An Egyptian development organization that manufactures products for the disabled has opened a workshop in Cairo to make prosthetic limbs for the poor, staffed by workers with disabilities who could otherwise struggle to earn a wage, said a Reuters report. The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Soci
London – Tehran rejected on Thursday accusations that it played a role in the civil war in Tajikistan in the 1990s, saying that the claims are “aimed at ruining the bilateral ties between the two countries.” In a documentary aired by state television on Wednesday, three Tajik nationals attested to r
London- Tehran’s municipal council named on Thursday the final candidate for mayor behind closed doors, replacing incumbent Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf with a pronounced reformist. The reformist majority council agreed to elect presidential economic advisor Mohammad-Ali Najafi instead of the curr
Ankara – Ankara announced on Thursday that the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s insistence to hold an independence referendum will harm cooperation in the energy sector with Turkey. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak said during a television interview that the “whole of northern Iraq” w
Jeddah- Saudi Arabia and Iraq on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to reduce their oil production under OPEC’s agreement to curb the global supply gap. Iraq has stressed that there was no disagreement with Saudi Arabia’s proposals to reduce oil production. In a statement, Saudi Energy Minister Kh
London – After fighting against Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad for six years, rebel soldier Abu Mohammed laid down his arms as part of a peace deal in his home town of Moadamiya last year, said a Reuters report on Thursday. But he has now fled Syria into Turkey. His reason: the Syrian re
Riyadh – The Arab Coalition to Restore the Legitimate Government in Yemen asked on Thursday that the UN operate Sana’a airport. It revealed that it has followed up on reports published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen regarding banning commercial flights f
Ramallah – Israel threatened to launch a new war on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday should the group attempt blocking the construction of tunnel-proof border wall. Israel had announced that it spotted hidden tunnels running under civilian homes in Gaza, threatening to shell these houses
Jeddah – Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks on Wednesday night with visiting Iraqi Minister of Petroleum Jabbar al-Laibi. The two officials discussed bilateral ties, especially joint economic opportunities, specifically in the oil field. This included openin
Beirut- Syrian regime forces and their allies managed to capture on Thursday areas at the borders of Souweida province with Jordan, a movement considered as bypassing the west southern truce signed under a US-Russian-Jordanian patronage, including the countryside of Deraa. “The Syrian regime-linked
Paris – Mystery still surrounds the car-ramming attack that was carried out by Algerian Hamou bin al-Atrash in a Paris suburb on Wednesday. The suspect is currently in hospital where he is receiving treatment after being shot five times by police during his arrest. He was not well enough to be quest
North Korea criticized on Thursday US President Donald Trump’s recent “fire and fury” remarks, saying he is “bereft of reason” before detailing its threat to attack the US Pacific territory of Guam. “Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can wo
How is Donald Trump doing? In the past couple of weeks, this question has been making the rounds in political and punditry circles pondering the first six months of the new US President. The answer depends on whose point of view one has in mind. From Trump’s point of view things are going well for [
North Korea said on Thursday it was completing plans to fire four intermediate-range missiles over Japan to land near the US Pacific island territory of Guam in an unusually detailed threat that further heightened tensions with the United States. According to Reuters, North Korea’s army will c
US-backed forces now have ISIS fighters surrounded in central Raqqa, a Syrian Kurdish commander said, but he predicted that driving the militants out could take up to four months. “We’ve cleared about half of Old Raqqa … and we’re advancing on all axes,” said Haval Gaba
Many economists genuinely want to make their field more scientific — grounded in empirical evidence rather than in theory or, worse, ideology. Yet a recent article by four prominent academics demonstrates the extent to which ideology remains a problem. My Bloomberg View colleague Justin Fox ha
Riyadh- Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) announced that “only Saudis” are permitted to work in establishments that provide services of obtaining tourist visas – a step that would reinforce job opportunities for Saudis in the tourism sector. SCTH decided to stop dealing with
Gaza– Tensions escalated again in Gaza Strip as Israeli warplanes targeted Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, after extremists launched a missile from Gaza, while Hamas warned of the consequences of the escalation. Israeli jets struck two Qassam targets in the Gaza Strip over
Khobar – The Secretariat of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has extended invitations to four OPEC and non-OPEC countries to attend a technical meeting to be held in Vienna this month, to monitor the commitment to an agreement to reduce global oil production, well-i
There is a famous saying that “in politics, there is neither a lasting friendship nor a permanent enmity, but rather a permanent interest.” It is true. The most successful policies are the most realistic ones, in which pragmatism trumps principles. Take the US, established by its Founding Fathers wi
