A car bomb attack hit a police station at a town in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on Wednesday, wounding many people, security sources said. The attack comes a day after a car bomb hit a police vehicle in Istanbul, killing 11 people during the morning rush hour. The Anadolu Agency said
RABAT – Spain’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that police arrested a Moroccan man in Valencia suspected of recruiting militants for ISIS and promoting the militant group on social media. The man is allegedly responsible for the creation of a broad nexus of social networking profiles, with the
Beirut – Istanbul: At least 11 people, including seven police officers, were killed on Tuesday in a bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in central Istanbul area of Fatih. The attack, which is the fourth major bombing in Istanbul this year, was blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan’s Workers Party (PKK
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has challenged the result of last month’s presidential elections, the constitutional court said on Twitter on Wednesday. Postal ballots pushed former Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen past the FPO’s Norbert Hofer in a tight run-off vote
London- Jams, Naem bread, Maarouk bread, Qattayef filled with nuts or Qashta (special snacks for the holy month of Ramdan) have filled the streets along with all the savory delicacies on the Damascus streets. Jellab, licorice syrup, Tamerhindi, Qamareddine reflect the identity and traditions of the
In a joint statement that Al-Tibabah Al-Shariyya (an organisation that documents and buries the bodies of the Syrian regime’s victims) and the charity Ansar Al-Madhloomeen issued yesterday, the two organisations appealed to the world to help residents of the Syrian city Aleppo bury their dead becaus
Baghdad – Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari’s latest statements stirred anger among Iraqi MPs and officials. Jaafari spoke during a press conference in Jordan stating that Commander of Quds Force Qasem Soleimani is helping Iraq in its fight against ISIS as a military advisor at the reques
Uber is expected to hand over documents to a New York judge examining whether private investigators hired by the ride-hailing company fraudulently sought information about its opponents in an antitrust case, according to a court ruling on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge, Jed Rakoff is looking forward t
London: Iran has the intention to establish an Iraqi model of its Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and is using the Faror Island facing the occupied UAE islands to train foreign fighters. “The Revolutionary Guard is ready to use all its capacities to help Iraqis establish an IRGC in Iraq,̶
India and the United States revealed on Tuesday India’s agreement to work toward joining the Paris Agreement on climate change this year, after a meeting held in the White House between President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We discussed how we can, as quickly as poss
A false tweet claimed that Commissioner Roger Goodell had died, after the National Football League’s Twitter (TWTR.N) account was hacked on Tuesday, said league spokesman Brian McCarthy through a tweet. “The @nfl Twitter account was hacked. @nflcommish is alive and well” the tweet stated
British art curator Sue McAlpine was saddened and horrified by the living conditions of families in makeshift migrant camps, in Calais. The latter visited the camps in February to see if she could collect stories from migrants living in Calais for an exhibition in London – an idea she had while watc
In a new scientific discovery, German scientists revealed the production of tissues and fibers from shrimps’ peel that may help in producing organs used in future implantations in the human body. Head of biological tissues research department at Dresden Technical University, Rolph Deter Hond, said t
Jeddah-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Sunday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah a number of princes, scholars, ministers, and military officials, who came to greet him on the occasion of the advent of the Holy month of Ramadan. The reception was attended by
Khartoum-A Sudanese delegation intends to visit Geneva on this weekend aiming to accelerate the joining of its country to the World Trade Organization, which was delayed for 22 years due to economic and political reasons. The delegation sees that the membership of the WTO will ensure an economic ope
Luxury fashion retailer Ralph Lauren Corp announced it would cut jobs, shut shops and reduce its real estate as part of a sweeping plan to lower costs and revive sales growth. Ralph Lauren’s shares were down 10 percent at $86.50 in premarket trading on Tuesday. The decision is a part of the fa
Moscow-The Egyptian-Saudi electricity linkage project will be finalized in few months, thus enabling the two countries to share electric power of up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) during the off-peak hours of the exporting country, according to Egyptian official close to the matter. He noted that his count
Police investigating Thailand’s now infamous Tiger Temple found what they believe was a slaughterhouse and tiger holding facility used in a suspected animal trafficking network. The discovery Tuesday is the latest in a growing scandal surrounding the Buddhist temple, where Thai wildlife author
Moscow-Attila Aszódi, Hungarian government’s commissioner for nuclear affairs, announced that his country is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in the field of nuclear industry, noting that the partnerships between the two countries have enhanced political and economic relations. Aszódi told
Syrian regime troops backed by Russian air power moved to within 25 km of an ISIS-held town in Raqqa province on Tuesday as U.S.-backed militias captured more territory from the group near the city of Manbij in Aleppo province. The offensives both got underway last week and are targeting ISIS in are
