Beijing-The first meeting of the Saudi-Chinese Joint Committee, which was held on Tuesday in Beijing, saw the signing of 17 agreements and memoranda of accords in different cooperation fields. Ahead of the meeting, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier an
Iraq is right on track with meeting its objective realizing the city of Mosul’s take back from ISIS later this year, the head of the U.S. military’s Central Command said on Tuesday. However, the advance according to schedule is conditioned by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi choosing to go forwa
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz’s visit made headlines across Chinese newspapers. Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman, had arrived to Beijing, on Monday. This makes it his second st
The US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday arrived in Bangladesh in order to strengthen cooperation on the fight against terrorism after police announced in a statement that they had killed a group of fighters that were accused of carrying out a terrorist attack on restaurants in Dhaka in July.
An armistice between Turkey and the Kurdish-backed Jarablus Military Council is put in order, a Kurdish military official at an SDF-allied group said on Tuesday. The Jarablus Military Council is a group aligned with U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The truce deal has been put in f
German federal prosecutors have charged a 16 year old girl of Moroccan origin named Safia S. who was accused of stabbing a German policeman in the neck with a knife. She was charged with attempted murder, being a supporter of a foreign terrorist organisation and inflicting serious bodily harm on a p
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, 71, confronts the toughest test of her leadership to date at the upcoming ethnic peace conference on Wednesday to be held in the capital Naypyitaw. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), aims to use the conference to e
By now it is just becoming a standard part of the calendar for Manchester City, greeted with the familiar rolling of eyes and complaints behind the scenes that they feel cursed. This is the sixth season they have appeared in the Champions League and once again they find themselves casting envious gl
WHEN Vanessa Arreola, 18, starts her freshman year at Stanford University this fall, the top item on her back-to-school wish list is a MacBook Pro. She said she wouldn’t consider a tablet because she prefers a traditional keyboard. She relies on apps like Google Docs for documents and Google Slides
Beirut-Co-chairman of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim directed accusations against Iran, Turkey and Syrians on uniting despite their conflicts and rifts for the sole purpose of Kurds, amid a suspicious U.S.-Russian silence. Salih Muslim considered that the oppressive nature of
Buenos Aires – Iranian foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif had an official visit to Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Chile; after which Asharq al-Awsat newspaper met with Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Knightsbridge Partners Daniel Melhem to speak on matters of investmen
To appreciate what’s at stake for the world in this year’s U.S. presidential election, it’s useful to visit a place such as Australia that has been one of our most faithful allies — and that appears to be mortified at what’s happening in American politics. Australians are polite, in their own rowdy
Baghdad- Iraq’s amnesty bill parliament voted on last week faces more challenges as appeals continue to be filed against it. The bill’s poor drafting, with article that might open up legal loopholes, had given rise to heated controversy across the country. The statement issues by the judiciary autho
What distinguishes the west from the rest of the world is its respect for the principle of freedom; it believes in it as a culture and commits to it in constitutions that governments and citizens adhere to. For this reason, France’s highest administrative court, the State Council, intervened and con
Riyadh- Tehran has crossed the distance of a large-scale 11,600 km to stage its two failed attempts on the lives of top Saudi diplomats in both Washington and Baghdad. Assassination attempts only came after the two officials had succeeded in baring the bigoted and criminal Iranian regime before the
Cairo – Libya’s pro-Government of National Accord (GNA) forces announced on Monday they are fortifying their control over ISIS’ stronghold in Sirte, after heavy fighting that left dozens dead and wounded. U.N. secretary-general’s special representative for Libya Martin Kobler expressed h
Cairo- The video that featured a group of children who shot captives in Iraq; the arrest of a child who was trying to implement a suicide bombing operation with an explosive belt; and the bloody suicide attack implemented by another child in a wedding party south of turkey have raised many questions
The case of Burkini has emerged in France after the decision to ban swimming suits worn by Muslim women in 30 municipalities in the country. This ban provoked a wide debate in France and in the worldwide media; it has also renewed arguments in Paris on secularism and religious freedom. The ban of bu
Kabul – Afghanistan Intelligence arrested the Iranian official Qurban Ghalambor for recruiting Shiites to fight on behalf of the Syrian regime, according to a governmental official who preferred to remain anonymous. Ghalambor is the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s office
Riyadh- Damage brought about by the guerrilla war in Yemen has recently accounted for an augmented $15 billion, according to Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammed Maitami. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Maitami says that the size of damage done has increased from a prev
