Paris – A year after the coup attempt that almost ousted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where is the country heading? How did Turkey change with the intensified internal cleansing operations launched by the president that sent tens of thousands to jail? What are Turkey’s plans in Syria? Why
London – It is not only superfans of the elite who are catered for in the modern era of the pre-season international extravaganza. Mansfield Town are warming up for the new League Two campaign in Malta, and the club offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to their supporters including travel
Rabat – Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit said that his country has decisively taken a proactive and strategic approach to human rights. Laftit said that this approach comes under the wise reign of King Mohammed VI and is further focused and endorsed by the 2011 Moroccan constituti
Geneva, Tunis – The United Nations called on Tuesday the Libyan National Army (LNA) to investigate executions without trial against a number of detainees. The LNA, which controls the eastern part of the North African country, is seeking to expand its presence in the area and is competing for p
Saudi Arabia’s national carrier said a ban on laptops and tablets in the cabins of its US-bound planes had been lifted on Wednesday. The kingdom’s civil aviation authorities informed Saudia that the ban had been lifted after a US team inspected security measures at airports in Riyadh and
French leader Emmanuel Macron faced the biggest crisis of his young presidency on Wednesday following the resignation of the military chief after a heated dispute on defense budget cuts. The row between Macron and General Pierre De Villiers blew up last week when the chief of the defense staff told
Tunis- Tunisia’s Energy Minister Hela Cheikhrouhou, also tasked with the African country’s renewable energy programs, has revealed that national power production has been in steady decline over the last few years. “Tunisia consumes twice as much as energy it produces,” Cheikhrouhou said.
DNA tests have established that the remains found on a receding Alpine glacier last week were of a couple missing for nearly 75 years, Swiss police said Wednesday. “The remains recovered on the glacier have been formally identified,” police in Valais canton (state) said in a statement.
Bahrain authorities announced on Tuesday that they have detained a terrorist group that is backed by Lebanon’s “Hezbollah” militant group, reported the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) Four members of the group were interrogated by the General Prosecution. They were later charged and remanded in custody pe
Istanbul – The future of oil demand in wake of the growing request for electric cars was at the heart of discussions among officials and executives during the World Petroleum Congress (WPC) held in Istanbul, Turkey last week. International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol made a fe
US President Donald Trump will nominate veteran diplomat Jon Huntsman to the post of ambassador to Russia amid swirling controversy and multiple investigations into allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to win the 2016 election. Huntsman, 57, previously served as US ambassador to
Gaza Strip – The militant group Hamas has turned its attention to settling blood disputes caused by internal armed fighting with Fatah in the Gaza Strip in 2007. In June 2007, one of the history changing unrest took place when Hamas took over the Gaza Strip. Being a military escalation, the ba
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, chaired in Jeddah on Tuesday evening a meeting of the Political and Security Affairs Council, reported the Saudi Press Agency. During the meeting, the council, which is also chaired by the Crown Prince, listened t
Forty-five days have passed since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt took their measures against Qatar. A Kuwaiti mediation tried and strove to resolve the crisis, but the isolated party ensured its failure from the very beginning when it leaked the demands of the four Arab co
Riyadh– Iraqi Ambassador to Riyadh Mahmoud al-Aani denied any demographic change in areas liberated from ISIS, especially in the governorate of Nineveh and its major city Mosul. Commenting on calls by the United Nations to the Iraqi government to stop the imminent displacement from Mosul of those wh
Washington- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the National Interest magazine that any major US violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) might result in Tehran’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal. “If it comes to a major violation, or what in the terms of the n
“Punishing dog days,” “blazing heat,” and “skin darkener” are terms gaining popularity in the Arab world as temperatures soar to unprecedented degrees, ushering in the worst summer heatwave yet. Mid-July till the end of August have long been the hottest days during the year for the Arab world. Saudi
Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun warned on Tuesday against falling victim to attempts to create spite between the Lebanese people and Syrian refugees in the country “because it will not have positive repercussions on either party.” He added: “Resolving the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon and
Moscow, London- Russia and the US might announce in mid-August a second truce in Syria to include the countryside of Homs and eastern Ghouta, an informed Russian source said on Tuesday. Russian media quoted the source as saying that US and Russian experts were currently holding talks in a European c
Jeddah- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of the Republic of Sudan. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and the latest developments in th
