New York – A man suspected of shooting an Imam and his assistant as they left a New York City mosque was arrested and charged with murder late Monday night, New York police said. Police have yet to release a motive behind the killings. Oscar Morel, 35, of the borough of Brooklyn, was charged j
Rabat- The year of 2016 has been witnessing a significant regression of the Islamic caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in terms of its spread, human resources, and financial capacities. This positive path has come to obstruct the political and geographical expansion of ISIS in Iraq, Syria, and Libya.
Russian bombers carried out airstrikes against ISIS in Syria from an airbase in Iran on Tuesday, the Russian Defence Ministry said, marking a new development in the co-operation between the two countries that are the main supporters of head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad. The ministry said the air
Cairo – Libyan Speaker’s Advisor Issa Abdul-Majid said on Monday that he resigned from his post while declining to explain the reasons behind his decision. Abdul-Majid noted that several obstacles were preventing parliament to convene in order to hold a vote of confidence on the Cabinet. In an inter
Erbil – Kurdish Peshmerga forces announced that the military operation is almost over after it had liberated 12 villages from south and west Mosul till al-Gwer Bridge. Earlier, Peshmerga was able to retrieve nine villages followed by three others. German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) rep
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — For more than a decade, Silicon Valley’s technology investors and entrepreneurs obsessed over social media and mobile apps that helped people do things like find new friends, fetch a ride home or crowdsource a review of a product or a movie. Now Silicon Valley has found its next
Jeddah – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, who is also the chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee, issued a ban on the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking purposes at the holy sites during this year’s Hajj season, including at governmental buildings and camps. Crown Prince directed
Riyadh – Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) revealed that the number of Saudi employees has increased while the unemployment ratio remained stable at 11.6% during the second quarter of 2016. GaStat issued the report of labor force survey showing an increase of Saudi labor force to 5.661
Baghdad – After postponing the sessions for almost three months, and after a number of protesters stormed into the parliament, Iraqi parliament granted the approval for five new ministers out of the six suggested by the Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi. The lawmakers voted on Abdul Razzaq al-Issa as m
Beirut- Tourists coming from Gulf Arab countries were absent from the cities and villages of Mount Lebanon this summer, as one of the repercussions to the current crisis between Lebanon and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. For the first time since the end of the Lebanese Civil War, tourists
Ankara, Beirut- Turkey has set a three-step scenario for a political solution in Syria summarized in protecting the borders, preventing the creation of states controlled by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the return of refugees currently residing in neighboring countries. Turkish Prime
Jeddah- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud called on pilgrims to dedicate themselves to worship and perform Hajj rituals away from actions contrary to the teachings of the Islamic religion. King Salman’s instructions came during a Saudi Cabinet session held Monda
U.S. special operations forces in Syria do many things in the war against the Islamic State. They gather intelligence, build relationships with local communities, help spot targets for air strikes and train and advise local forces on the ground. One thing they cannot do, though, is enter into range
Two suspects are on the run after carrying out a gun and axe attack in the German city of Cologne, leaving one person “seriously injured” in the early hours of Monday morning. The attack took place on Flandrische Straßem, which is near the city center. A police spokeswoman said police received numer
Cairo – International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged South Korea to use fiscal policy to support its economy in the face multi structural constraints like the rapidly ageing population, reliance on exports and lagging productivity. The new policy aims to increase social expenditure over the medium term w
The GCC countries have ran important structural reforms aiming to diversify economic activities and providing job opportunities in the private sector. In this context, the banking sector will be one of the main concerned parties by sponsoring small businesses and easing the process of structural tra
Jeddah- Red Sea Housing Services Company (Ghana) Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary, in Houston, Texas, USA filed a legal case against OPI International Group Ltd, its associated subsidiaries and named Directors for the total value of $24,524,024, which represents the total receivables outstanding as per
Istanbul-The Saudi National Campaign to Support the Brothers in Syria is holding talks with a number of factories in Turkey to manufacture aid materials for a winter project by the campaign. The project aims to help Syrian refugees, noting that this projected has been adopted since the beginning of
London – A recent Medecin Sans Frontiere (MSF) statement revealed contradictory information to its previous statement that was circulated by the media on Sunday, and the message sent to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. MSF said that Arab coalition warplanes targeted a children’s school, whereas a letter s
London – Seven weeks after Britons voted for Brexit, mystery still surrounds the legal procedures especially that the current government have not done any step towards activating Article 50. In addition, legal debate regarding the parliament’s vote on Article 50 with recent conflicting statements of
