Erbil– The head of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Masoud Barzani, reiterated his adherence to hold an independence referendum on September 25, noting that Iraq “has failed to maintain a true partnership with the Kurdish people.” During a meeting on Wednesday with Kurdish Muslim clerics in Erbil, Barzani s
London- Skirmishes between the US and North Korea leaders proceeded during the past days and words such as “fire” and “fury” replaced “economic sanctions” and “international isolation”, in an escalation that some saw might take a military approach. North Korea said on Wednesday it is “carefully exam
Japanese scientists have accidentally created a cool solution to stop ice cream melting before you’ve had time to finish it. The ice cream retains its original shape in 28°C (82.4 F) weather and still tastes ‘cool’, according to the report. These strange-looking deserts were first
Paris- Terrorism has again struck France, targeting it for the six time within few months. It specifically targeted the security bodies assigned to fight terrorism and provide security for the French people. Until details of the car attack at Levallois-Perret suburb are revealed, France remains in t
London, Riyadh– At least 30 civilians died and over 160 others injured when Houthi armed groups and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh shelled the city of Taiz, according to Human Rights Watch organization (HRW). Over a 10-day period in May 2017, HRW documented seven attacks that ki
In April 1986, Qatar executed a military operation marking the first of its kind between countries of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Military forces were airdropped in Bahraini island al-Debel and they apprehended 29 employees and construction workers over there. During the ruling of former King Fa
Riyadh- Upon the arrival of 23,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, an official from the Iranian pilgrimage office announced his country’s commitment to bilateral agreements signed with Riyadh, covering the pilgrims’ arrival to the airport, the days they will pass at the holy sites and finally their depart
Dammam – Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al Sabah arrived in Doha on Wednesday on his fifth and last stop on a tour that took him to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other countries, within the framework of reviving a mediation aimed at resolving the crisis w
Nairobi- Kenya slipped a little deeper into violence on Wednesday after the former prime minister Raila Odinga rebuffed the final results of the recent presidential elections. Turnout showed that renewed outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta won for another term. Odinga made allegations of ‘fraud’ tampe
Riyadh, Jeddah – The head of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group, Riad Seif, said that Saudi Arabia was planning to host an extended meeting for the different factions of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), to discuss upcoming challenges and the outcome of communication between opposit
A 24-year-old Swiss soccer fan was handed a prison term on Wednesday for setting off fireworks at a game which damaged another supporter’s hearing. The man from Herisau in eastern Switzerland, a supporter of FC St. Gallen, must serve at least 18 months of a 36-month sentence and pay a fine of
Four men were shot dead in an apparent gangland killing on Wednesday in southern Italy, police reported. Two of the victims believed to be farmers who were targeted because they had witnessed the attack. The men were gunned down close to a railway crossing near the village of San Marco in Lamis in t
The Saudi National Campaign for Supporting Brothers in Syria announced on Wednesday continuing its efforts in providing safe drinking water for displaced Syrians on the Syrian-Turkish borders, said the Saudi official news agency (SPA). Points of distribution of water supplies are found five per-esta
Prague – A 19th-century farmstead with six bedrooms and five bathrooms renovated with an eye to historic detail is for sale in Racice, a small town near Prague in the Czech Republic. The 2,583-square-foot farmhouse has two stories. It sits on a lot of almost an acre, along with an early 20th-c
London – West Ham United are feeling very pleased with themselves at the moment. Relieved, too. After making a spectacular show of themselves in the transfer market last summer, when they started out with hopes of luring Alexandre Lacazette to east London and ended up convincing themselves tha
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was confident that Washington’s current strategy on North Korea was working, only hours after President Donald Trump and North Korea exchanged threats that have raised concerns about a potential military confrontation. Tillerson said that a new diplomatic strategy
In a humid room in the besieged Syrian town of Douma, Abu Nabil inspects the pearly white mushrooms sprouting from white sacks hanging from a ceiling. The oyster mushrooms poking out from holes in the bags are now a substitute for meat in the rebel stronghold, where a regime blockade has created foo
Dammam – Saudi Aramco signed a contract with a consortium including Saudi Archirodon Company Ltd and Huta Hegerfeld AG Saudia Company for dredging, reclamation and marine structures for the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services in the city of Ras al-Khair. With inves
A Canadian pastor detained by North Korea in 2015 was released on Wednesday in a goodwill gesture by the Pyongyang, the official KCNA news agency said. Hyeon Soo Lim, 61, was freed on “sick bail”, the agency announced after a Canadian government delegation arrived in Pyongyang to discuss
At least 19 people were killed in an earthquake in China’s mountainous southwest region. Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated on Wednesday from the Sichuan region where memories of a 2008 seismic disaster remain fresh. The 6.5 magnitude quake struck Sichuan late on Tuesday. The tremor cr
