Iranian foreign minister on Tuesday urged the United States to do more as to encourage banks to do business with Iran following the lifting of sanctions. The United States and Europe lifted sanctions on Tehran last January under a deal which also promised to curb Iran’s nuclear program. Howeve
Britain, Germany and the United States moved forward with plans on Tuesday to lead a new NATO force on Russia’s border starting next year, but some eastern allies said the alliance’s effort must go further to deter Moscow. Weeks before a critical NATO summit in Warsaw, three of NATO̵
Waging an offensive against the ISIS-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, U.S.-backed forces plead for international assistance for those fleeing the battles on Tuesday as the forces tightened their grip around the city. The SDF push comes at the same time as other enemies of ISIS also launched ma
Washington- U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia Joseph W. Westphal highlighted the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s visit to the U.S. and his meeting with President Barack Obama, U.S. foreign and defense secretaries of state, congress members and leading businessmen of American corporates
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday held radical Muslims accountable for the Orlando nightclub massacre. Trump said these extremists were entering the country amidst a flood of refugees and “trying to take over our children.” The presumptive Republican presidential n
Apple revealed a series of enhancement to its Siri digital assistant on Thursday, but the tech giant still trails rivals such as Google and Amazon in the red-hot field of artificial intelligence, experts say. Apple’s most important step was iPhone assistant to third-party developers for inclus
London-Microsoft announced a $26.2 billion deal on Monday to acquire professional social platform LinkedIn for $196 per share. Microsoft said: “LinkedIn will retain its distinct brand, culture and independence. Jeff Weiner will remain CEO of LinkedIn, reporting to Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Re
Russia will be disqualified from the European Championship if there is more violence by their fans inside stadiums in France, UEFA said as it fined the Russian soccer federation after its supporters charged their English counterparts inside the Stade Velodrome over the weekend moments after the fina
The European Union’s top envoy to Turkey has resigned, less than a year into the job, EU officials said on Tuesday, in a further sign of strained relations as Brussels tries to keep a deal credited with curbing the flow of illegal migrants to Europe on track. Hansjoerg Haber’s resignatio
Saudi Arabia’s stock index scored its fourth session of gains on Thursday following the announcements of various economic reform plans, while most other bourses lost steam on profit taking. Riyadh’s index nudged up 2 points to 6,607 points. The Saudi government published a five-year Nati
Not many people expected that the referendum, which will be held in 10 days to decide whether Britain should leave the European Union (EU), would turn into a nightmare. Previous expectations showed that a massive majority supported remaining in the EU. However, recent polls revealed a larger tendenc
Beirut- Reports issued from the tripartite Iranian-Russian-Syrian meeting held in Tehran last week highlighted the decision on reinforcing battlefronts, especially those at Aleppo and Raqqa, in Syria with more so-called Hezbollah militants. The so-called Hezbollah, over the last few days, has been r
Manama–A Bahraini court stripped eleven Bahrainis of their citizenship based on accusations of targeting the Saudi Embassy in Manama. The court acquitted two of the thirteen accused. Supreme Court of Appeal charged the 11 accused of forming a terrorist cell, and sentenced them to 10 to 15 years in p
Jeddah – Yemeni security sources revealed that Houthis are illegally trying to establish an investment bank in Sanaa to legalize the corrupted money. Based on documents, which Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper received a copy of, Houthi groups in Ministry of Interior are moving towards embezzling 61% of the
A suspected extremist with a past terrorist conviction stabbed a French police commander to death outside his home and later killed his partner in an attack claimed by ISIS and denounced by the government as “an abject act of terrorism.” The attacker, a 25-year-old who went to jail in 20
Cairo – Eritrea accused its neighbor Ethiopia of clashing the borders. Eritrean Ministry of Information issued a short statement saying that Ethiopia “unleashed” that attack in the Tsorona area, “The TPLF regime has today, Sunday 12 June 2016, unleashed an attack against Eritrea on the Tsorona Centr
Cairo-The recent growing Fundamentalism of the European far right and the consequent Islamophobia have been remarkably accompanied by rational European voices seeking to fight hatred and combat ideological and intellectual extremism in some powerful European countries. In Germany, the photos of the
The dream of “Khilafah”, speech in the name of religion, and Jihad for martyrdom and paradise, are no more a winning card for extremist groups to influence minds and recruit new members. Therefore, the recent losses of these groups on ground urged them to make changes to their strategies. Experts i
London-Severe clashes between Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and opposition forces rocked the tense areas of Kurdistan and Baluchistan on Monday. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, sources close to the opposition rejected all information provided by state media outlets on the ongoing clashes, add
Cairo- A meeting session called together on Monday by U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and including four members from each of the government’s delegation and the insurgency delegation (Houthis- followers of the ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh) was overshadowed by the insurge
