Jeddah-Videogame fans will have the chance to enjoy the newest technologies while sitting at home after Sony launched the PlayStation VR headset along with a number of related games across world markets, including Saudi Arabia and the Arab region. Asharq Al-Awsat got the chance to test the final edi
Cairo-The Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation in Cairo will host the opening of a special art exhibition “Caricature from Saudi Arabia and Egypt” with the participation of 22 artists and the attendance of the two renowned Saudi caricaturists, Abdullah Sayel and Fahd Al-Khamisi. Fa
Afghan citizens in Kabul criticised the government’s inability to guarantee the security of its people during the commemoration ceremony of Ashura after an attack on a mosque killed at least 14 people. At least 14 people including a child died during the attack on a mosque and 36 people were injured
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has instructed the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KS Relief) to coordinate with the leadership of coalition forces, the legitimate Yemeni government and UN institutions in order to facilitate the transfer of those w
Both the Syrian regime and Russia yesterday expanded their air campaign against areas controlled by the opposition, specifically in the city of Aleppo, the countrysides of Idlib and Homs and Ghouta, east of Damascus. Sources reported the death of dozens of people and said that dozens more were missi
Boko Haram militants have released 21 schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago in the northern town of Chibok following a prisoner swap, an official in the president’s office said Thursday. The Chibok girls were released as part of the swap deal struck between Boko Haram, the Internationa
Khobar- Saudi Arabia will meet investors on Wednesday and Thursday in London followed by three-day meetings in the U.S. which will conclude on October 18 to sell its first international issuance of Saudi government bonds. During the meetings, attendees will discuss the Saudi plan to issue dollar den
A flood of newly published accusations that Donald Trump groped or inappropriately kissed women has further deepened the Republican nominee’s campaign crisis and rocked the race for the White House. Claims by five women, whose accounts were reported by The New York Times, The Palm Beach Post, NBC, P
A Syrian bomb suspect, who has committed suicide, was not viewed to pose an “acute” suicide risk, a German jail official said, as the chief public prosecutor in the state of Saxony stressed the authorities are still investigating whether he had accomplices. Jaber Albakr, 22, hanged himse
Brussels- The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Brussels has warned of the mounting number of youths recruited by ISIS in Belgium to carry out attacks in the country. “Young people are no longer called upon by ISIS to fight in Syria, but are called to carry out attacks in their country,” Belgian federa
An advice given to me by a dear late friend keeps coming to mind when I discuss politics. He said: “Beware, Eyad, of a politician who knows only politics and likes nothing but politics!” He was absolutely right; and after getting to chance to meet with politicians all over world the world, I realize
Aden, Riyadh- High-ranking Yemeni sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that around forty Iranian warships violated on Wednesday Yemeni territorial waters. According to Yemeni government sources, there is a huge probability that these warships were smuggling weapons for the Houthis and transporting mercenari
Moscow, Ankara – Russia said a ministerial meeting will be held in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss the Syrian crisis, while the United States State Department said a second international meeting will take place in London on Sunday to look into the means to stop the bloodshed in the war-torn count
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has welcomed the GCC countries’ tourism ministers, during a meeting held in Riyadh. King Salman received on Wednesday at Al-Yamamah palace Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, President of Saudi Commission for Tourism and Nat
Washington– The U.S. Pentagon said on Wednesday that Houthi militias will pay the price for the recent missile attacks on the USS Mason off the coast of Yemen. The Mason, a U.S. destroyer deployed in the Red Sea, was targeted by missiles off the southern coast of Yemen on Sunday. The destroyer repor
Berlin- Hoping for a brighter future, Ahmad Lababidi and another man who gave his name only as Ahmed D. arrived in Germany from Syria 12 months ago but were forced to endure frustrating waits and crushing boredom. Lababidi, 23, who studied economics at Damascus University, remembers the day the offi
Riyadh–Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Abdullah Al-Muallimi said that the Kingdom has addressed a letter to the Security Council, condemning the terrorist acts perpetrated by Houthi militias and their allies in Yemen, as well as war violations committed by the head of t
Moroccan police, in cooperation with Spanish security forces, have arrested a terrorist network suspected of links to ISIS, the Spanish Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The arrests of four Moroccan men on Wednesday followed two years of police investigations and stemmed from monitoring two peopl
Ankara-Since the inking of the agreement between Turkey and the EU on March 18, the issue of refugees has become a source of dispute between Ankara and European countries. According to the agreement’s articles, measures should be taken to deport non-Syrian refugees to their countries; the Syrian ref
Riyadh-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received a telephone call on Wednesday from British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon. During the conversation, bilateral relations between the two countries were discussed in addition to the
