Washington- U.S. President Barack Obama concluded his meetings during the G20 summit on Monday, pointing out that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was “candid, blunt and businesslike despite some disagreements.” However, Putin said that an agreement with the U.S. on finding a way to
Paris-French former President Nicolas Sarkozy was shocked to know that he, with 13 other people, might be trialed before a criminal court for suspected illegal financing of his failed re-election presidential campaign in 2012. The move was a major blow to the former French president’s hopes to run f
Riyadh – A Dutch official revealed that Netherlands is willing to share with Saudi Arabia its technology on water conservation, reduction of agricultural products exportation, using greenhouses, and working on maintaining a reserve in Saudi Arabia in what serves the Saudi Vision 2030. The Agricultur
London – British Foreign Office declared that the British visitors to Syria “do not represent the British government,” explaining that “Any British parliamentarians who have visited Damascus have done so independently. The British government advises against all travel to Syria.R
Tal Aviv- Israeli Military Censor allowed on Monday publishing information regarding secret talks that took place in 2015 among Israel, Iran and the so-called Hezbollah in addition to a third intelligence party in order to close the case of Ron Arad who jumped from his airplane on the Lebanese terri
Moscow – A Saudi-Russian agreement to cooperate in the oil market was quickly translated in the revival of oil prices on Monday. The world’s biggest oil producers have agreed to work together to stabilize the declining oil prices on the sidelines of the G20 Nations Summit held in the Chinese city of
Riyadh- Once again, Iran is in a quest to cause a clash between Muslims, tension over Hajj and damage to the public interest through an offense carried out by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saudi Arabia. The statement issued by Khamenei brings nothing new; just the same Irania
Hangzhou – Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s biggest oil producers, agreed on Monday to work together to achieve stability of oil prices. The agreement was reached following a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 Nations Summit in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Saudi Energy Minister
Khobar- Oil prices rose on Monday right after Saudi Arabia and Russia signed an initial agreement to discuss possible ways to support oil market stability. The agreement was highly welcomed by oil-producing countries. However, the biggest oil-producing countries in the world seem to have different p
London, Beirut: Iraqi families are being sent to Syria to change the demographics in the country, according to sources close to the activities of the Iranian-backed armed militias in Syria. “The most important plan currently conducted by the armed militias, is to bring Iraqi families mostly coming f
Mecca: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud directed on Monday all government and private sectors and bodies concerned with the services of pilgrims, stressing the importance of joint effort to provide the best services to pilgrims and facilitate all ways to perform th
Ramallah, Tel Aviv: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to sit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow, Russia’s Interfax news agency cited the Palestinian embassy in Moscow as saying on Monday. Member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s executive committee Saleh
Washington – U.S. presidential envoy to the anti-ISIS coalition Brett McGurk met with Kurdish allies in northern Syria last week, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday. The visit came after the Turkish army had launched its military operation Euphrates Shield against ISIS and to stop Kurdis
Merely hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defense Ministry killed at least 24 people, including a number of senior security officials, and wounded 91 others, a loud explosion hit the center of Kabul late on Monday, officials reported. Earlier on Monday, twin blasts in quick succession tor
Asia’s largest economies, China and Japan, agreed on Monday to enhance bilateral relations but still lectured each other over maritime rows that remain a recurrent flashpoint. Ties between the two countries have long been overshadowed by arguments over their painful wartime history and a territorial
Bringing together twenty of the world’s largest economies, the G20 summit concluded its sessions in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sep.5. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defense Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman led the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s delegation throughout the summit. In a press c
Crude oil futures pared gains on Monday after the world’s two biggest oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia said Monday they had agreed to “act together” to try to stabilize oil prices, including limiting output. Brent crude futures for November delivery were up $1.12 per barrel at
Barclays is set to announce that JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s executive Tim Throsby will become head of its Corporate and International division at the end of the year, ending a six-month search for the job, according to anonymous sources familiar with the talks. Chief Executive Jes Staley has been ru
Ramallah-Security bodies working for Hamas detained a director of office of one of the prominent figures in the movement and decided to execute him for working with Israel, according to sources that are close to the matter. The Israeli “al-Masdar” website published that the convict was involved at t
Riyadh- Saudi Interior Ministry warned against the collection of cash or in-kind donations for any purpose without obtaining a permit from the competent authorities such as the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance and the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. Such acts will be deemed a
