Cairo-Omar Al-Guweri, minister of information and culture in the former Libyan regime, has warned of the danger of sleeper terrorist cells across the country. Concerning the spread of the armed militias following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, he said that their disbandment needs an internati
Washington-After waiting so long since the U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to be transparent and said he will announce the real number of the civilian victims, who were inadvertently killed in strikes in countries where America is not at war, a major disclosure likely to inflame debate about tar
Riyadh- A Chinese official told Asharq Al-Awsat that Beijing is witnessing discussions between Saudi and Chinese officials in order to put the schedule for the first meeting of the joint governmental committee in order to follow up with the agreements and discussions held by the Chinese President in
London and Aden – Sources at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed that IMF official continue to deal with Yemeni Central Bank under Houthis’ control, despite Resolution 2216 that called the insurgents to hand over the state to the legitimate government. Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspap
Frutillar – Members of Alianza del Pacifico, or Pacific Alliance agreed to deepen economic integration at the opening day of its Summit Friday in Frutillar, Chile. The bloc, composed of Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Peru, accounts for 38 percent of Latin America’s gross domestic product. S
Makkah- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at Al-Safa Palace on Saturday before Maghreb prayer President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba. King Salman also received former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri; Defense M
Matthias Mueller, the German businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG since 25 September 2015, has rejected calls for the carmaker to compensate customers in Europe over the ‘Dieselgate’ emissions scandal along the lines of its $15 billion deal in the U.S., s
Washington – Ohio police in Avon city arrested an Emirati businessman after suspecting he was an ISIS member, only to discover their mistake and release the man after brutally assaulting him. The incident, reported by several American media outlets, as it was captured by a police body-cam. The incid
London-Thousands marched in the streets of London yesterday, predominantly from young adults, against the results of the June 23 referendum to exit the European Union. Nine days following the referendum, a large number of protesters gathered in Hyde Park in Central London on Saturday morning and mar
The volcano of excessive salaries that exploded last month in Iran has widened on Saturday when Iran’s government launched a new campaign to remove financial officials. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei replied on a request presented two weeks ago by First Vice-President Eshaq
Turkish police continue to arrest people involved in the suicide bombings on Ataturk international airport. They arrested 11 people yesterday in raids on a number of houses, and all those arrested were foreign nationals. Turkish anti-terror police carried out a raid in the famous Bucak area of Istan
A delegation of American executives flew to Beijing in April for a secret meeting just blocks from Tiananmen Square. They had come to court the new kingmakers in one of the strangest experiments in money the world has seen: the virtual currency known as Bitcoin. Against long odds, and despite an abs
Thirty civilians were killed on Saturday in intensive Syrian air strikes on a Damascan suburb town northeast of the city a day after the reported execution of a Syrian air force pilot, a monitor and rebels said. The raids targeted a medical center, a school and a residential area in Jayrud town, reb
Turkish authorities confirmed that the perpetrators of the suicide attack on Istanbul airport are members of ISIS and came from the Syrian province of Raqqa, the headquarters of the “caliphate”. If ISIS was really the mastermind, what was its motive? If Assad loyalists were behind the attacks, what
London-What Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of the so-called Hezbollah, said on its group receiving financial support and ammunition from Iran has caused an endless debate. Amidst that debate, General Hossein Salami, deputy chief of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said: “In Leba
Australia’s national election is too close to call, showing a sizeable swing to the opposition Labor Party. Postal and pre-poll votes are now being counted as a number of important seats go down to the wire. More than 10 million people cast ballots on Saturday, on top of four million who voted
Moscow-Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov stated following talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu that they agreed upon tackling the Syrian crisis as well as coordinating anti-terrorism efforts. This meeting, which is the first since December 2015, focused mainly on the Syri
Twenty foreign hostages were killed to death on Saturday morning by radical militants who attacked an upscale café in the Bangladeshi capital shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The foreigners were killed before police stormed the building on Saturday and rescued 13 hostages, officials said. Brig-G
Cairo-The Yemeni government delegation participating in the Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait has reiterated commitment to the founders these talks. The delegation also commented on the announcement made by the U.N. Secretary General Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to resume the talks mid of July
Manama–Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said one woman was killed and three children injured in a bomb blast on Thursday. Shrapnel hit the car the woman was in, the Bahraini police said. Security forces were investigating the scene of the attack in the village of East Eker, south of Bahrain’s capital, Ma
