Riyadh-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Safa Palace on Friday before Maghreb prayer President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain, and President of the Republic of the Comoros Othman Ghazali. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also
London – Western intelligence sources distrusted Hezbollah’s story of the assassination of its military commander Mustafa Badreddine on May 13 in Damascus, saying that a state – not an extremist group – was behind his killing. The sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that the party that assa
Beirut-Under the sponsorship of the United Nations in Beirut, singer Tania Kassis has launched a new song called “Al-Ard lel Jamii” (Land for All). The event was hosted by ABC Ashrafieh Mall and was attended by a number of ambassadors, politicians, and media figures. A chorus of 100 vocalists from f
Cairo-Mustafa Khodeir, a 22-year-old artist from Port Saeed who chose an independent path far from his father, “Sheikh of calligraphers,’” has excelled in the fountain pen’s painting technique. He has drawn more than 40 portraits for celebrities and ordinary people, and has shown a special skill in
A week after Britain voted itself out of the European Union, many London-based bankers and their employers now face two options should they desire to secure their futures: lobby or leave. What is more is that a possible alternative for banks and bankers, growing increasingly insecure in an informati
Oil prices landed on steadier grounds on Friday from early losses, with traders citing potentially more optimistic investor positioning for the second half of the year and after a weaker dollar that boosted most commodities. The market also found some support after falling more than 3 percent on Thu
Turkish police arrested 11 foreigners on Friday suspected of belonging to an ISIS terrorist cell linked to the attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, state media reported. A fair share of attention was turned to a suspected Chechen mastermind. Forty-four people were killed in Tuesday’s bo
In a speech that he made yesterday to mark the third anniversary of the June 30 revolution that overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that the size of the challenge that Egypt faces is still significant, and that it must redouble its efforts in order to m
A Syrian warplane belonging to Bashar al-Assad regime air power crashed northeast of Damascus on Friday. Syrian Opposition members later claimed that and al- Nusra Front members had killed the aircraft’s pilot after his capture. Syrian state media said the crash had been caused by a technical fault
The ongoing investigation into the suicide attacks carried out at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul has revealed the identity of the three suicide bombers who carried out the triple attack on Tuesday. Investigators in Istanbul said that of the attackers who blew themselves up in front of Ata
Khobar-Saudi Aramco announced on Thursday the list of new prices for August as it will cut all official selling prices for its crude sales to Asian and U.S. clients. State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. lowered its official selling price for Arab Light crude to Asia by 40 cents to a premium of 20 cents
Tel Aviv-The right-wing deputies at the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) had assaulted Arab depute Hanin Zuabi, following her statements regarding the Israel and Turkey reconciliation agreement. Consequently, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inquired possibility of expelling Zuabi from the Knesset. In
Berlin- A recent German study proved that international terrorism, unlike expected fears, will not pose great scale losses or slow down economic growth of industrial countries. According to a research prepared by the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), and in cooperation with Hambur
Taiz- Hours after U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced suspending Yemeni peace talks held in Kuwait, to be resumed mid next month, violent clashes erupted between national army forces and insurgency militia in Taiz, a city located in the Yemeni Highlands. The truce still is
The UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh officially announced yesterday that the Yemen peace consultations will be suspended for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, and that this suspension will last until the middle of this month. The consultations began in April and have been ongoing for more than 70 days. I
Makkah-Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Sardar Mohammed Yousaf said that the security conflicts and the problems of the Islamic World are the result of foreign interference and the exploitation of Islam by the enemies of Muslims. Yousaf expressed rejection of Iran’s me
London- The battle for the Conservative leadership started with two surprises on Thursday. The first was Michael Gove announcing he will run for Prime Minister, and the second surprise was Boris Johnson ruling himself out of the race. Minister of Justice Michael Gove said: “I have come, reluctantly,
Austria’s highest court on Friday annulled May’s presidential election result, citing irregularities, and called for a rerun following a legal challenge from the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), whose candidate lost by a narrow margin. “The challenge brought by Freedom Party leader
Beirut-Jaish al-Fatah otherwise known as the Army of Conquest, a coalition of extremist and moderate factions in northern Syria, moved from the defensive to the offensive and created confusion among the ranks of the Syrian regime forces. Leading rebels stated that the Army of Conquest opened six new
Clinton clinched the party nomination earlier in June, by the time Sanders had stated he would work with Clinton to win over Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he had yet to endorse Clinton and has kept his own election campaign alive. However, now Bernie Sanders’s ongoing
