French lawmakers voted massively Wednesday to extend the state of emergency introduced late last year for a fourth time in the wake of the July 14 truck attack in the city of Nice. After seven hours of fraught debate into the night, during which the right-wing opposition party, Les Republicains, acc
Tangier-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, met on Tuesday with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain. King Salman received Al Khalifa at his guest residence in the region of Tanja in Morocco. During the meeting, discussions touched on the brotherly re
Cairo – New York – Riyadh – U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has presented a new roadmap towards the achievement of peace in the war-torn country, according to well-informed sources. The sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Tuesday that during the ongoing peace talks held in
One of the many reasons for Claudio Ranieri’s popularity is his fondness for picturesque speech, simplified imagery that translates naturally into newspaper headlines. Last season saw pizza-based incentives and then alarm bell motifs worked close to exhaustion. Now the Italian is warming to his habi
Ankara-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed his agenda for the coming period, represented in three major points: clearing the country of terrorist organizations, considering the nation’s demands of executing the perpetrators of the attempted coup and disregarding conflicts with neighborin
London-British Finance Minister Philip Hammond, who was named as chancellor of the exchequer by Prime Minister Theresa May last week, has said the Bank of England would take the first steps to help steer the economy through its Brexit shock. “The initial response to this kind of a shock must be a mo
London – Following a long rainy winter, British people are enjoying a hot summer and chose to go outside for the hottest day in U.K. with temperatures soaring as high as 32C. “Yesterday was the hottest day so far with 30C in London and we are expecting it to increase further today,” said Met Office
London-Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called the current Syrian situation “dire” and said the country faced a “terrible humanitarian catastrophe.” “We have very serious issues before us today. We have an unfolding humanitarian crisis in Syria that is getting wo
Beirut-Mariam Khatib, a 15-year-old Syrian refugee in Lebanon, says she has just one wish in life — to be able to go back to school. “People are nothing without education,” says the shy teenager, who has not been in a classroom since her family fled the southern Syrian province of
Cairo-With the launch of the Cairo International Festival for Arabic Calligraphy, the Art Gallery at Cairo Opera House has been filled with different types of calligraphic works that reflect the beauty of the Arabic calligraphy. The festival, which is supposed to discuss cases related to the Arabic
Baghdad-Before UNESCO took its decision to add Iraqi Marshlands and historic sites to the World Heritage List, these water surfaces, which were the preferred destination for lovers and poets, used to conserve many types of birds and fish and to be surrounded by cane plants. During the Iraqi-Iranian
France expressed growing unease towards Bashar al Assad’s regime continuous tightening of siege on Aleppo and the risk it will carry out a bloodbath near Damascus, and will push this week for more pressure on Syria’s ally Russia, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday. ̶
Although stupefying gamers worldwide ‘Pokemon Go’ had some unpleasant runs with the real world, British police have recently released an audio recording of a call to the emergency 999 line in which a youth reported his Pokemon had been stolen. Police were not amused. The caller was harshly scolded f
No less than 12 soldiers were reportedly killed and 27 others injured when extremist militants staged an attack against an army base and an adjacent town in central Mali on Tuesday. The tragic attack featured the intense firing on troop positions, burning buildings and pillaging shops, officials sai
11 people were killed and 37 others injured in two suicide attacks that took place yesterday morning in Mukalla, the capital of Hadramaut province. Two car bombs went off at two different checkpoints near the western entrance to the city. A Department of Health official in Mukalla Riad Al-Jariri sai
“Nobody expected it!” This is the phrase making the rounds in global analyses of the failed coup attempt in Turkey last week. However, there may be evidence that at least some people, among them President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, might have expected it, though perhaps not at that precise date. That Erd
Those looking for an “away-from-it-all” spot in the United States are unlikely to find anywhere better than the Poconos, a jumble of mountains, forests, lakes and rivers in Pennsylvania, mid-way between New York and Washington. People come here to forget the world, admire the waterfalls at Bushkill,
Riyadh- Turkey’s military attaché in Kuwait was recently arrested at the King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia on his way to Europe. The attaché, identified as Mikail Gullu, was arrested at an airport in the Saudi city of Dammam as he attempted to board a flight to Germany, reports said. T
Riyadh-The Yemeni insurgency delegation at the peace talks in Kuwait refused on Monday all proposals put forth by the U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Chiekh Ahmed. The proposals revolved around the military, security and humanitarian aspects of resolving the crisis in Yemen. The insurgency c
Amman – Jordan’s local bank responded to the government’s request to invest in Jordan Investment Fund (JIF). Banks have also agreed to buy stakes and invest part of its savings in the capital of the fund as well as financing any strategic projects done by the JIF. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic
