Suspected ISIS gunmen attacked Friday an army checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing 12 soldiers in North Sinai province and injuring eight more, according to security and medical officials. They said the attack took place about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Suez Canal near the
Cairo- As the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) coordinate with the biggest oil producer in the world (Russia) to limit the production in order to regain stability and prices’ balance, the U.S. oil continues to grow, exceeding the USD50. This level represents a profit to rocky
Beijing- Poor Chinese trade figures halted the dollar’s broader rally on Thursday and sent the offshore version of the country’s yuan currency to within sight of lows hit in a dramatic sell-off in January. The euro fell briefly below $1.10 for the first time since July, but it quickly re
Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO on Friday after the U.N. cultural organization angered the Israeli government by adopting two resolutions on annexed east Jerusalem ahead of a final vote next week. In a letter sent to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, Education Minister Naftali Bennett a
Forces trained by the Turkish military at the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq will take part in the planned operation to drive ISIS out of the city of Mosul, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. It cited officials who took part in talks between Turkey and the United States, as w
London-Militant groups like Hezbollah and ISIS have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other, adding a new twist to Syria’s civil war, a U.S. military official and others say. A video belonging to an al-Qaeda offshoot, Jund al-Aqsa, purportedly shows a drone
Bangkok- Thailand’s 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej was announced dead on Thursday evening. After the announcement, according to AFP, hundreds of people burst into tears in the hospital where he spent the majority of the past decade receiving treatment for various health problems. U.S. Pre
London, Brussels- The EU misspent 5.5 billion euros ($6 billion) in 2015, the bloc’s financial watchdog said Thursday, warning that Brussels needed to regain the trust of European citizens shaken by Brexit and other crises. Badly spent funds went on paying overcharged personnel costs for devel
Whether you like Donald Trump or not, one thing about him is undeniable: he has managed to upset the American political apple cart like no one else in recent memory. It seems as if he has built his campaign for the US presidency on the basis of a vade mecum on “how to lose an […]
Aden- The United Arab Emirates expressed great condemnation and concern over repeated assaults by the Houthis against ships located in international waters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation warned that these serious developments threaten international navigation by targe
A Vauxhall Insignia estate sits in the space at Melwood where a Porsche Panamera GTS used to be. But that’s not it. Too superficial. Plus, he’s an ambassador for Vauxhall. Anfield now houses a luxurious main stand and an extra 8,500 supporters. But that’s not it either. The plans predate him. What a
Manama-King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa highlighted on Thursday that he will not permit any foreign party to exploit the sectarian diversity of Bahrain and fan a division between the Bahraini people. The king hailed the constitution’s ways of protecting and reinforcing religious freedom and
Erbil-Anti-Iran Kurdish opposition factions uncovered that they have killed more than 26 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) during fierce battles in the Kurdish areas of Sardasht and Mariwan west of the country in the past few days. The East Kurdistan Defense Forces said that the mi
After a little over a decade of being nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, American rock sensation Bob Dylan won one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel— noting that a musician winning the top award in literature is a first. Mr. Dylan, 75, is the first musician t
New York – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is set to start a five-year term as U.N. secretary general in January as the U.N. General Assembly unanimously appointed him on Thursday as Ban Ki-moon’s successor. The 193-member assembly passed a resolution by consensus to officially app
Riyadh-Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir said on Thursday that Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces was a sectarian militia organization with affiliations to Iran, causing problems and divisions, and committing ethnic crimes against civilians in different places in Iraq. Jubeir’s remarks c
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at Al-Yamamah Palace on Thursday Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu and Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations and prospects of cooperation be
Riyadh-Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz has discussed with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his accompanying delegation Saudi-Malaysian bilateral relations and possible ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries especially
Moscow, Washington – An international meeting on the ministerial level will be held in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday as part of fresh attempts to overcome previous failures in reaching an agreement over war-torn Syria. While reports said Iran will not attend the meeting, well-informed Russi
Riyadh-The Japanese SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) has announced plans to establish the SoftBank Vision Fund, a new technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion and in which Saudi Arabia will consider investing up to $45 billion, to become the biggest partner in the group. The Fun
