Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi has proposed Youssef Chahed as a new candidate to replace the north African country’s ousted prime minister Habib Essid. “I met today with the president… who charged me with forming a national unity government,” Chahed told reporters outsi
Riyadh- Saudi Capital Market Authority unveiled a draft on real estate investment traded funds instructions. The draft prohibits the investment of real estate funds in white lands, or urban lands that are not being developed by their owners. These updates coincide with the Ministry of Housing beginn
Kano (Nigeria)-After a wide campaign and so much pressure put by extremists, Nigeria has cancelled a plan to build a $10 million “Film Village” outside the mainly Muslim northern city of Kano. The project, to be built on a 20-hectare expanse near Kano, planned for a film center, a 400-capacity audit
What is happening in Syria is a real international farce, especially the crimes being committed in Aleppo and in the surrounding areas. The United Nations, America and the west are witnesses to this farce. While Assad’s regime continues to besiege Aleppo with the support of Russia, the US Secretary
Turkish police raided on Wednesday the offices of the national science research council, broadcaster NTV said, as authorities expand investigation into followers of the U.S.-based cleric suspected of engineering last month’s coup attempt. NTV reported many people being detained in the raid on
Washington and Moscow – U.S. President Barack Obama declared that U.S. still seeks cooperation with Russia to reach diplomatic solutions for struggles in Syria and Ukraine. At the same time, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said that his country started cooperation with U.S. in Aleppo,
Ankara-Turkey has sent a second document to the United States demanding the urgent arrest of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who was blamed for the failed coup attempt of July 15. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Tuesday: “We answered their questions about ‘why it is urgent to arres
An Emirates airline flight coming from India crash-landed at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, the Dubai government media office said on its official Twitter account, adding that all passengers were evacuated safely. The flight originated form Thiruvananthapuram in southern India with 275 pa
Kuwait- On August 2, 1990, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait perplexing the Arab world and changing the balance of power in the Middle East. But after 26 years, Kuwait is still facing challenges though the threat of foreign invasion is unlikely. Major challenges are represented in terrorism and social div
London-The mother of an “autistic” British man detained in the United States for allegedly trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer at a Donald Trump rally has launched a campaign to bring her son back home. Lynne Sandford, told a news conference in London on Tuesday that her son Michael, 20, &
Tunisia-Tunisia’s political leaders will meet at the Presidential Palace in Carthage on Wednesday to agree on the prime minister who would lead Tunisia’s national unity government, well-informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. The meeting will also see the announcement of the positions of th
Tripoli-Despite fight against ISIS in Sirte and the political disputes among Libyan politicians and parties, Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State Abdulrahman al-Sweihli has envisioned from his office in Tripoli a secure future for his country, which has been living in chaos since the fall of
Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued to attack the West for supporting the failed coup attempt and the arrests that followed it. He accused the West of supporting terrorism. At an event for foreign investors at the presidential palace in Ankara, Erdogan said: “The West is suppor
Washington-The International Monetary Fund is again the target of accusations of being under Europe’s control ever since the IMF participated in the first Greek bailout in 2010. Pressures aim at forcing the IMF to participate in the plan that was approved by the Europeans to aid Greece in 2015, whil
Baghdad, Dialah- An Iraqi parliamentarian has revealed that Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Commander Qassem Soleimani reached Nineveh Governorate’s border to be briefed about the conditions there and the possibility of starting a battle to liberate Mosul. “Soleimani, along with his compani
Jeddah – New York – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that his decision to remove the Arab coalition from the blacklist annexed to a U.N. children and armed conflict report was based on a long careful study. He added that he discussed this issue with high-ranking Saudi off
Washington-The U.S. State Department confirmed on Tuesday that it has been providing security and intelligence assistance to the Brazilian government to help it confront any threat to the Olympic Games that are set to open in Rio de Janeiro this week. The revelation came after ISIS released videos o
This villa, built in 2012, overlooks the small town of Mattsee and two lakes, Mattsee and Obertrumer, in upper Austria. Situated on a third of an acre, the property is about a seven-minute walk from the shore of Lake Mattsee. With a population of roughly 3,000, Mattsee is 12 miles outside the city o
Tony Carr did not hesitate when he was asked about his favourite Upton Park memory. His mind went straight back to the May evening in 1999 when his young team of academy products gave Coventry City the thrashing of a lifetime, beating them 6-0 to wrap up a 9-0 aggregate victory in the FA Youth [&hel
Tel Aviv- Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Adnan Al-Husseini warned of procedures carried out by Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem and its suburbs. “These procedures fall within a clear plan to force Palestinians out of their villages, expand the Israeli control over residents’ lives and inc
