Dubai-The UAE government has announced that it would host a meeting to discuss the challenges facing the world in politics, economy, development and science. The government said it will host 50 specialized councils and more than 700 experts with the aim of preparing a clear future agenda to tackle t
At least five people were killed in multiple suicide bombings early Monday in Lebanon’s eastern village of al-Qaa that lies near the border with Syria, officials said. Four suicide blasts, at 10 minute intervals, hit the predominantly Christian village near the Customs base, the state-run National N
Erbil-Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) shelled on Sunday border areas in Erbil province inside the Iraqi Kurdistan region with heavy artillery and Katyusha rockets, injuring five civilians, including three children, and leaving material damage. Vice-President of the Jouman District Hos
Riyadh-A Jordanian official has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that his country and Saudi Arabia are negotiating to promote cooperation between them in different sectors, including the peaceful use of nuclear energy, along with training Saudi staff on extracting uranium. The CEO of Jordan Nuc
The difference between voting for an individual, such as a president, and holding a referendum is that the latter gives citizens the right to vote on major issues. Most democracies do not hold referendums because they believe that the public is not fully aware of the details of crucial issues; thus
Erbil, London – Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) announced Saturday that heavy clashes occurred between its forces andthe Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in several areas of Mirwan and Mahabad cities, northern Iran. KDPI said that several IRGC members were killed. Official
Paris, New York – Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met on Saturday with Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey during his New York visit. During the meeting, the two discussed cooperation to train and qualify Saudi cadres and investment in creative technology sectors. Meanwhile, French diploma
London- Six EU founding members met in Berlin Saturday to call UK for quick exit of European Union. Ministers at the meeting also waved possible invoke of Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, which begins two-year exit proceedings. For that matter, EU had assigned Belgium Diplomat Didier Seeuws as head
London –Arguments have increased between Houthi militias causing an internal division in the delegation, Yemeni diplomatic and military sources said. Disputes inside the Houthi delegation were clear as some of its leaders welcomed the solution proposed by U.N. Special Envoy Ould Sheikh Ahmed while o
Iraqi forces on Sunday took back the last district controlled by ISIS militants in the city of Fallujah and the general commanding the operation declared the battle complete after nearly five weeks of fighting. More than a week ago, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi claimed victory over ISIS terrorist
Mecca- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Safa Palace before sunset on Saturday a number of scholars, General President of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais, imams of the Grand Mosque and a n
London-CEO and President at Daimler Middle East and Levant Mark De Haes confirmed that the Saudi Vision 2030 seems to be positive as the Kingdom continues to build for itself a flourishing and sustainable future. The CEO at Mercedes-Benz added in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that dive
Some of the web’s biggest destinations for watching videos have quietly started using automation to remove extremist content from their sites, according to two people familiar with the procedure. The move is a major step forward for internet companies that are eager to eradicate violent propag
Only candour was new in Mr Masrour Barzani’s call for partitioning Iraq after liberating Mosul. The President of the ‘Kurdistan Region’ Massoud Barzani’s son and chancellor of the Region’s ‘Security Council’ justified his declaration by citing the ‘failure of federalism’ in Iraq. Many Kurdish ‘natio
Air strikes carried out by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed dozens of people in eastern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported. The Syrian warplanes affiliated with the recent attack run under the command of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The observat
Yemeni diplomatic and military sources revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that there has been a sharp rise in internal disputes amongst Houthi militia about the political consultations that are taking place in Kuwait. This comes at a time when the militias continue to carry out operations and commit violat
A few days after voting to leave the European Union, over 1.5 million Britons and UK residents had signed a petition calling for a second vote, forcing lawmakers to at least consider a debate on the issue. The petition on the British parliament website was posted before the June 23 referendum, sayin
The investigative committee responsible for investigating the EgyptAir plane crash has been unable to download the information held on the doomed plane’s black boxes and this has dashed hopes of reaching an explanation for the crash. Flight MS804 was flying from Paris to Cairo when it crashed into t
Algeria- Algerian People’s National Armed Forces, (Algeria’s army) has accomplished several and sequential victories over extremist armed groups which have been fought since the wake of Algeria’s war against terrorism in 1993. With sporadic military operations, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Local sources in Taiz revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that rebel militias have made attempts and taken steps to deceive national, regional and international public opinion by circulating a succession of news stories about the release of those they claim to be “prisoners”. These “prisoners” are in fact i
