Riyadh-Strategic adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush asserted to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper the strategic relations between Riyadh and Washington at the economic, political and security levels, adding that the outcomes of the joint Gulf-U.S. summit lately held in Riyadh, have placed thing
Jeddah-Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet praised on Monday a United Nations decision to remove the “coalition countries to defend the legitimacy in Yemen” from the list annexed to U.N. Secretary General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict. The United Nations decided to remove the Arab coalition from its bl
Beirut-A Lebanese minister confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the bombing which targeted BLOM Bank in Beirut on Sunday evening is “closely linked to the dispute between Lebanese banks and the so-called Hezbollah, which has criticized the performance of the banks in implementing U.S. s
Abu Dhabi-The Federal High Court of the United Arab Emirates has delivered a verdict in a case relating to the Muslim Brotherhood organization. Fifteen Yemenis and four Emiratis were convicted on Monday of “forming a Muslim Brotherhood cell and collecting financial contributions” for the
Dammam-A Kuwaiti National Assembly session witnessed at noon Monday a brawl among lawmakers which included a fistfight and hurling shoes in a reminder of similar disputes that have erupted in the past. The brawl began with a verbal dispute between lawmakers Ali al-Khamis, who was recently elected, a
Jeddah-The Saudi Cabinet took on Monday evening a number of decisions including the approval of the implementation of rules on the Undeveloped Land Fees Regulations to collect taxes from owners of the so-called white lands. The session, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Ab
Washington-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud kicked off his visit to the United States on Monday by holding a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the latter’s residence in Washington, and discussed boosting Saudi-U.S. relations and regional issues. U.
Moscow – Bolivian Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy said that his country is looking forward to improving its economic relations with Saudi Arabia in fields of energy, industry, agriculture, and atomic industry. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, the minister anticipated the Arab capabilities,
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia has delivered 647 tons of dates to the Yemeni government and the World Food Program to be distributed to those in need. The delivery of the two shipments was confirmed by King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid in Riyadh. An official from the center revealed that a pr
Pope Francis reflected his sorrow for the fact that moving weapons to fuel wars is currently much easier and common than providing aids to those who are in need of it to survive. Days after aid agencies were permitted to carry out food to the besieged Syrian town of Daraya for the first time since [
Iraq is investigating allegations that Shi’ite militiamen helping the army reconquer Fallujah have executed dozens of Sunni Muslim men from the city held by ISIS after surrendering to a Shi’ite faction. The authorities “are following up on the violations and a number of arrests hav
Hungary passed a law on Monday that permits police to send back illegal migrants detained within eight kilometers (five miles) of its southern frontier to the Serbian side of the border fence, which was condemned by the U.N. refugee agency. The numbers of migrants who moved up from the Balkans towar
London: The head of Iranian parliament’s defense committee, Esmail Kowsari, said on Monday that Iranian officials have rejected several years ago a proposal put forward by Imad Mughniyeh to release an American hostage in exchange of the liberation of Iranian diplomat Ahmad Motevaselian, who disappea
ISIS on Monday claimed responsibility for a shooting that killed 50 people at a nightclub in the U.S. city of Orlando, saying in a radio bulletin that it was carried out by “one of the soldiers of the caliphate.” “Allah allowed Omar Mateen, one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America
Cairo – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Malik al-Mekhlafi, who is also heading the government delegation at the peace talks in Kuwait, said that UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh had not presented his suggested road map yet. Mekhlafi expected the road map to be presented during th
Riyadh-The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper the urgent need to provide humanitarian aid to eight million of Syria’s children, who are suffering from the ravaging civil war. The aid is estimated to be around $800 million, said UNICEF, n
Fallujah-Iraqi forces radioed the U.S.-led coalition for air cover as they evacuated their casualties: One member of a police bomb-disposal team had been killed and two others had been wounded as they dismantled part of the complex network of booby traps on the edge of ISIS-held Fallujah. Another te
Beirut-Jordan has once again fallen victim to terrorist attacks, the latest of which was an assault on the Baqaa refugee camp north of Amman that left five people dead, among them three intelligence members. Baqaa, the largest of 10 official Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, lies 20 kilometers we
Teens who try electronic cigarettes have six times the odds of trying regular ones within two years than those who did not puff on the devices at all, according to a study that was published on Monday in the journal Pediatrics. University of Southern California researcher Jessica Barrington-Trimis,
Drive past the dairy farms, cornfields and horse pastures here and you will eventually arrive at Cate Machine & Welding, a small-town business run by Gene and Lori Cate and their sons. For 46 years, the Cates have welded many things — fertilizer tanks, jet-fighter parts, cheese molds, even a far
