US warplanes finally struck Houthi sites and radars on the Red Sea coast after US navy ships were bombed twice. International leniency with the rebels despite the huge number of crimes that they have committed against Yemenis over two years is what has enabled this religious terrorist group to frigh
London-The tale of exposed corruption carried on striking Iran’s public, as major authority figures are turning out to be beyond compromised. Early September, despite the story on oversized paychecks cashed by corrupt politicians is still headlining news in the cleric-led country, another earth-shat
The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) announced on Saturday that the Great Hall in Yemen’s Sana’a was “wrongly” targeted earlier this month based on “incorrect information” and without the approval of the Arab Coalition command. “A party affiliated to the Yemeni Presidency of
In recent weeks, the US President Barack Obama has been granting a series of valedictory interviews designed to shape the image that history would end up granting him. One recurrent theme in all these interviews is the president’s musings about his “team” which he calls “almost a family” that he not
Egypt’s military launched air strikes against jihadist targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the army said, after ISIS killed 12 soldiers at a checkpoint 40 km from the town of Bir al-Abd. Friday’s attack saw mortar rounds and rockets fired at the army post that lies west of El-Ari
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday rejected claims of women accusing him of sexual misconduct, and said they fabricated their stories along the media and established politicians to damage his campaign. As Trump spoke at a rally Summer Zervos — an ex-contestant on his
London– Morton & Eden, Auctioneers of Coins, Medals and Paper Money are putting up for auction a rare coin which belongs to the era of Al-Walid who is an Umayyad Caliph that ruled from 705 AD until his death in 715AD. The valuable currency is estimated to be worth £300,000 Pound Sterling.
London-China’s producer prices unexpectedly rose in September for the first time in nearly five years thanks to stronger commodity prices, welcome news for the government as it struggles to whittle down a growing mountain of corporate debt. The producer price index (PPI) rose 0.1 percent in Se
Washington-Cultural Attaché at the Saudi Embassy in Washington Dr. Mohammed al-Issa denied in a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat rumors about a U.S. decision to prevent around 100 students from entering the country, saying only scores had not renewed their student residency or other document
Ankara-Turkey and Israel will complete the process of exchanging ambassadors within 10 days, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Friday, a key step in a process of normalizing ties ruptured six years ago. The two countries normalized ties in June after a 2010 crisis triggered by Isr
Cairo-Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group have joined efforts together and announced establishing a technology investment fund that could grow as large as a whopping $100 billion. The fund will be one of the world’s largest private equity investors and a potential kingpin in the indu
London- Scotland Yard is currently investigating the appearance of Lebanese so-called Hezbollah flags at a procession of Ashura organized last Wednesday in the British capital. A spokeswoman from the Scotland Yard told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the investigation was ongoing over the presence of
New York-British Ambassador to the U.N. Britain Matthew Rycroft has said that his country submitted on Friday night a draft resolution to the Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Yemen. “We have decided to put forward a draft Security Council resolution on Yemen calling for an
London-Iran had not yet decided whether it would participate in the meeting on Syria expected to be held in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday, amid signs of disputes over the issue between the government of President Hassan Rouhani and the Revolutionary Guards. Iran was mentioned along Saudi Ar
Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud sent a cable of condolences to the Thai Crown Prince, Maha Vajiralongkorn, on the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. In his cable, the King said: “We have been informed of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. I send to yo
A Syrian Opposition senior commander said on Friday that Syrian regime forces would never be able to capture Aleppo’s opposition-held east. Russian air strikes were proving of little help to regime ground forces in urban warfare, the deputy commander of the Fastaqim opposition group in Aleppo
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry announced on Friday that he has been consulting with officials from China, India and Pakistan on the sidelines of a meeting in Rwanda in hopes of striking a deal among 150 nations on ways to phase down factory-made hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases. Talks on a gl
The Arab coalition carried out a series of air strikes on positions belonging to the Houthis and military forces loyal to the former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the governorate of Saada. According to the German news agency DPA, Popular Resistance sources said that coalition aircraft launc
Pakistan sent out a serious warning on Friday for media outlets which publish reports against the national interest. Despite the strict prohibition on press freedom of speech, Pakistan still lifted a travel ban previously imposed on a prominent journalist over an article he wrote about an alleged ri
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said yesterday that “No one can interfere in the close and historic relationship between Egypt and its Arab brothers” and noted that his country “has an independent policy based on maintaining Arab national security through the Egyptian vision”. He also de
