Beirut – Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed the need to resolve the dispute over Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad remaining in power in order to reach a solution to terrorism. “We have heard from the international community that it is not interested in whether Assad stays in power
Cairo- Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh Issa slammed on Monday the roadmap suggested by Head of Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj. The road-map suggests presidential and parliamentary elections in March 2018 to put an end to the absence of security and
Tunisia – Tunisian Security Forces apprehended on Monday 11 smugglers and confiscated dozens of vehicles after it engaged in clashes with the suspects south of the country. On dawn of Monday, a Tunisian military patrol exchanged fire with a group of vehicles at the border buffer zone with Libya, acc
Jeddah- The banking sector in the temporary capital of Yemen, Aden, has decided to reopen its doors and stop the strike it has earlier started on Sunday as banks called on the government to provide necessary security protection for them. The resumption of work in the banking sector came after being
Brussels – European Union (EU) imposed on Monday sanctions against 16 high-ranking Syrian military officials and scientists for their role in the development and use of chemical weapons against civilians. This brings up the total number of persons to 255 sanctioned with travel bans and assets freeze
London- Barclays trial and four former top executives accused of fraud over undisclosed payments to Qatari investors as part of a GBP12 billion ($15 billion) emergency fundraising during 2008 has been set for January 9, 2019, a judge said on Monday. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) last month charged
Cairo – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said that any settlement to the crisis in Yemen should be based on the outcome of national dialogue, the Gulf Initiative and UN Security Council Resolution 2216. Abul Gheit met on Monday in Cairo with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik
Beirut – Lebanese political, religious and partisan officials poured into the Saudi Arabian embassy in Beirut on Monday to offer their congratulations to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz for naming his son Prince Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince. Prime Minister Saad Har
Ankara – The Turkish parliament approved on Monday a bill submitted by the government to extend the state of emergency in the country by three months. The Turkish government submitted the bill to the head of parliament, following a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Earlier on Monday, the
London – Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Baqeri threatened on Monday to target US bases if the US administration places the Revolutionary Guards on its list of terrorist organizations. At a gathering of military commanders held in the city of Mashhad in the northeast
Ramallah- The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein said on Monday that all the recent Israeli measures implemented at Al-Aqsa Mosque were totally rejected, including the metal detectors to search worshipers. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Sheikh Hussein called on all Palestinians
Beirut – Stances in support of the Lebanese army continued to pour in amid warning against the eruption of internal strife in Lebanon in wake of calls for two opposing protests. The first demonstration was aimed at voicing support for the military and the other was aimed at backing Syrian refugees i
Amman- The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) said on Sunday that the kingdom saw a rise in tourism revenues by 14.5% during the first half of the year to a total of $2.1 billion. In a press release, the CBJ attributed the rise in the sector’s income to the growth in the number of tourists […]
Abu Dhabi, London – Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has been named the second best city in the world to live, work and do business in, overtaking London, Paris, and other major cities, according to the Ipsos City Index. For this survey, Ipsos interviewed over 18,000 people,
San Francisco, London- US Researchers from the University of California have developed new electric glove that transforms sign language into written texts to appear on smartphones and laptops. The device consists of a standard sports glove kitted out with nine flexible strain sensors that are placed
Düsseldorf, London – Amazon Inc. has developed a new text messages app. The new independent app, “Anytimes,” for text messages on smartphones, laptops, tablets, and smart watches will allow people to chat via texts and videos, along with sending funny pictures by using filters and enjoying gam
A new law giving Thailand’s king direct control over royal assets worth billions of dollars went into force Monday, the latest move by an increasingly assertive monarch to consolidate his power. King Maha Vajiralongkorn inherited one of the world’s great fortunes when he ascended the thr
Hoping to ease growing tensions, South Korea offered on Monday to hold rare military talks with North Korea after Pyongyang test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile. The South’s defense ministry proposed a meeting to be held on Friday at the border truce village of Panmunjom, wh
The United Arab Emirates was not responsible for an alleged hack of Qatari websites which helped spark a month-long diplomatic rift with Doha, the UAE’s foreign minister said on Monday. “The Washington Post story today that we actually hacked the Qataris is also not true,” Anwar Ga
In two recent interviews, President Donald Trump made the argument that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have preferred Hillary Clinton in the White House. Trump’s argument is that he “campaigned on strong military, strong borders, and low oil prices” and these goals don̵
