Israeli Occupation Forces stormed the heart of the city of Ramallah where the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office is situated which is close to his office and home. They attacked bureaux de change using explosives and set fire to up to ten shops and offices in the region. The residents of Ra
In the next few days President Barack Obama will have to sign a new Executive Order extending the suspension of some sanctions against Iran in the context of an unsigned, implicit, accord aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Washington says Iran has fulfilled its end of the bargain within the so
White House officials said that President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia next week as part of a tour during which he will also visit Britain and Germany. White House officials said that President Obama will meet the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz next Wednesday and
During his visit to UK next week, President Barak Obama has planned to take part in the Brexit debate, with a clear call for Britain to remain part of the European Union. Obama sees that keeping the bloc together is not only a British decision to be made by the people of UK, but also […]
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz expressed his appreciation of talks that were held with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara and the results that the Saudi and Turkish sides achieved. In a diplomatic cable that King Salman sent to President Erdogan aft
Baghdad-For the first time in 13 years, 171 lawmakers protested to end sectarian and ethnic quotas within the country’s institutions. They sacked the Parliament’s Speaker, Salim al-Jubouri, and his two deputies, the Shiite Humam Hamoudi and the Kurdish Aram Sheikh Mohammed, after a vote by the lawma
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, April 15 – According to provincial officials 100s of Taliban militants have launched an attack to seize the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, noting that only last year they have captured and held it for several days in a major blow to President Ashraf Ghani’s government. Al
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz yesterday stressed that the discords, divisions, sectarian and religious strife and the use of armed militias in the Islamic world aims to destabilise security and stability, and requires us to take a serious stand to prevent such inter
LONDON, April 15 – According to the British police, five people were arrested on the ground of being suspected of preparing acts of terrorism. The arrest of the 5 individuals came as part of an investigation in which Belgian and French authorities were involved to address any threat to Britain after
BOLZANO, Italy, April 15 – The mainly German-speaking province of Alto Adige, or South Tyrol, which became part of Italy after World War One, is now looking forward for controls at what many people still consider it as the “unjust border” separating it from Austria. Thus many people, esp
Strong corporate earnings in Saudi Arabia and Oman Gulf have resulted in a rise in stock markets on Thursday, as Egypt ascended moderately with foreign investors accumulating shares. Saudi companies usually reveal first-quarter earnings slightly earlier than firms elsewhere in the Gulf, and some pos
Learn German or lose benefits, says a new law that has been discussed in Germany on Thursday by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government. The law compels migrants granted residence rights to show willingness to integrate into the society hosting them by learning German and seeking work
Denied their own state in reality, Iraq’s Kurds have declared independence, albeit in cyber space. The autonomous Kurdistan Region now has its own Top-Level Domain, a websites in Kurdistan or in the Kurdish language can choose the .krd suffix at the end of their web addresses, offering a home
Baghdad-Protesting ministers at the Iraqi parliament took their demonstrations to a whole new level, after having around 164 council members sign a petition demanding to replace those assigned to three posts in authority: Iraqi President Fuad Masum, Parliamentary Spokesman Salim al-Jabouri and Iraqi
Paris- French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, yesterday, set off a social bomb which led to a new controversy taking over the country. Valls moved towards banning headscarf wearing Muslim women from entering universities, which was immediately rejected by the French Minister of Higher Education Najat V
Beirut- Geneva, yesterday, witnessed the takeoff of the latest round of Syrian negotiations. U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura started the round of talks post convening with the Riyadh-based Syrian Opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), and stressed that upcoming deliberations would delve
Phocas Bakaza An official from Burundi’s ruling party was killed late on Wednesday, a local administrator said on Thursday. Bakaza, a member of the CNDD-FDD party in Mutimbuza area near the capital Bujumbura, was shot dead late on Wednesday. Two people have been arrested in connection with the
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq has achieved significant progress, putting the militant group on the defensive, shrinking its territory and striking key leaders. “Every day, ISIL leaders wake up and understand that it could be the
Istanbul- Leaders of countries belonging to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday began arriving to Istanbul, Turkey to participate in the activities of the 13th OIC summit. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz yesterday arrived to Istanbul after leaving
Istanbul- Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul remarked that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s recent instructions on cooperative work and development of relationships with fellow countries is a chief influence to the growth of Saudi-Turkish relationships. Former Pre
