London – Chinese authorities have banned social media users from using the “Winnie the Pooh” character to criticize President Xi Jinping. Censure bodies in China have intensified their oppression by banning people from criticizing the president, as the ruling Communist Party Congress is expect
Jeddah, Ankara, Cairo- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri said on Tuesday that his country would not forgive or deal with countries supporting and financing terrorism, adding that Qatar has violated all international laws and accords. During his meeting with Jean Paul Laborde, Executive Director
At this point, blanket critiques of the economics discipline have been standardized to the point where it’s pretty easy to predict how they’ll proceed. Economists will be castigated for their failure to foresee the Great Recession. Some unrealistic assumptions in mainstream macroeconomic models will
Separatists loyal to Russia announced on Tuesday plans to abolish Ukraine and replace it with a new state in what will likely create tensions and threaten a fragile ceasefire deal that was reached in 2015. The separatist Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday quoted leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peo
At least three people were killed on Tuesday when a rundown building collapsed in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Twelve people were wounded when the three-story dilapidated building collapsed shortly before dawn, a police official said. The injured were transfered to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where tw
US President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he may impose sanctions on Venezuela if its leader Nicolas Maduro went ahead with a plan to form a Constituent Assembly, as the opposition called for a nationwide strike for Thursday. Trump threatened to take “strong and swift economic actions
Suffering from what it sees as lack of actual action to support it in its migrant burden, Italy has proposed issuing emergency visas to Europe to ease the strain. Dubbed the “nuclear option.” It calls for emergency visas for migrants rescued at sea. Italians have faced the flow of asylum
San Francisco- A week ago, I began testing Amazon’s Echo Show, a new smart speaker that has a touch screen. For due diligence on the device’s capabilities, I ran it through a battery of tests, including its ability to play podcasts, book a restaurant table and list movie showtimes. Halfway through,
London – Here’s a semi-interesting football stat, at a time when semi-interesting football stats are in short supply. If Manchester United were to win an unlikely Premier League and Champions League double next season they would, all things being equal, become the tallest team ever to win eith
Dubai- Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, and budget carrier Flydubai are expanding their commercial relationship to create a combined fleet of 380 jets flying to as many as 240 destinations by 2022. The airlines, both owned by the government of Dubai, said in a statement on Monday t
The current failure in Syria is saddening and its future repercussions are dangerous. All of this comes amid the Saudi-Qatari disagreement, two partner countries in supporting the Syrian people in the face of massacres of the Syrian regime and its allies. The truth is that Syria is one of the reason
Cairo- Five police officers were killed and others were injured Monday after the explosion of two homemade bombs that were hidden in the ground in Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, which is witnessing security disturbance, according to a security source in the Egyptian Ministry of Interior
Riyadh- Economists expect the upcoming period to witness up to 25% rise in prices of food and consumable goods in Qatar after the Qatari market has lost more than 65% of Saudi imports of food goods and missed the chance of achieving the “Made in Qatar” dream in cooperation with Riyadh. This coincide
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Tuesday that the army will carry out an operation in the northeastern border area of Arsal, reported the National News Agency. He said that the government has given the army the “freedom” to carry out the “studied and careful” operation in the outskir
Saudi Arabia warned its citizens on Tuesday against travel to Venezuela due to the unstable security situation, said the Interior Ministry according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Interior Ministry’s Director of Public Relations and Media Dr. Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Maroul explained that the
London – Britain and European Union (EU) began on Monday a round of negotiations on Britain’s divorce from the EU which they have less than two years to complete. This is the second one following a preliminary round where the two parties determined dates for the meetings and prioritized the is
Cairo- During past days, the frequency of terrorist attacks witnessed a remarkable increase in Egypt from armed-attacks against the Egyptian police to attacks against Copts and foreigners with knives and razors. Observers attributed the increase of terrorist activities to the possibility of some ind
New York, Erbil – UN Secretary General Special Representative for Iraq Jan Kubis called on Baghdad and Erbil to hold talks over the future of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Addressing a Security Council session on the situation in Iraq, Kubis said: “We urge Baghdad and Erbil to engage in a dialogue over t
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalek al-Mekhlafi hailed on Tuesday the Saudi-led Arab coalition that is combating militants in his country, saying that it has thwarted Iran’s ambitions. He said: “The coalition has prevent Tehran from expanding its influence in Yemen.” He made his remarks during a meet
Erbil– Weeks after reports about his death, mystery still surrounds the fate of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi especially after the terrorist organization lost its stronghold in Iraq, Mosul. A Kurdish official revealed that Baghdadi is indeed alive and still leading ISIS from inside Syria, adding
