President Recep Tayyip Erdogan battled to regain control over Turkey Saturday after crowds answered his call to take to the streets and dozens of rebels abandoned their tanks after a coup bid by discontented soldiers. Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim said 161 people were killed in the country&
Washington-Part of a Congressional report that had been kept under wraps for more than a decade, and was declassified on Friday, confirmed that the United States has no proof over the involvement of Saudi officials in the 9/11 attacks. U.S. intelligence believed that Saudi officials may have had mul
Cairo-The State Information Service published a month ago the “Enormous National Projects… Development’s Engine” book that included 17 national projects on which the Egypt has been working to finish as soon as possible. The book falls in line with the government’s approach in the past few years, as
New York-The U.N. Human Rights Chief has warned that Syria has turned into “a gigantic, devastated graveyard,” and rang the alarm about the increasingly desperate situation of at least 200,000 civilians trapped in three towns in Syria where attacking forces have been making significant headway in re
Washington-Less than two hours after declassified pages from a congressional report into the 9/11 attacks were released Friday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said his government welcomed the release of the 28 pages on the inquiry carried out by a committee in Congress, U.S. intelligence and
Ankara-Turkish Armed Forces announced taking over the administration, imposing martial laws and suspending the constitution, in an attempt to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. However, the president, who urged people to take to the streets, said that the coup will fail. Turkey’s ar
Washington -A U.S. study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research said e-cigarettes could lead to a 21 percent drop in deaths from smoking-related diseases in those born after 1997. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Interventi
Washington-Republican White House candidate Donald Trump on Friday formally named Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, as his vice presidential running mate, ending weeks of intense speculation. “I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running ma
London-Army General Joseph Votel has said that the U.S. military is weighing an increase in its presence in Yemen to better challenge al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Votel was asked in an interview about the fate of one of the world’s most feared bomb makers, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. Asked
The Locarno International Film Festival (Festival del film Locarno) has announced the list of films participating in the official shows (in and out the contest), which included two Egyptian movies and three others produced with Qatari funding. The two Egyptian films are “Water, Greenery, and Beautif
Since its inception ninety years ago, the Muslim Brotherhood was never as influential and dangerous as it was after the January 25 Egyptian revolution. Now, however, it is losing ground and its last stronghold is falling. Turkey has started to actually expel the organisation as part of its policy to
New York-Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir met on Wednesday with United Nations Security General Ban Ki-moon as both discussed bilateral relations, Yemen and Syria. They further discussed a U.N. report on children and armed conflict that briefly blacklisted a Saudi-led military coalition for kil
UNESCO has inscribed four new sites in China, India, Iran and Micronesia on its World Heritage List. The new sites, announced Friday, include China’s Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape, Iran’s ancient aqueducts known as Qanat, and India’s archaeological site of Nalanda Ma
It’s a frustrating fact of life for many mutual fund investors: Even if they’re distressed by outsize executive compensation at public companies whose shares they indirectly own, chances are good that the votes cast by their investment managers actually encourage delusional pay. In recent years, as
London-Multiple sources have confirmed that on Thursday many ministers from Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) in the transitional government of national unity have been rounded up from various hotels and arrested after sporadic gunfire rocked the city from strategic
Washington–U.S. President Barack Obama said the nuclear deal forged with Iran last year has succeeded in hampering the progress of Iran’s nuclear program and spared the world more conflicts. On the occasion of the first year anniversary of the Iranian nuclear deal, Obama called the agreement a trium
Riyadh-Saudi Arabia has commenced with its restructuring projects for sites that are related to Prophet Mohammed’s biography in the framework of implementing a major program for the sites of Islamic history. The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), which is responsible for the
The Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) will meet in the Saudi capital Riyadh today to establish a unified vision for the upcoming transitional phase, and to form a complete picture that considers all the details of the political transition, international evaluation and prospects for a politica
Cairo, Riyadh – The Yemeni government announced on Thursday that it would not participate in the second round of peace talks, which were scheduled to be held on Friday in Kuwait. The head of the Yemeni government’s advisory group, Abdullah Al-Olaymi, said on his Twitter account that the Yemeni gover
The financial media tend to report breathlessly about what the stock market did yesterday. But savvy economic analysts have always known the bond market is the place to look for a real sense of where the economy is going, or at least where the smart money thinks it is going. And right now, if the [&
