Makkah – Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Statistics said on Sunday that 1.87 pilgrims have performed the Holy Hajj during this year’s season. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Authority announced that the total number of pilgrims reached 1,862,909. Those include 1,325,372 pilgrims from outsid
Beirut-The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has placed a plan for “gradual escalatory” measures in the streets of Lebanon, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper learned on Sunday. The FPM, which is founded by MP Michel Aoun and led by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, is currently holding meetings at several areas i
Makkah-Pilgrims visited Arafat Mountain on Sunday to accomplish the biggest duty of their pilgrimage in the place where Prophet Mohammed (peace upon him) delivered his farewell sermon and where he received the inspiration to complete his prophecy from Jibreel. Nimra was built during the era of Abbas
Cairo- Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, the general commander of Libya’s pro-parliament National Army, achieved a key military victory on Sunday, as they gained control over the country’s “oil crescent” that was under the authority of militias supporting the U.N.-backed Government of National
Beirut-Interior Minister Nohad al-Mashnouq announced Sunday that he had requested the Cabinet to dissolve the Arab Democratic Party headed by Rifaat Eid, a close ally to the Syrian regime led by Bashar Assad, and the Islamic Unity Movement, a week after a Lebanese court issued an indictment revealin
Hillary Clinton cancelled a California fundraising trip after being diagnosed with pneumonia and falling ill Sunday at a 9/11 ceremony, putting her health at the forefront of the campaign in which the two major party nominees are among the oldest ever. “Secretary Clinton will not be traveling
North Korea is capable of detonating another nuclear device anytime, South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday, just days after Pyongyang sparked worldwide condemnation with its fifth and most powerful test. “An additional test could be conducted in a tunnel that branches off from the s
Beirut-The Eid ceasefire that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry agreed on last week is expected to go into effect on Monday at 7:00 p.m. Syria time, amid a state of expectations, mystery and doubts. Until Sunday night, opposition factions were still undecided
Despite Hillary Clinton’s recent slip in the polls, she has a big political opportunity, even though some of her advisers might regard it as a curse: She can run as the candidate who represents the “mainstream” leadership of both parties and knows how to fix our broken political system. In a year wh
London-By any standards Donald J Trump, the Republican Party nominee for the US presidency is a hard character to cast. This is the lesson that, with less than two months to Election Day, the American media are just beginning to grapple with. The result is a mixture of revulsion, concern and, increa
Forces loyal to east Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Sunday seized at least two key oil ports from a rival force loyal to the U.N.-backed government, risking a new conflict over the OPEC nation’s resources. Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (L
Ankara- The appointment of Mevlut Cavusoglu to head the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs twice in 2015 can’t be separated from the political frame of the policy adopted by the AKP-Justice and Development party since 2003. Cavusoglu was appointed as a Minister of Foreign Affairs for the first time
Ramallah- The decision of the Palestinian Supreme Court to suspend elections in the West Bank and Gaza, which was set on the 8th of October hasn’t disappointed many people who didn’t believe that it would happen. Those people realize that the depth of the division will obstruct the process of democr
I was never one of those who criticize the Grozny conference, and I never cared to comment on it because it is just one of the dozens of government seminars that are held every year. It is also the least important because it is sponsored by Chechnya’s President, who is assigned by the Kremlin, which
Brasilia- Thousands of Brazilians hit the streets to protest against the government and new President Michel Temer. Protesters came out in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and other cities. The demonstrators along with other leftist groups and unions allied with Rousseff’s Workers Party, demanded
Washington- American daily “The New York Times” published on Saturday the second in a series of daily dispatches sent by Diaa Hadid, its correspondent covering this year’s Hajj Pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Hadid works at the newspaper’s Jerusalem bureau. Hadid was asked to chronicle her pilgr
UK newspaper, The Independent, has given a public apology to Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iraq Thamer al-Sabhan. The apology is for an article that made false allegations on his cousin, Abdel Salaam, dying while fighting for ISIS. The article, which appeared on September 7, also claimed that Iraq at
Cairo- Ahmed Mohmamed Gaddaf al-Dam, cousin of the late totalitarian leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi, says that reinstating the old regime –the one which rose to power after the 1969 Gaddafi-led coup- is unrealistic and that both he and his supporting group understand that fully, affirming that they
Washington- U.S. President Barack Obama marked the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks by honoring the nearly 3,000 victims lost in the tragedy and commending its first responders. Obama celebrated the “resilience” of Americans 15 years later, saying that the “core values that define us
Paris- Ines, 19, Sarah, 23, Amel, 39, and Ornella, 29, and maybe there are other girls who might be involved in the probe carried out by French Security services. Those women make up the female “terror commando” that attempted to carry out a terrorist attack in Paris as they parked a car with its li
