Giving books a new lease of life and following the outstanding success of Pokemon Go, a Belgian primary school headmaster has developed an online game that permits people to search for books instead of cartoon monsters. While with Pokemon Go, players use a mobile device’s GPS and camera to tra
At least 11 Turkish police officers were killed and more than 70 people injured in a car bombing blamed on PKK rebels at a police headquarters in the town of Cizre. The blast came two days after Turkey launched an incursion against ISIS and Kurdish militia fighters in Syria, but there was no immedia
Hearing diplomats and policymakers talking about Syria, one is bound to quickly come across a cliché: There is no military solution! But what if the opposite were true in the sense that the five-year plus “problem” couldn’t be solved except through military action? It is interesting that all those w
Kuwaiti police have arrested a government employee accused of spreading ISIS’ ideology online, the interior ministry announced late Thursday. The ministry identified the man as Othman Zain Nayef, a 26-year-old Kuwaiti national, who had “used his office and computer to spread the extremist ideo
Baghdad- Iraq’s parliament impeached Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi on Thursday over corruption allegations, removing him from office as the army gears up for an assault on ISIS’ Iraq stronghold of Mosul. Two lawmakers said parliament voted 142-102 to withdraw confidence from Obeidi after questio
London-As all awaits the French government’s decision on the ‘burkini ban’ Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, has condemned the highly controversial ban in parts of France. At least 26 French cities have effectively banned the swimming garb. Speaking at a press conference with Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo,
The tone of the U.S. presidential campaign turned darker on Thursday, with Democrat Hillary Clinton skewering Republican Donald Trump as a man who flirts with racism ideas, while he in turn labeled her a racist but sought to soften his image with an appeal to minorities. Speaking at a campaign event
We’ve clearly had a failure of leadership in this country. The political system is not working as it should. Big problems are not being addressed. But what’s the nature of that failure? The leading theory is that it’s the corruption: There is so much money flowing through Washington that the special
Cairo- National Reconciliation Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj revealed that he requested U.S. military assistance at the time when five Western governments urged him to present a new cabinet line-up to the Libyan parliament to be endorsed within ten days. Governments of France, Germany, I
London-A British parliamentary panel has slammed social media networks mainly Facebook and Twitter for not taking extra measures to stop extremists from benefiting from their services. Keith Vaz, chairman of the parliamentary committee, wrote in a report issued on Thursday that popular social-media
New Delhi- Trying to reduce the usage of plastic, an Indian designer has created a pen made of paper wastes which will later transform into a plant that provides medical benefits due to a small grain fixed at the end of each pen; the pen is sold for 12 Indian rupees, around 12 cents. This […]
Washington- At a time the Obama administration faces heated criticism on paying $400 million in cash to Tehran to release the U.S. captives earlier January, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said that a dashing $1.3 billion was wired to Iran secretly. Dodging questions of the press, Tru
Jeddah-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Thursday a new solution on Yemen based on a political and security track during a press conference with his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Jeddah. GCC states reached a final agreement on the initiative which calls for Houthi militias to han
Riyadh-Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior has directed to host the families of the martyrs of duty to perform Hajj rituals this year at the expense of the Ministry of Interior. This was announced by Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry for Milita
Certainly Iran would have preferred to maintain the policy of caution and was not satisfied with Russia’s announcement on using a military base on its territories. This step was supposed to stay discrete, but the Russian ministries of defense and foreign affairs surprised the Islamic Republic; Tehra
Riyadh-For the second day, “Hakaya MiSK” festival continued to enhance youth talents in the fields of writing, painting, animation, and production through specialized workshops supervised by professionals. The festival, organized by MiSK Charity Foundation, has showcased a variety of platforms desig
A U.S. Navy ship fired three warning shots after an Iranian craft approached and circled two U.S. Navy ships and a Kuwaiti vessel in the northern Gulf on Wednesday, CNN reported on Thursday. It said the U.S. ship fired the shots into the water after the Iranian ship did not leave after a brief radio
Demanding Kurdish militia to retreat within a week, Turkey sent more tanks into northern Syria on Thursday. The artillery was directed as to secure the border region and drive back ultra-hardline ISIS militants to neighboring Syria. Syrian opposition members backed by Turkish special forces, tanks a
A 21-year-old British woman, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was killed and a man was seriously injured when a French citizen stabbed three people whilst shouting “Allahu Akbar” in a hostel in Australia, according to reports. Police are investigating the incident that occurred late on Tuesday in Home Hill, a rur
Saudi Arabia’s Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received United States Secretary of State John Kerry and accompanying delegation on Thursday. The King and Kerry’s delegation met at Al-Salam Palace in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Bilateral cooperation between the States and th
