Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that his “revolutionary” opponents sought their own interests, not those of Iran’s people, while defending his nuclear deal with world powers and the policy of rapprochement he is building with the West. The remarks exposed a worseni
Baghdad- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki revealed that he is planning to return to office after being declined for a third term by each of Iraqi political forces and U.S. management after the 2014 elections. Al-Maliki pointed out that ever since Haider Al-Abadi was assigned prime ministe
London- A federal courthouse in New York has held Iran responsible for the September 9/11 attacks, and has passed a judge order demanding that Iran pays a $10.5 billion worth fine in compensation for the families of the victims who died during the 2001 attacks. The case is In Re Terrorist Attacks on
The Arab League has formally labelled Iran ally Hezbollah a terrorist organization on Friday, Egyptian state media said, only a week after the Gulf Cooperation Council adopted the same stance. “The Arab League foreign minister’s committee has decided on Friday to consider Hezbollah a ter
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed on Saturday Washington view on the U.N.-sponsored peace talks, saying that they should go ahead on Monday as planned despite “perceived” truce violations by Syrian government forces, according to a U.S. pool reporter accompanying Kerry. Speaki
It was a grandiose spectacle which upcoming generations will long remember; tens of thousands of soldiers and army units of 20 different nations coming in together for the first collaborative work of its kind. The occurrence took place on a 900 Km squared vast zone in northern Saudi Arabia nearing I
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the leaders of Arab and Islamic countries that participated in the “North Thunder” exercise watched a large military parade that concluded the exercise in King Khalid Military City in Hafr Al-Batin, northern Saudi Arabia. At the end
Israeli planes fired a missile targeting Hamas bases in Gaza strip early Saturday killing a 10-year-old Palestinian boy and injuring his sister and his brother, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. A statement by the Israeli military said aircraft had targeted four militant training
Aden- Late Friday evening, both the Yemeni National Army and the Popular Resistance managed to relief Taiz from the barricade formerly imposed by Houthi militia and pro-Saleh (ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh) combatants. Pro-legitimacy forces fought at both battlefronts taking place at the city
American researchers have made a discovery that promises to change the lives of thousands of patients with kidney failure and to facilitate the harmonisation of kidney transplants “from any donor” with their bodies. The researchers said in the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine t
“That’s the press, baby, and there is nothing you can do about it! Nothing!” This is how Humphrey Bogart, playing Ed Hutcheson, a newspaper editor, puts down the diabolical gang leader who is running the biggest corruption racket in the city. The final issue of a paper that the hea
After hours of intensive talks and mediation, Arab foreign ministers agreed on the appointment of former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit as the Secretary General of the Arab League and Nabil El-Araby’s successor during their meeting in Cairo yesterday. The Arab foreign ministers and the
Hafr Al-Batin-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud held a meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, on the sidelines of the closing maneuver of North Thunder Exercise held in Hafr Al-Batin in which a number of brotherly countries participat
Naypyitaw – Myanmar’s military nominated a former junta stalwart who is still, currently, on a U.S. sanctions list as its choice for vice president on Friday, pointing to battles ahead for National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her selected president. While working alo
CAIRO – Years after watching and listening to little but enthusiastic support and applause for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi from one side and criticism of his enemies from another side, the tens of millions of Egyptians who watch the country’s pugnacious talk shows are now unexpectedly being presented
Riyadh-The Ministry of Labor is set to enroll young Saudis in four vocational and technological programs in the telecommunications sector. The ministry has taken the decision in view of the recent announcement to “Saudize” the telecommunications sector in partnership and cooperation with the Ministr
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz yesterday observed the end of the “North Thunder” military exercise that took place in King Khalid Military City which is located in Hafar Al-Batin, northern Saudi Arabia. The leaders and heads of the delegations of twenty countries tha
Aylan Kurdi, whose dead body touched the globe and stirred world-wide sympathy for migrants fleeing the injustice of war and poverty, now again confronts motorists, pedestrians and river travellers on Frankfurt through a huge graffiti artwork image of the toddler. Thousands of commuters who use the
Washington-Authorities in the US hope to retain the Syrian opposition even though there is a ceasefire in place and despite their abysmal failure before. Top US commander, General Lloyd Austin said that the Pentagon has requested permission from the Obama administration to restart the previously fai
New Delhi/Mumbai – Indian Tycoon Vijay Mallya, who faces pressure from banks to repay more than $1 billion owed by his collapsed airline, has denied charges he was an absconder on Friday and refuted such claims that he had fled India as politicians traded accusations over how he was able to f
