London-Optimism prevailed over the diplomatic meetings concerning the intra-Syrian talks. U.N. Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura was hopeful that the Syrian peace talks will resume, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed on setting a date and had anticipated declaring a cooperation plan wi
Morocco said on Wednesday that it had arrested 52 suspected militants inspired by ISIS and that it had foiled several attacks in the North African country by seizing arms and bomb-making materials. It is the largest group arrested in years and the latest of a series of cells that the authorities say
Riyadh-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is working on fighting online extortion, identity theft, and cyber begging through several methods. Of the proposed techniques, officials are planning on drafting guidelines to protect Gulf citizens and their personal information. In addition, online app compani
Riyadh-A French official revealed that differences between Paris and Moscow are due to the latter’s ambiguous intentions in explaining its focused air strikes on civilians and Syrian opposition in Aleppo. The official noted the incompatibility in the Russian behavior and efforts put to fight terrori
Riyadh, Jeddah-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at his residence in the city of Tangier on Tuesday Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir. The two leaders reviewed Saudi-Sudanese fraternal relations and a number of issues of mutual interest. Al-Bashir was
Ramallah-Recent leaked information about a meeting between Hamas and Israeli officials stirred nationwide debates, before a Hamas official had to deny what an Israeli figure had confirmed. Channel 10 of Israeli television reported a meeting of the head of the regional Council of Ashkelon with the ma
Moscow- Russian security forces announced making several arrests against terrorists suspected of recruiting ISIS members, and most of which have pledged allegiance to the hardline group and were planning to travel to Syria to fight among ISIS ranks. Officers of the Russian Interior Ministry and Fede
London-Amazon.com Inc said this week that it has entered into a partnership with the British government to speed up the process for allowing small drones to makes deliveries. The world’s biggest online retailer, which has laid out plans to start using drones for deliveries by 2017, said a cros
Baghdad – The controversial “popular mobilization” militias would soon become a military body that would be equal to Iraq’s official forces in terms of capacity and arming, following the footsteps of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which was formed in a similar manner. An official document
Nouakchott-Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the 27th Arab League Summit held in Nouakchott. “The Nouakchott Summit has agreed to take serious steps with regards to the Arab world’s future, and given that M
Riyadh-Kuwait Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Khaled Jarallah stressed that Kuwait’s position towards Iran conforms with that of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). He saidthat his country welcomes dialogue with Iran as long as the important bases are maintained. According to Jarallah, once sove
Paris- On April 19 last year, Paris police stopped an Algerian student named Syed Ahmad Ghulam a few blocks away from where he was living in the French capital. Ghulam was arrested after having shot himself—a 32-year-old female sports trainer was found dead with a bullet in the head in the back of t
Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday by becoming the first woman to win a major U.S. political party’s White House nomination, after her former rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, told the chairwoman from the convention floor that Clinton, 68, should be selected as the party’s
Ankara-The Turkish government has approved a step to draft a new constitution in the wake of the recent failed coup. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim said that political parties had found enough common ground to draft a new constitution. In a press conference held on Monday following a Cabinet
Geneva-The International Organization for Migration has said that more than 3,000 migrants died in the Mediterranean this year while an estimated 249,854 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through July 24, arriving mostly in Italy and Greece. According to IOM estimates, the latest d
Beirut-Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam has stressed that Lebanon was and still is an integral part of the Arab nation which has always stood by it and embraced it over the years. Any doubt over Lebanon’s Arab belonging and its solidarity with its brethren is aimed at distorting Lebanon’s histor
Abu Dhabi, London-Solar Impulse 2 started a first-of-its-kind 16-month flight without using a drop of fossil fuel and concluded its epic journey in the early hours of Tuesday morning, returning to Abu Dhabi. The aircraft arrived at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, where its adventure began
London-Old cities are always distinguished with beauty features that amaze people, like their old souks under the blue clear skies, embroidered colored clothes made of white cotton, and old stone buildings covered by the yellow light of the sun. However, the history of cities is filled with turmoil
The military council for Manbij and its countryside has launched a new initiative for the city that is located in the north-east countryside of Aleppo. This time, the council is proposing that wounded and injured ISIS soldiers leave the city in exchange for civilians being able to move to areas libe
The White House recently released a new set of instructions on how government agencies should respond to major cyber security attacks. The Tuesday published directory was seen as an attempt to combat perceptions and criticisms on the Obama administration being inactive when addressing threats from s
