Washington-Dallas Police Chief David Brown defended his department usage of a bomb-carrying robot to kill the suspect in the shooting that took place Thursday evening. Brown said in a press release that the suspect brutally killed police officers thus he would take this decision, despite its difficu
Stepping up its military campaign against ISIS, the United States will be sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in a highly anticipated push on the city of Mosul, the ISIS’ largest stronghold, later this year. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement on Monday duri
Qatar Airways is in advanced talks with Boeing to buy up to 30 narrow-body planes and will not rule out additional cancellations of delayed deliveries from rival Airbus, the airline’s chief executive said on Monday. Qatar earlier this year cancelled its first delivery of the narrow-body Airbus
Following previous warnings of enforcing punitive measures should renewed battles surging in South Sudan fail to be contained, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Monday to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, sanction leaders and commanders who are blocking the implem
Beirut- Earlier last week a series of eight suicide attacks shocked the Christian Qaa diminutive village located far in the northeast area of the Bekka governorate, Lebanon. The village lies proximate to borderlines with Syria. As any other action, a countering reaction is systematic –in the c
Baghdad-After kicking out Al-Qaeda from Al Anbar, west of Iraq in 2007, and forming Iraqi Sahwa forces no one from the Iraqi political figures expected a new version of this organization be born after years. Yet, this time the purpose was not to expand in Al Anbar Province only but to occupy around
Riyadh – A high ranking Yemeni official described Houthis activity on the Saudi borders as provocative and blackmailing. According to Yemeni Presidential Advisor Abdul Aziz Muflahi, Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Lt. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar’s visit to Maerib sends a strong message to the Ho
PARIS – French President Francois Hollande will visit five EU countries later in July to promote the European Union project, his office said in statement on Monday. The trip in the wake of the June 23 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the EU is designed to “give new impetus̶
Riyadh – The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance summoned Imam and muezzin of al-Sabireen mosque on the case of a video that surfaced on the social media showing a number of people singing inside the mosque. The ministry said in its summon that there are some illegal pra
London-According to the monthly report published by Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), between the beginning of 2014 and June 2016, five women detainees from Daraa Central Prison have been forcibly-disappeared by the Syrian authorities as their fates are still unknown to their families. Sara Al
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Development official revealed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia receives approximately million and a half in foreign labor workers annually. The official highlighted that the Saudi market does not suffer from unemployment; alternatively it struggles
U.S. and coalition forces will use the recaptured air base in Qayara as a staging hub, as Iraqi security forces move forward in the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday as he made an unannounced visit to Iraq. The Qayarah airbase, which
Yarmouk Camp, Damascus-The tragedy of Yarmouk Camp unfolded in the second half of 2012 when anti-Assad protests were taking place in the areas surrounding it such as, Tadamon, Al-Hajar al-Aswad, Yalda and Al Qadam. These are marginalized and highly populated areas that showed full support for the pr
Riyadh – Saudi officials discussed means of enhancing Saudi – G20 cooperation during the meeting of Labor and Employment Ministers of the Group of Twenty in Shanghai, China that ended on Sunday. Discussion at the ministerial sessions confirmed the importance of setting a mechanism that shall enhance
Fallujah- Anbar officials and members of the Anbar Salvation Council considered that the recent statements made by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the Fallujah liberation operation have downplayed local and international reports on violations against civilians by Popular Mobilization Forces
Aden – Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi implicitly warned that he would boycott the ongoing peace negotiations on the future of the country if the United Nations keeps insisting on a roadmap for the formation of a unity government. “We will not return to talks in Kuwait if the United N
Moscow – Head of the Syrian Opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riad Hijab is expected to hold talks with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Rome on Monday, sources said. HNC spokesperson Riad Nassan Agha said that the meeting with the Italian minister comes as part of the continuo
London-The targeted massage therapy known as acupressure may help breast cancer patients overcome fatigue, according to a new study. Breast cancer survivors using acupressure significantly reduced fatigue compared to women who continued receiving normal care from their doctors, researchers found. &#
Khartoum- Bloody battles renewed in South Sudan on Sunday forcing the U.N. Security Council to go ahead of its scheduled Sunday evening session issuing a strong statement threatening sanctions should the conflict remain unresolved. The U.N. statement was in response to battles erupting in Juba betwe
London-Despite decades on the list of “bad” fats that harm the heart, butter, on its own, is not linked to increased risk of heart disease after all, according to a recent analysis of existing research. Eating more butter was even weakly tied to a lower risk of diabetes, the authors found. Some peop
