OPEC member country Algeria is expected to host a meeting for the organization’s oil ministers next week. The last two OPEC meetings held in Algeria — in 2004 and 2008 — shocked the market with unexpected production cuts to prop up prices. The stars might once again align for OPEC next w
Tuesday night in the city of Aleppo was the most violent since the start of events in Syria, and the Syrian opposition announced that Russian and Syrian aircraft carried out more than 100 air raids on besieged eastern neighbourhoods in conjunction with unprecedented missile attacks and bombardments
A rocket fired from Syria hit the Turkish border town of Kilis on Thursday, wounding at least six people, including five children, officials said. The private Dogan news agency said the rocket is believed to have been fired by ISIS group militants. Turkey’s army said in a statement on Thursday
Baghdad – Iraq’s Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari was voted out of office by the parliament on Wednesday in a secret vote of 158 to 77. Zebari assumed office as minister of finance after spending 11 years as Iraq’s foreign minister. A parliamentary inquiry investigated into charges of corruption and
U.N. aid convoys resumed on Thursday aid delivery to besieged areas in Syria after a 48-hour suspension to review security guarantees following a deadly attack on relief trucks and a warehouse near Aleppo, a U.N. spokesman said. “Today we are sending an inter-agency, cross-line convoy with urg
Egyptian prosecutors remanded four men in custody today on suspicion of people trafficking after a migrant boat capsized in which dozens are feared to have drowned, judicial and security officials said. According to the officials, the four suspects are accused of involuntary manslaughter and human t
Riyadh-Argentina is seeking to boost its cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the field of nuclear energy, transform the agreement signed between the two countries in 2011 on peaceful use of nuclear energy into action and work on increasing Saudi investment and trade exchange to build a promising future
New York, Jeddah – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz reiterated Saudi Arabia’s complete rejection of terrorism in all forms and confirmed that the kingdom had issued a set of rules and regulations that criminalize terrorism and its funding. He pointed out that Saudi: “is now part o
Brussels- As announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union Address, Members of the College discussed, during their weekly meeting on Wednesday, a revised draft of the rules needed to avoid abuses of the end of roaming charges in time for June 2017. The College discussed a new approach to
The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday directed blame at Democratic Republic of Congo’s government for surging political tensions that sparked deadly clashes in the capital Kinshasa this week, warning the authorities are risking a large-scale crisis. “The authorities need to pull back f
Finch Farm, Thursday morning, and Everton players are putting another intense training session behind them with a game of head tennis. The mood is as lighthearted as the contest until Ronald Koeman interrupts. “One team was losing quite heavily and he wanted to know why,” Gareth Barry discloses. “He
Huge blazes erupted in Syria’s Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes on Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers in New York to salvage a collapsing ceasefire. The top diplomats from the United States and Russia were to meet with other key players in New York l
Being a Lebanese myself I can claim that I know how the Lebanese think; this is why I expect the initial response to the above question from the Christians among them to be: “Who are you to tell us what to do? Are we so unqualified or brainless that a non-Christian like you should lecture […]
Riyadh– A request made by the leader of Houthis, Abdul Malek al-Houthi, for the nation to support the Central Bank, drew question marks on how the cash-strapped Yemenis will be able to donate. Yemeni citizens haven’t received their salaries because they were spent by al-Houthi’s group on the so-call
Riyadh-The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh on Wednesday issued a primary verdict against two Saudi women for trying to sneak into Yemen to join ISIS in Syria, via Yemen’s al-Qaeda, along with six children and two Yemeni smugglers. The two women were sentenced to jail and banned to travel. Four
You may now have more messaging apps than you have close friends. As of this week, there are six prominent chat apps in the United States — or as I see it, one too many. The latest to join the horde is Allo, Google’s highly anticipated messaging app that lets people take advantage of artificial [&he
Iraq’s military backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition on Thursday seized the center of Shirqat, a northern town in Salahuddin province seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to recapture Mosul from ISIS. The army, backed by local police and Salahuddin’s Tribal Mobilization forces,
Riyadh – Airbus Middle East announced on Wednesday the official launch of “Entaliq with Airbus”, a collaboration agreement between Airbus Middle East and TAQNIA Aeronautics, a Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company, in June 2016. “Entaliq with Airbus” is a competitive program that
London–On the 36th anniversary of the first Gulf War, Iranian military leaders flexed their muscles, launching threats and stressing their influence in five Arab states, including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Palestine. Iran’s latest military hardware was displayed in a parade in Tehran on Wednes
Riyadh-Saudi Arabia has done yet another humanitarian act, supporting refugees all over the world. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said Saudi Arabia is committed to providing more support to aid refugees at a U.N. summit on Tuesday. Speaking at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees i
