Saudi Arabia and several other Islamic countries yesterday announced that the new moon of Ramadan has been sighted and that the holy month of fasting will begin on Monday. On this occasion, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and the D
Riyadh-Gulf common market and customs union will top the agendas of the GCC Economic and Development Affairs Authority, aiming at enhancing cooperation among GCC countries in all economic and developmental fields and accelerating the pace of joint action to achieve the goals set forth in the statute
London-A website linked to the Revolutionary Guard has admitted that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had conducted negotiations during the two months of his stay in Iran despite the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s denial of reports that he was in the country before his murder in Pakistan. On May 23,
Beirut: Lebanon’s Economy Minister Alain Hakim has said that relations with Gulf countries cannot return to their previous stage as a result of the presence of the so-called Hezbollah in Syria. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper published Monday, Hakim said there is a price Lebanon
Tel Aviv-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Moscow on Monday night, in an official visit aimed at marking 25 years since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Russia and to discuss the consolidation of coordination between their militaries in
Fallujah-Eighty Iranian military consultants were sent to Iraq lately to participate in the Fallujah battle, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper Monday. The mission of the consultants is to support five of the dozens of factions fighting alongside the militia of the Popular Mobilization Forces (P
Geneva-The Swiss have flatly rejected to provide the entire population with a basic income in a referendum on an initiative to give an unconditional, basic income (UBI) to each Swiss national, along with legal foreign residents. Final results in the referendum showed 78 percent of voters opposed the
Jeddah- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, the Deputy Premier and the Minister of Interior, also the President of the Supreme Haj Committee, confirmed that the leadership of Saudi Arabia forever -was and still is- keen to provide pilgrims with the best service possible, in tribute to Allah for this gre
If Hillary Clinton ends up losing California to Bernie Sanders, it will be because of voters like Nallely Perez. Perez personifies what a Clinton supporter was supposed to look like: a 24-year-old Latina who grew up idolizing the former first lady as a groundbreaking woman in politics. But when she
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey and the army killed 27 fighters near its borders with Iraq and Iran, the armed forces said on Sunday. Gun positions, shelters and caves used by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the Gara area of northern Ir
Eight men were arrested by Bahrain’s coast guard, as they were attempting to escape to Iran by boat, according to state news agency BNA. Bahrain’s official agency said two other men it described as “fugitives” had also prearranged the escape from Iran. The eight men had alrea
Beirut- Iranian media revealed that another slaughter had hit Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC troops located in Aleppo. This is considered the second wave of massive losses Iranian troops have suffered in Aleppo, Syria. Quds Force’s special operations commander Jahangir Jafari Naya was report
Brazil’s energy ministry said on Saturday it supported full independence for Petrobras to set domestic fuel prices, further holding past controls responsibility for burdening the state-controlled oil company with crippling debt that is the oil industry’s largest. Petroleo Brasileiro SA,
Canada issued a complaint against Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who lost his temper and publicly berated a Canadian journalist on Wednesday for asking a question about his country’s human rights record. Wang told the female reporter that her question was unacceptable. The latter also added
London- Recently declassified documents revealed that Washington had shown undue leniency to the Ayatollah Khomeini scheme and mission of the Wilayat al-Faqih, otherwise known as the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist. At the peak of negotiations, Khomeini requested that the Carter administration in
Local residents evacuated their homes, due to a brush fire outside Los Angeles which was threatening nearby and surrounding homes, according to authorities. The 200-acre brush fire in Calabasas, a Los Angeles County city, was reportedly triggered when a vehicle hit a utility pole, downing power line
New York- Cairo- Details on the Saudi-led Arab coalition being pitched into the U.N. blacklist for alleged violation of child’s rights in Yemen reveal that the coalition was not enlisted to start with. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s office had cast the name later on, sources located in New Yor
Riyadh: The Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia has called on all Muslims across the country to sight the crescent of the month of Ramadan, Sunday evening, corresponding to Shaaban 29, 1437 AH. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Supreme Court on Saturday evening, calling on whoever see
Amman: The Saudi Specialized Clinics has provided medical care for 11,215 cases of Syrian refugees living in the Zaatari camp located in Jordan in May 2016. Medical Director of Saudi Specialized Clinics, Dr. Hamid Al Mufalani, asserted that what differentiates the services offered by the clinics fro
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has unequivocally rejected Turkey’s request to join the European Union. In an interview with Sky News on Thursday evening, the British Prime Minister David Cameron said there was “no prospect of Turkey joining the EU in decades.” Cameron added tha
