London-Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Abdallah Al-Mouallimi confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper the removal of the coalition that Riyadh leads in Yemen off a list made by the representative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on child rights. Al-Mouallimi denied to Asharq
Apple Inc announced a series of enhancements to its App Store that were awaited for quite a long time. However, with all the new changes, developers and analysts still believe that the good days of App store are almost over. The revamped App Store will allow developers advertise their wares in searc
Cairo-A comprehensive peace agreement to the current crisis in Yemen will see the light in the next coming days and will be presented to Yemen’s warring parties currently in Kuwait to attend the peace consultations, Yemeni political sources revealed Wednesday. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat
Washington-A 22-year-old American, who has converted to Islam, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for seeking to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Nicholas Teausant had pleaded guilty in December to a charge of attempting to provide material support or resources to a terror group. He was arrested
Israel said Thursday it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan after two Palestinians opened fire near a popular open-air market in central Tel Aviv, killing four people. “All permits for Ramadan, especially permits for family visits from Judea and
London-As the month of Ramadan got underway, research centers focused on the change in consumption styles in the Arab countries, seeking to determine the sectors that witness more demand during the Holy month and to assess the divergence in expenditure rates. A research done by the British instituti
Jeddah-The Arab Coalition Forces to support legitimacy in Yemen handed over 52 children to the legitimate government, after being recruited by the Houthi militia on the Saudi-Yemeni border. Representatives from the Red Cross and UNIICEF attended the event. The Coalition Forces said in a statement th
In a speech that he delivered during the first session of the new Syrian parliament in Damascus yesterday, the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad refused any solution that was not in accordance with the paper of principles put forward by Damascus at the indirect Geneva negotiations with the opposition
The Iraq central bank revealed a plan to set up a deposit guarantee fund in order to encourage Iraqis to use banking services and to develop the financial industry. An estimated 30 trillion dinars ($25.71 billion) in cash are held outside the Iraqi banking system, according to a central bank stateme
The other day the US State Department published its annual report about global terrorism for 2015; and again Iran came on top among states supporting terrorism. However, within a few hours “Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandes”, the deputy commander of the ‘Popular Mobilization Forces’ – geographically Iraqi, but
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Tuesday a telephone call from the King of Jordan Abdullah II. During the call, the Jordanian Monarch congratulated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on the advent of the blessed fasting month of Ramadan.
The U.S. military will deploy two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea this month ahead of a NATO summit in Warsaw, as Washington seeks to balance Russia’s military activities and accelerate its fight against ISIS terrorist group. The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier will hand off to
Just because his movement lost in the latest municipal elections, he refuted Saudi Arabia’s history and major role it has played in his country during the past 10 years! It is hard to believe that this person is Nohad Mashnouq, the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, the Sunni who is l
Member of Yemeni government at Kuwait peace talks and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Shura Council Othman Majli revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that progress has been achieved regarding the detainees, especially the children recruited by the forces. He voiced government fears
Syrian rebel forces broke through an ISIS siege around an opposition-held town in northwestern Syria on Wednesday, reopening their main road to the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. According to an opposition source and a monitoring group, ISIS fighters withdrew from fron
Brussels – Brussels Court of Appeal convicted three Belgians from Fulford who left Belgium for Syria. According to local media, the three convicts: Mohammed Akyshooh, Anas Kondi, and Zuhair B. are members of Fulford Youth Group, trained by the extremist Fouad Belkacem, leader of Sharia4Belgium. Two
Asharq Al-Awsat and its family yesterday lost its Deputy Editor in Chief and one of its most senior writers, Mr Ali Ibrahim, following a severe heart attack. Our late colleague was born in the Egyptian capital Cairo and completed his primary and secondary education there. He completed his further ed
China’s central bank reduced its forecast for exports on Wednesday, predicting a second straight annual fall in shipments, however revealed its expectations regarding a 6.8 growth later this year. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) also warned in its mid-year work report that the governme
After the diplomatic success achieved at the UN by Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arab Coalition that support legitimacy in Yemen, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon took action to remove the coalition from the report on children and armed conflict, UN diplomatic so
Paris-On Friday, Euro 2016, which is hosted in France, will be launched in 10 of the European country’s cities amidst serious security tensions. Officers will also be stationed at Eurostar terminals and on some cross-Channel trains. UK counter-terrorism officers have been “a key part” of
