Riyadh- Yemen’s Deputy Minister of Finance Dr. Mansour al-Butani confirmed that the legitimate government has paid the salaries of a number of the administrative staff in Sana’a and Taiz. On the reasons why salaries of public employees have been delayed, Butani told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthi m
London- If nothing else, it was a more polished performance than the first time Wayne Rooney staged his own press conference, on a January evening in 2003 and the occasion of his first professional deal for Everton. At 17, Rooney was so unprepared for the barrage of flashing cameras the words stuck
Aden, Algeria- Yemeni Human Rights Ministry has said that over 70 Yemeni abductees were killed under brutal torture inside prisons run by the Houthi-Saleh militias. In a statement, the ministry condemned the prosecution of 36 professors, activists and media professionals in an invalid court, which d
Cairo – Egyptian security forces increased its security measures during the last few hours in an attempt to end the series of terrorist attacks inflicting the country over the past couple of weeks. Egyptian army killed on Sunday nine militants which it described as “extremely dangerous” in central S
The Saudi Arabian cabinet welcomed on Monday the decisions of last week’s Arab information ministers council, hailing its emphasis for the need for Arab unity in confronting terrorism. It also praised the council, which held its eighth regular session in Cairo, for stressing the need to dry up the s
The state of ISIS was not expected to live long. Neither Iraq can bear a cancerous tumor of this kind, nor the Kurdistan region can accept such a dangerous neighbor. The countries of the region cannot be lenient towards it. The world cannot tolerate it. Al-Baghdadi’s state raised everyone’s concerns
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced on Monday successfully transforming a manned aircraft into a functioning drone. KACST President Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed cited the successful field test of the unmanned aircraft, named “Al-Nawras,R
Kuwait- French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has concluded his tour to four Gulf states by asserting from the UAE on Sunday that the solution lies in the hands of GCC countries themselves and noting the pivotal role played by Saudi Arabia to combat terrorism. Le Drian concluded his Gulf tour i
Russian air strikes and cruise missiles, foreign militias and Assad armed forces continue to use coercive force as towns and land stretches from eastern Aleppo to southern Raqqa are brought back under regime control. Syrian rebels, or what is left of them, fight with great valor, no aid, and under i
Riyadh – Saudi Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) is expected to generate electricity using renewable energy during the upcoming phase. Earlier in February, the Energy Ministry launched REPDO to develop renewable resources project, review executive plan of National Renewable Energy
Paris – For three days, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted in Paris Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where he took part in a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the deportation of thousands of French Jews to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Sunday marked the day
Cairo – Gradually, the unbalance immoral equation that governs the approach of some in the West against Islam and Muslims is being uncovered. This unjust equation shows clear and flagrant contradiction where every attack or threat on human life or property, no matter how great or minor, is blamed on
Non-combatant deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured, the United Nations said Monday, urging insurgent groups in Afghanistan to curb attacks on civilians. Deaths in the capital Kabul accounted for nearly 20 percent of the toll, ac
A Jordanian soldier on Monday received a life sentence in the shooting deaths of three US military trainers at the gate of an air base in southern Jordan last November. A military court in Jordan sentenced the defendant, 1st Sgt. Marik al-Tuwayha, to life in prison with hard labor. He had pleaded &#
London – Workers at the Islamic center in London lived moments of terror when they received a mail package threatening them with a biological attack. On Tuesday last week about 11:00 AM a regular mail was sent to the Islamic center in London and was sent to an employee on the third floor who opened
The Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday they had seized a new neighborhood from ISIS in the militant stronghold of Raqqa where the terrorist group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is allegedly located. The SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by the US, have been pressing an operation
Cairo- Head of Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj has reviewed his government’s work in a span of one year since coming to office in Tripoli in April 2016. In a televised statement on Saturday , Sarraj proposed a new roadmap that necessitates holding parliame
Tel Aviv – The Ministerial Committee for Legislation of Israeli government approved an amendment to an existing Basic Law which stipulates that transfer of sovereign control of any part of the city, including as part of an Israel-Palestinian peace deal requires approval of a majority of at least 80
Riyadh- Advancing renewable energy in the desert nation, Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday moving forward with the first of a kind wind energy project. The move comes to embolden the private sector’s contribution to the vital domain of green energy. Energy and industry ministry offices released a sta
Energized by a massive vote against President Nicolas Maduro in an unofficial plebiscite, Venezuela’s opposition mulled on Monday how to escalate protests and block his plan to rewrite the constitution for the purpose of having Socialist Party hegemony. After nearly four months of street ralli
