Washington-The annual report issued by the U.S. State Department on religious freedom around the world has focused on violations made by ISIS, mainly what it termed as “genocide” carried out by the group against Christians, Shi’ites and Yazidis. According to Agence France Presse, in its comprehensiv
Tel Aviv – The U.S.-based Black Lives Matter movement has called Israel an “apartheid state” and said it is joining the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign over acts of “genocide against the Palestinian people”. Black Lives Matter and The Movement for Black Lives – a coaliti
Ankara- Ankara and Tehran’s announcement on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visiting the Turkish capital on Friday raised even more speculation of a Russian-Turkish-Iranian tripartite alliance surfacing. Zarif is expected to be discussing bilateral ties shared among the two countries.
London-The Women and Equalities Committee in the British parliament requested Theresa May to roll out a plan to tackle the sufferings of Muslim women in the labor market by 2017. In a report issued on Thursday, the committee highlighted the importance of achieving equality among citizens regardless
Manama – Bahrain’s political landscape has seen a major improvement two months following the implementation of an amended law that separates politics from the religious platform. Observers say that Law 12/2016, which was issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in June 2016, amending some of the prov
Jeddah-Turkey’s Ambassador to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Salih Mutlu Sen has stressed that Washington would eventually hand over US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen to the Turkish authorities. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Sen said: “We believe that the U.S would h
Beirut, New York- A partial Aleppo ceasefire announced by Russia collapsed upon its first day of implementation on Thursday. Clashes pitting pro-regime allies and forces against the opposition and its allies renewed. No strategic worthwhile advancement was registered. Activists confirmed the deaths
Jeddah-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued a royal order to appoint Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki as an advisor at the Royal Court, at ministerial rank. According to the decree, competent authorities should be informed of this order, to appro
Aden-U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller has slammed the rebels’ formation of a political council, describing their move as a breach to the Yemeni constitution, Yemeni parliamentary sources said. A committee representing parliamentary blocs held a meeting with Tueller to discuss the insurgents’
In May last year, James K. Galbraith, a left-leaning American economist, sent an email to Greece’s finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, in which he argued that an exit from the eurozone would benefit Greece. Mr. Galbraith, who was advising Mr. Varoufakis at the time, made the case that a new currency
Washington-Republican Donald Trump has not backed off from his fiery statements, making remarks that landed him in fresh controversy after he called President Barack Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton the “co-founders” of ISIS. The remarks that he made at an electoral rally in Fl
Cologne-German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has announced a series of new measures as part of the fight against terror. Among the proposals is a controversial plan to strip jihadist fighters of their German nationality. Deportations of convicted criminal migrants will also be sped up while p
Beijing-The world’s fastest train with the maximum speed of 380kph will be launched in China next month. The train would run on Zhengzhou-Xuzhou high-speed track from next month. Compared to the last generation bullet train, the new train’s continuous operating speed has increased from 50kph to 400k
Moscow’s beauty and vitality this summer have been enhanced with thousands of charming ladies who wandered in the capital’s streets on bicycles to participate in one of the most known summer activities “Ladies on Bicycles,” a parade during which women wear high-heeled shoes and ride bicycles. To par
Taif-Minister of Culture and Information Adel al-Turaifi has announced that a royal approval has been made to establish a Royal Academy of Arts that will include a national theatre, as part of the Kingdom’s strategy for national transformation. He said that the Ministry intends to launch projects to
Libyan forces renewed clashes with ISIS militants in Sirte on Thursday, a day after capturing a convention complex that had been a symbol of the militant group’s dominance over the city. Forces aligned with Libya’s U.N.-backed government seized the Ouagadougou convention center and sever
Iraq’s offensive to extricate ISIS, an ultra-hardline terror group, from its de facto capital Mosul is on track despite a spat between two senior politicians over alleged corruption in the military, the U.S. envoy to the coalition fighting the militant group said. Defense Minister Khaled al-Ob
A Canadian man killed by police on Wednesday had indicated he planned to carry out an imminent rush-hour attack on a major Canadian city. The man drew the attention of U.S. authorities who tipped off Canadian police, intelligence sources said. The man was killed on Wednesday during a police raid in
The suicide bomber who killed 72 people in Balochistan killed a generation of lawyers who were seeking justice in this vast region which is located in south western Pakistan. The region is also plagued by insurgency movements and harsh military repression. The attack targeted lawyers in Quetta, and
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will work with both OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers to help stabilize oil markets, it said on Thursday a month ahead of an informal meeting of oil giants in Algeria. Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ,OPEC, will be meet on the sidelines of t
