against Turkish-backed members of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as forces from the Euphrates Shield Operation were close from entering the town of al-Bab, the main ISIS stronghold north Syria. Meanwhile, Ankara took on Tuesday preventiv
Riyadh– Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received two messages from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algerian People’s Democratic Republic. The messages were delivered to the King by Algeria’s Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal at al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh o
Riyadh – Cisco Executive Chairman John T. Chambers described Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as an “ambitious personality” and “inspiring figure”. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Tuesday, Chambers said his meeting with Prince Mohammed in Silicon Valley in June was very product
Riyadh – Under the patronage of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz, MiSK Global Forum – an initiative to empower the Arab youth – kicked off in Riyadh on Tuesday with a key address by Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. MiSK Global Forum (MGF 2016) aims at exploring means t
Benghazi-After five years of torture, Colonel Nasr set for the first time on a couch to tell his visitors about his experience in prisons, obscure rooms, sickness, and death with dozens of his colleagues, who were arrested in Sirte after the murder of Muammar Gaddafi. He is one of the officers who s
Beirut-The appearance of American-made armored vehicles during a military parade organized by the so-called Hezbollah Sunday in the Syrian city of al-Qusayr has created confusion in Lebanon and fears that it would have a negative impact on U.S. aid to the Lebanese Army. The U.S. is now studying a pr
Jeddah, Riyadh, Aden-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry surprised observers on Tuesday by announcing a bilateral agreement with Yemen’s rebels to stop the fighting and form a national unity government by the end of this year. However, the internationally recognized Yemeni government quickly rejected
A Somali-American man in Minnesota was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for conspiring to support the ISIS terror group, reported local media. Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Davis sentenced Hamza Ahmed, 21, at a Minnesota courthouse, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.
The national army and coalition forces thwarted new attempts by rebel militias to acquire oil wells in the Bayhan district which is located in the Shabwah governorate in the east of the country. Fierce battles and clashes have been raging there since the outbreak of war a year ago and a half ago. Na
The U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Tuesday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump should help push forward against the Bashar al-Assad-led authoritarian regime, and seek political reforms to stop ISIS from gaining more war-driven recruits. Russia has maintained its strong and weaponized
African state, Kenya, reportedly destroyed at least 5,250 units of illegal firearms on Tuesday as part of efforts to fight crimes like cattle rustling, carjackings and to eliminate threats from terrorism. The legal weapons were put away with fire. “Here in Kenya, small arms are implicated in m
Turkey announced that it is resuming air strikes in support of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as part of operation Euphrates Shield after an agreement with the “interested parties” was reached. In statements that he made after a Turkish cabinet meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and the Turkis
The UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s report stated that the Arab Spring led to a net loss of $613.8 billion in economic activity in countries involved in it. This is equivalent to 6 per cent of the region’s GDP in the period between 2011 and 2015. Nevertheless, the unfore
Ankara- The Turkish government has put the finishing touches to a proposal to widen eligibility for Turkish citizenship in a bid to attract foreign investors, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday after the meeting of Turkey’s Cabinet of Ministers. Turkey will simplify the procedure of g
Dubai- Impact investment firm Wermuth Asset Management (WAM) said that regardless of whether oil prices rise around potential OPEC production-capping news, there is no long-term future for the hydrocarbon sector. “Solar power is now available at $3 cent/kWh, which is equivalent to oil at $5/barrel,”
London- The European Union on Monday placed 17 of the 32 Syrian ministers plus the central bank governor on a sanctions blacklist targeting the regime of Head of Syrian Regime Bashar al-Assad over attacks on civilians. They face travel bans and asset freezes for “being responsible for the violent re
It is England v Scotland on Friday night in this, the 20th anniversary year of one of the more joyous occasions at Wembley, so nostalgia is perfectly permissible for Euro 96, when the hosts’ brand of uninhibited football was bettered only by some even less inhibited goal celebrations. Yet 1996 ought
