Beirut – A Lebanese detainee, who has been arrested in Iran on charges of spying for the United States, has pleaded with the concerned authorities to release him. Nizar Zakka, who has been on a hunger strike for 18 days, said: “I have reached the end. I am very tired. I am not doing well.” […
Jeddah – Any resolution of the Gulf crisis should come from within the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, stressed Saudi Arabia and France, adding that everyone should be fully committed against terrorism, those who support and fund it, and spread extremist ideologies. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel
Moscow – The terror group ISIS is known for its demeaning and objectifying treatment of women. The ultra-hardliners would enslave and auction off women in a special arena to the highest bidder. What is more is that even the wives of ISIS members have not been spared the violence and humiliation. ISI
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, congratulated US Defense Secretary James Mattis on the victory of Iraqi forces in defeating the ISIS terrorist group in the city of Mosul, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The two officials held a telephone
Cairo – Libyans and authorities celebrated on Saturday the reopening of Benghazi Benina Airport. The airport will now be open to commercial flights. It was closed for three years due to fighting in the city. The official inauguration of the airport took place on Thursday only days after it was annou
Garbine Muguruza won the women’s Wimbledon title on Saturday with an emphatic two-set victory against Venus Williams. It was the Spaniard’s first title at the English tournament. She beat Williams 7-5, 6-0, overwhelming her with a supreme display of power hitting in 77 minutes on Centre Court to bec
Brussels – The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the failed June 20 attack at a Brussels train station, local media said. No one but its perpetrator, identified as Moroccan native Osama, was killed in the incident in the Belgian capital. The terror organization also claimed responsibil
Baghdad – Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Saturday attended a massive military parade in Baghdad celebrating the victory announced against the terror group ISIS in Mosul. National army, police and other security troops along with Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) partook in the parade.
Cairo – Eyewitnesses in the city of Hurghada said that the knifeman, who killed two German tourists on Friday, told Egyptians who were present at the scene before he committed his crime that he was not targeting them. “I do not target you… I am here to perform a specific mission,” the eyewitne
Stockholm – Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt had collectively written to the football governing body, FIFA, asking it to remove Qatar as host of the 2022 World Cup, a Swiss website, The Local, reported on Saturday. The six countries referred to Artic
Hallowed be Allah! (Subhan Allah) After it spent months attacking and warning against Donald Trump becoming a president. After spending six months in cautioning against his administration and disastrous policies, and after attacking its neighbors for strengthening their relations with the American a
Beirut – Speaker Nabih Berri suggested on Saturday a new approach that allows Beirut to coordinate with Damascus the return of Syrian refugees without making any Lebanese leader visit Syria. The announcement of Berri comes as “an exit for the crisis,” as ministers are divided over how the gove
Paris – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to hold talks on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, marking the first time the two officials meet. The meeting will be an opportunity for the Israeli to PM to test the role that Paris is seeking to play in resolving t
Israeli authorities reopened the al-Aqsa Compound on Sunday, two days after it was closed following a deadly shooting. The closure had sparked fears of the eruption of clashes. Director of the Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani had warned that the prolonged closure of the mosque would be tantamount
Thousands took to the streets of central Hong Kong Saturday night holding candles as they marched in memory of pro-democracy Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Veteran activists led the solemn gathering which wove its way from the commercial heart of Hong Kong Island to China’s liaison office, with
Gunmen attacked military bases in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan and the northern city of Korhogo in the early hours of Saturday, but were repulsed, a senior military official said. Three military sources blamed demobilized former rebel fighters – forces caught up in years of instabi
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday strongly condemned Israel’s closure of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the banning of Friday prayers for the first time since 1969, describing it as a crime, a serious precedent, a blatant transgression against a holy site and an attack on the right
What lessons can we take from ISIS’ defeat in Mosul and its coming eviction from Raqqa? The collapse of the so-called “caliphate” tells us that the United States can succeed militarily in the Middle East if — and probably only if — it works with local forces who are prepared to do the fighting and d
Cuban President Raul Castro said Donald Trump’s hardline stance towards the country was a “setback” in relations with the United States after ties were gradually restored under Barack Obama in 2015. Castro criticized Trump’s partial rollback of Obama’s rapprochement wit
Riyadh- Around 165 Saudi firms are preparing to release their financial results of the second quarter of 2017, amid expectations that the profits of the companies listed in the stock exchange market will witness some growth compared to the same period in 2016. In this regard, Saudi firms achieved du
