Cairo- Concluding its activities at the Arab League H.Q. in Cairo, the Arab Parliament condemned direct and indirect Iranian incursions in the affairs of other Arab countries which have been fared by the Lebanon – based Hezbollah. The parliament refused any outside interference in any Arab country’s
BERLIN, April 17 – According to the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), Islam and the German constitution are not compatible together, and accordingly AFD vowed to press for bans on minarets and burqas at its party congress in 2 weeks. The AfD punished Chancellor Angela Merkel̵
MANTA, Ecuador, April 17 – A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake as hit Ecuador and killed at least 77 people with more than 500 people injured, said Vice-President Jorge Gla. With the use of tractors and complete bare hands, rescuers tried to reach for survivors among devastated coastal populat
KABUL, April 17 – The slow trickle of Afghan refugees getting back home is at remarkable lows, dwarfed by the multi thousands that are currently being moved along by the economic peril and ongoing fighting as stated by United Nations officials. It’s estimated that about 2,200 refugees this yea
Riyadh- Nadr al-Sa’eeri, one of the Yemeni captives released yesterday from Guantanamo Bay prison, fell straight to his feet, overwhelmed, after seeing his mother waiting for him at the airport in Saudi Arabia after 15 years of separation and confinement. Another released Yemeni captive Ali al-Rimi
Paris-Maryam Rajavi, President of the “People’s Mujahedin of Iran” party, said that the Iranian regime is founded on three main pillars for it to prevail. The three principals are assembling a nuclear deterrent, absolute oppression of the interior and the export of terrorism and extremism to t
Riyadh- According to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia will be announcing soon a comprehensive plan under the name of “the Kingdom’s Vision”, which outlines the country’s approach for the post-oil era. The plan will be announced on April 25, and it includes programs addressing al
Beirut- Humanitarian state-of-affairs in Aleppo, Syria has deteriorated within the last week reaching an unprecedented low. Accompanied by escalating violence and combat, tens of thousands of civilians were left uprooted and on the run in the past 48 hours. Atop all that, 200 thousand fighters have
Aden- The annual report issued by the Wethaq Foundation for Civil Orientation recorded all vile violations committed by Houthi militias and pro-Saleh supporters (armed fighters backing the ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh) within a time frame of a year since civil war broke in the Dhale Go
Pope Francis left the Greek island of Lesbos taking three families of Syrian refugees back to Rome on Saturday after he finished his visit to the frontline of Europe’s migrant crisis at a camp in Greece to bring the refugee crisis into light. The three families – constituted of 12 people, incl
The world’s largest fine arts auction house Christie’s will launch its spring auction of Islamic and Middle Eastern works of art on Wednesday at its headquarters in London. The spring auction and another held in the autumn are the two largest auctions for Islamic and Middle Eastern artwo
Iran has chosen not to attend a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC member countries about freezing oil output levels in Qatar on Sunday, Reuters cited two sources close to the matter. Markets have been flooded with glut, leaving producers struggling with low oil prices, yet unwilling to cede market s
Baghdad- Ahmed al-Masari, chair of the Iraqi Forces Alliance party- the greatest parliamentary representative for the Sunni people in the Iraq – considered the protest staged by the ministers for removing parliamentary spokesman Salim al-Jabouri and two of his party ministers from office, a cl
The United Nations Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea’s test-firing of a ballistic missile launch, saying that it was a “clear violation” of U.N. resolutions despite its failure. The council also warned it could take further punitive measures against Pyongyan
Discussions away from the public eye are taking place between the United States and Russia in Geneva where a new round of Syrian talks have been taking place over the last few days. The aims of the discussions are to make a “deal” before summer that will end the war in Syria. According to western [&
Istanbul- During the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit activities, the organization condemned Iranian interference in internal affairs of countries like Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and Somalia. The organization also denounced Iran’s continuous backing for terrorism. The final announcement b
London- Ongoing dispute on who will run for the third Supreme Leader has been razing through the corners of the Iranian decision-making body for months now. The controversy on who would succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei first sparked in light of his deteriorating health. According to “Majalla” rep
A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after a quake killed nine people in the same region. Thousands of army troops and other rescuers dug through the rub
Geneva-Asaad al-Zoubi, chief negotiator for main Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Council, expressed regret from the absence of decisiveness in Washington’s stances toward the Syrian file, which, according to al-Zoubi, if was more decisive, then the crisis’s track would’ve completely changed. I
Tripoli – The French, British and Spanish ambassadors flew into Libya’s capital on Thursday for the first time since summer 2014 to support the unity government’s struggle to end years of chaos exploited by terrorists. This move follows Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentilon
