Madinah – Madinah Governor Prince Faisal bin Salman inaugurated the new building of the Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) in Madinah in the presence of Saudia Director General Saleh al-Jasser and other officials. The new building contains all departments of the national carrier and delivering se
Jeddah- The Saudi Cabinet expressed on Monday its appreciation for the efforts exerted by security authorities to detect and foil the criminal plots committed by the Deviant Group seeking to destabilize security of Saudi Arabia and to incite sedition among its citizens. During a session chaired by C
Beirut, London- A Syrian negotiator between the so-called Hezbollah party in Lebanon and Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi told Asharq Al-Awsat that the party was preparing a deal with Libya to receive $200 million, weapons and an apology in exchange of closing the file of Cleric Musa Sadr. The
Ankara, Beirut- Turkey issued a strong warning to Kurdish Forces in north Syria, asking them to immediately move north the Euphrates or become another target, and have called on Washington to abide by its promises in this regard. Turkish deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said the main target of
Riyadh – Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry are working towards the establishment of a proper mechanism to integrate private sector companies into privatization programs launched by the Kingdom within the framework of Saudi Vision 2030. A series of workshops and studies were recently launched b
China hopes to highlight its central position in shaping global governance rules and reinforce itself as a global power at the upcoming G20 Summit. The G20 Summit will be held on September 4th and 5th in Hangzhou, China, and President Xi Jinping will chair it. The Summit will host the leaders of the
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed agreement to the manner in which Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Gabon on 27 August 2016, which recorded a high turnout of voters. The OIC -formerly Organization of the Islamic Conference- is the second largest inter-governm
Uzbekistan’s president Islam Karimov suffered a brain hemorrhage on Saturday and is in stable condition in intensive care, reported his daughter. Karimov has built his authoritarian rule on warnings of a radical militant threat to the Central Asian region. With no strong political opposition o
Owners of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones who say a design defect causes the phones’ touchscreens to become unresponsive, making them unusable, have pushed for legal action against the technology giant Apple Inc. Complainants linked the problem to Apple’s decision not to use a met
Riyadh- Some foreign investors have expressed interest in investing in the Saudi shares market after relaxing the restrictions and setting new rules for the market that will become effective soon. The rise of foreign investors’ requests is estimated as 100% in August 2016 compared with same month in
London- Last week, U.S. media shed light on magazine Al-Majalla follow up of activities and movements of Yahia al-Houti in Germany. U.S. media also highlighted reports in the last two publications of the magazine on Yahia suspicious movements in Germany without even having a valid passport. After th
Conservative Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy said on Monday he would change the country’s constitution to ban full-body burkini swimsuits incase he gets re-elected to his former role in a vote next April. He stressed that he would impose a nationwide ban on the swimwear that has domin
ISIS has claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 18 people and injured more than 26 at a wedding party near Karbala, south of Baghdad, late on Sunday, local officials said. Five assailants including the suicide bomber attacked the celebration in Ain al-Tamr, west of Karbala in southern Iraq,
Belgian police have arrested five suspects after a blast on Monday at the country’s national crime lab just north of Brussels caused major damage but no casualties, prosecutors said, dismissing reports that a bomb had exploded. They said there was no immediate reason to believe there was any t
Turkey on Monday said it would continue targeting a Syrian Kurdish militia in Syria if it failed to fulfil promises to retreat east of the Euphrates River, accusing the group of ethnic cleansing. But the warning came amid a call by a top U.S. official to focus on the fight against ISIS. “The Y
Aden- Security forces on Monday took control over 80 percent of Abyan, Yemen’s strategic governorate. According to security sources, only three out of 11 villages remain occupied less than two weeks after the launching of a military campaign to purge the region from terrorist groups along with
Cairo – Political strife has escalated in Libya after Speaker Aguila Saleh called on Prime Minister of Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj to step down. Saleh told Libya News Agency (LANA) that decisions issued by the presidential council of Sarraj are void and asked Sarraj to step d
A massive suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s second city of Aden killed at least 60 people on Monday, medical sources said. The blast was claimed by ISIS. A security official told Agence France Presse that the attacker drove his vehicle laden with explosives into a gat
The bull market in stocks has been supported by two fundamental pillars: high corporate earnings and low interest rates. Both of these mainstays appeared wobbly early this year. Fortunately for investors, there is now some good news for both of them. Interest rates, which were expected to rise, have
One of the great hypotheticals of Barack Obama’s presidency involves the Iranian uprising that began on June 12, 2009, after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was announced the winner of contested presidential elections. What if the president had done more to help the protesters when the regime appeared to
