Beirut, Washington- Dozens of regime forces soldiers were killed in the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes that struck Syrian military bases in Deir el-Zour. The U.S. Central Command issued a statement stating that “the airstrike was halted immediately when coalition officials were informed by Russian of
Ramallah – Hamas Movement condemned on Saturday a recent decision by the U.S. State Department to designate senior Hamas official Fathi Hammad as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), while Hammad laid little importance on this issue, noting that such decision would not prevent him from assu
Porlamar, Venezuela- The 17th session of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was inaugurated on Saturday in Venezuela, trying to escape its international isolation and witnessing a severe economic and political crisis. This meeting coincides with national pressure being exerted on Venezuela’s President
A pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey town on Saturday. The bomb was set off shortly before thousands of runners were due to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors, authorities reported. No injuries were reported in the blast in Seaside Park around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, said Al
Russia’s Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he remained “more positive than negative” over the recent shaky ceasefire implemented in Syria, but a senior Syrian Opposition official in Aleppo warned the truce “will not hold out” as some fighting renewed and aid failed to come thro
Officials in the Philippine security forces said that a Norwegian man, previously held hostage by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf extremist militant group in the southern Philippines since September last year, was freed on Saturday. The group seized Kjartan Sekkingstad from an upscale resort on Samal
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that more than one million people have fled the conflict in South Sudan and have taken refuge in neighbouring countries. The agency’s spokesman in Geneva said that “The number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in neighbouring co
Turkish security forces arrested four people on the basis of intelligence information that stated that the terrorist organisation ISIS is planning to target the British and German embassies in Ankara. However, sources at the Turkish Ministry of Interior confirmed that it has not found conclusive evi
Washington-Armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are not only devastating the economies gripped by fighting but are also sapping growth in neighboring countries and those hosting millions of refugees, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. In a new study analyzing 179 co
Cologne- In the nineties of the last century and after the rise of the Nazi tide affected by the German unification, foreigners in Germany formed “eight percent” organization to express their proportion in the German society. Since then, this rate rose to 14% in 2005 and, currently, has reached 21%,
Despite the increase in the population of the world, it remains small because it unites friends, families, acquaintances and memories. However, scientists are always researching about the wondrous world that we live in without us realising. One scientist discovers the particles of an atom and anothe
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow is holding to its part of the Syria agreement, but accused the rebels of using it to “regroup” and expressed hope that Washington would stick to its commitments. “We see attempts to regroup among these terrorists, to switch o
Brussels-Controversy has continued for the second consecutive day in the parliamentary and partisan circles in Belgium in the aftermath of what some of the media described as “racial incident” that occurred during one of the parliamentary sessions discussing the closure of the Caterpillar factory in
Thirty-eight Boko Haram militants have been killed during search operations carried out by soldiers from Niger and Chad in the Diffa region of southeast Niger this week, an official said Friday. Two soldiers from the bilateral force were lightly wounded in the action and “on the enemy side; 38
Initial quantities of the iPhone 7 Plus have sold out globally as Apple Inc prepares to roll out its new gadget in stores, the company said Wednesday. Supplies of the larger size of Apple’s new phone have been exhausted in all shades, and the smaller iPhone 7 has also sold out in the new jet [
London-Former Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited for a walk down memory lane on Thursday for the premiere of a documentary by Oscar winner Ron Howard about the Fab Four as they toured the world in the 1960s. The singer-songwriter and drummer posed for photographs on a blue carpet in
Algiers-Calls for the resignation of Algerian Education Minister Nouria Benghabrit grew on Friday over a major mistake in a secondary school geography book which labelled a map of Palestine as Israel. This mistake has led to growing resentment of Islamists and conservatives. Social media networks al
London- Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif is trying hard to set himself as the hero of the propaganda campaign launched recently by Tehran against Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, before heading to the Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela, Zarif told reporters that he will call for the fo
Beirut-An official Lebanese delegation headed by Prime Minister Tammam Salam traveled to New York on Saturday to participate in a summit on refugees which is set to be held at the United Nations headquarters next week. The summit is expected to discuss the problem of Syrian refugees -the worst human
The U.K. government had to perform two distinct calculations in deciding to proceed with building a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, one political and one economic. The political reckoning was always going to argue strongly against abandoning the project. The economics, however, went the othe
