Riyadh- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior asserted on Monday that the security and stability witnessed by Saudi Arabia at the regional and international levels came thanks to Allah Almighty, the efforts of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque
Russia will create a permanent naval base in Syria to expand its military footprint in the Middle East, a government official said on Monday, a week after Moscow said it was considering reviving Soviet-era bases in Vietnam and Cuba. The move, announced by Russian Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pank
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel promised cash and military vehicles on Monday to help Niger fight human traffickers and extremists. Merkel’s move comes in hopes of trying to bolster a country that is a key staging post for migrants trying to reach Europe. Merkel, under intense political pressure
France intends to get in touch with the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to launch an investigation into war crimes it says have been committed by Syrian regime and Russian forces in eastern Aleppo, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Monday. Since the failure of efforts to rea
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia is expected to continue the issuance of bonds during the upcoming period to fill any possible gap in its annual budgets in case oil prices kept on falling. On the level of investment in the bonds and instruments markets, Saudi Arabia has established an independent financial mark
Moscow- Russian social media networks have caught fire ever since Chechnya Head of Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, and his three sons became a national MMA sensation. Covering an event on mixed martial arts, Kadyrov did not mind that his three boys Akhmad, aged 10, Eli, nine, and Adam, eight to partake in
Saudi Aramco told the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Egypt’s state oil company, in early October that it would halt the supply of refined oil products to Egypt, Reuters cited a government official on Monday. “Aramco informed the EGPC early this month of its inability to s
Riyadh- Mohsin Ali Khasrouf, the chief of Yemen’s Armed Forces Moral Guidance Department, warned that international navigation in the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb will remain under threat as long as the Houthis possess advanced weapons provided by Iran. Khasrouf revealed to Asharq al-Awsa
Ankara – The 23rd World Energy Congress opened on Sunday at Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center with representatives of 130 countries taking part, members of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ministers of Energy fro
Riyadh – Saudi-Japanese relations will see a great boost as 38 Japanese companies have offered Saudi Arabia 36 cooperation opportunities in the areas of energy, industry, renewable energy, infrastructure and entertainment within Tokyo’s initiative to work with Riyadh to achieve “Saudi Arabia’s Visio
Washington – Few hours before the second presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump finds himself in the hot spot again facing his Democrat opponent Hillary Clinton after a disastrous weekend. Contrary to all the previous scandals, criticism against Trump’s recording didn’t stop this tim
Kuwait- Authorities in Kuwait are tracking down details extracted from an arrested group of residents suspected of plotting and leading terror attacks against U.S. soldiers assigned to the country. A collision between a truck driven by an Egyptian and a vehicle carrying three U.S. soldiers in Kuwait
New Delhi- While India and Pakistan are busy exchanging fire on the borders, Pakistanis are using pigeons, balloons and music to express anger against India. Since the terrorist attack in September against the Indian army camp in Auri, where 20 Indian soldiers were killed and the subsequent India st
Samsung Electronics took another hit Monday over its recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, acknowledging it was “adjusting production” of the device after major distributors stopped offering replacements because of continued safety concerns. The South Korean electronics giant has struggled
Ramallah-The first official to have ever set foot in Iran after the cleric-led revolution took over the country in 1979 was Palestine’s former chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat. Arafat’s attachés revealed that the freedom fighter was astonished by the attitude and
Manama – Bahraini Authorities began the implementation of security measures during Ashura. Authorities confirmed that the installed security surveillance cameras in Bahraini capital, Manama, are to maintain security and safety of residents and citizens. Manama Governor Hisham Al Khalifa said that th
Beirut- An independent Shi’ite politician said that Iran has received in the past few months parliamentary and party delegations and officials from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces for the sake of “restoring the national coalition.” The politician told Asharq al-Awsat that “Iran’s supreme le
Dubai has announced that its non-oil foreign trade grew by 17% during H1, 2016. The city added up to AED647 billion from January to June 2016. Imports had the biggest share at AED401 billion, while exports and re-exports accounted for AED74 billion and AED172 billion, respectively. Sultan Ahmed Bin
Jeddah–The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for holding an emergency Islamic Summit to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria, in particular in the city of Aleppo. During an extraordinary session of the OIC at the delegates’ level on Sunday, participants urged Islamic natio
Riyadh–Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met on Sunday with a Japanese delegation during which the partnership between the two countries was reviewed in light of Saudi Vision 2030. The Deputy Crown Prince, accompanied by Ministe
