Qatar Airways announced Tuesday its intention to acquire up to 10 percent of Latin America’s largest airline LATAM Airlines, in a $613 million deal that requires the consent of existing shareholders at the Chile-based carrier. The announcement was made at the Farnborough International Air Show
Islamabad-When it comes to the existence of “Jamaat-ud-Dawa”, we see several changes taking place. The group first kicked off as “Markaz-ud Dawa-wal-Irshad” (Center for Preaching and Guidance, or MDI), and formed its military wing known as “Lashkar-e-Taiba”, which is banned in the country and enlist
Istanbul- Amid continuous debate about Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announcement to grant the Turkish nationality for the Syrians, the president defended his decision saying that Turkey has the spacial capacity to welcome Syrians, according to Hurriyet Newspaper. Erdoğan announced on 2 July
Arbil- Kurdistan Freedom Falcons’ military wing, standing in opposition of Iranian Kurdistan regime, recently announced that its fighters had led an offensive against a convoy including Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers and other regime officials. The convoy was reportedly he
Manama – Bahraini High Criminal Court announced it will deliver its verdict in the case against al-Wefaq Society next week. Wefaq’s defense team didn’t attend the session and had walked out last month on June 28 in protest at the government’s push to accelerate the process originally scheduled
Ramallah- Palestine’s Hamas recently had responded to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) using a decisive tone despite arriving to an inter-group agreement, including the wing concerned with restoring ties with Tehran. Sources believe that Hamas leaders, after conversing, have decided
Beirut- Opposition Fractions in Aleppo raged a huge and first of its kind assault as a response to the progress achieved by the regime forces along with the pro-groups at the Castello Road. These fractions rain showered districts dominated by Assad forces with hundreds of missiles and bombarded tunn
If your digital photos are a mirror of your life, they may also serve as a reminder that there is only so much you can control and that at some point you just need to let things go. That was the lesson I learned after trying to create a step-by-step guide to organizing and storing […]
London-Interior minister Theresa May will become Britain’s prime minister on Wednesday, with the task of steering its withdrawal from the European Union, after rival Andrea Leadsom terminated her leadership campaign. Graham Brady, head of the Conservative party committee in charge of the leade
Al-Khobar – Saudi Minister of Energy Khalid al-Falih announced that Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco depends on oil and stock market conditions. Speaking to German newspaper “Handelsblatt”, Falih said that will have a role to play in mapping out the planned IPO of Saudi Aramco and prepa
Baghdad-Hundreds of Iraqi citizens organized on Monday dawn an open protest which marched at the Talibiya area near Sadr city entrance, Iraq. Main streets were cut off, slogans and banners were raised in demand of authorities serving 300 convicted terrorists to capital punishment. Felons convicted o
Cairo – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Ghait is finalizing preparations for the Arab Summit that will be held in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott on 25 and 26 July. Abul Ghait held extensive meetings with officials from different departments of the Arab League Secretariat, in order to discu
Not for the first time in the evening Cristiano Ronaldo put his hands to his face and struggled to contain the emotion. On this occasion it was overwhelming joy. The Portugal captain, who was cruelly knocked out of this 2016 European Championship final by a knee injury early in the first half, walke
Incident that took place on the fourth of June and targeted people while praying near the Prophet’s Mosque (SAW) in Medina, and in mosques of Jeddah and Qatif on the Eid evening was a chance to unify the Saudis from all regions and sects, and a bloody evidence on the massive gap between terrorism an
Ramallah – Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awat that Hamas Movement had deliberately used a strict tone in replying to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, after an agreement reached between its internal and external leadership, including the movement, which supports restoring c
Istanbul- Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said yesterday that Turkey did not take any steps to normalize its relations with Egypt, but it would like to launch such steps after it had recently improved its relations with Russia and Israel. Two days ago, the ruling Justice and Developmen
London – Al-Jazeera News Channel announced that one of its freelance reporters was killed during a Russian airstrike in northwest Syria. The channel identified the reporter Ibrahim al-Omar who reported for al-Jazeera Mubasher and was killed in the town of Termanin in Idlib countryside, north o
Madinah – In a message addressed to Madinah Governor Prince Faisal bin Salman, Prince of Wales Charles expressed his sincere sympathies and support against the latest terrorist attack in the Madinah. The Prince wrote, “I was so deeply distressed to learn of appalling atrocity at Madinah and wanted t
Cairo – United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has requested to meet with Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in an attempt to save peace negotiations in the war-torn country, according to well-informed sources. Yassin Makawi, the advisor of the Yemeni president, t
Jeddah – Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz received Bahraini Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa in Jeddah on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of
