Dakar- Four years passed since Macky Sall rose to power in Senegal. Those years were filled with challenges. President Sall worked to leave behind a mark in the history of a country which has only been acquainted with senior presidents. Among the Senegalese presidents were the poetic philosopher Léo
Two women staged a gun and grenade attack at a Turkish police bus as it arrived at a station in an Istanbul suburb on Thursday, footage from the Dogan news agency showed. Television stations said there were no casualties. The footage showed one of the women hurling a grenade and the other opening fi
As oil prices slipped after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles touched record highs, Wall Street edged lower on Wednesday. After a report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed that a rise in crude stockpiles was much higher than estimates, the U.S. crude fell about percent. Wall Street c
Giulio Regeni, 28, vanished in January until his beaten and tortured body was later found in a ditch on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on Feb. 3. The incident has stirred outrage in Italy and stressed relations between Italy and Egypt, the two countries that share important strategic and econ
San Francisco- As a very novel program to ever be offered by the federal government, the Pentagon declared on Wednesday that it planned to invite vetted outside hackers to detect and examine the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month. Seek
Iranians are, of course, free to accept the Vali- e- Faqih brand of ‘democracy’ or reject it. But such exceptional ‘democracy’ is proving extremely costly to the Arab world. What the ruling authorities in Tehran regard as ‘democracy’ or “shura” is beyond the scope of this argument, it is enough to s
Blind and visually impaired Palestinian students at an elementary school for the blind in the West Bank are learning English through song. Youngsters are welcoming this approach as it breaks the tedious routine of the usual Braille textbooks and memorizing the rules of grammar. “In specific su
Dubai-“UAE is moving on with its strategic plan to diversify the national economy away from a dependence on oil. It has its unique economic vision that enables the creation of new economic sectors to contribute to the nation’s growth even while upgrading existing sectors to ensure they are equ
Paris- Élysée Palace announced on Tuesday that the French President François Hollande will receive Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef on Friday coinciding his first official visit to France as a Crown Prince. Official French sources described the visit as “very important” due to the French-Saudi
Amman- Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, called on the global community to provide supplementary support for the country’s humanitarian needs. During a Tuesday press conference, McGoldrick spoke to reporters about the 2016 humanitarian response mission for Yemen. He pointed ou
London- Dabiq, online ISIS issued magazine for propaganda and recruitment, published an article describing al-Qaeda and its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri as proxy used to protect Iran’s interests. The article said that each of ISIS and al-Qaeda excel when it comes to an extremism showdown. They display n
A senior Syrian opposition official said on Wednesday that as long as the current truce does not realize its humanitarian demands, dates for resuming the United Nations-backed Syria peace talks remain hypothetical. A cessation of hostilities agreement drawn up by Russia and the United Sates came int
The Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Razak said his country stands in solidarity with Riyadh on its efforts to achieve peace and security in the world and added that the strengthening of Saudi Arabian – Malaysian cooperation aims to guarantee peace and security in the Muslim world. Abdu
The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council declared Lebanon’s Hezbollah a “terrorist” organization, it said on Wednesday, amplifying pressure on the Iran-allied group that exerts influence in Lebanon and plays a key role in the Syrian crisis fighting in support of Assad’s regime. Gulf monarchies took t
The Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad delivered a speech yesterday during which it appeared that he was trying to give Syrians two options; war and “standing by terrorists” (as he describes the actions of his opponents) or “peace and security”. He also called on opposition fighters to surrender thems
London- Documentations logging speeches of the late al-Qaeda leading terrorist Osama bin Laden surfaced revealing details on his will. Bin Laden’s wishes included his plan of dividing an approximate 29 million dollars’ worth of his wealth and assets at a majority supporting the continuation of the s
Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday the Ambassador of Italy to the Kingdom, Mario Buffo, who bade farewell to the King due to the end of his tenure as his country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The audience was attend
SAO PAULO, Court officials in Sergipe state confirmed that a judge had ordered the jailing of Facebook Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan. Thus the Brazilian police arrested the senior Facebook executive on Tuesday as a dispute accelerated over a court’s demand that the company prov
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s Petrobras will reduce its five-year investment plan by about one-fifth next month as low oil prices, according to Reuters “massive debt and fallout from a corruption scandal hobble its ability to fund offshore projects, two sources helping draft the plan&#
HAVANA – On March 25 a free outdoor concert will be performed by The Rolling Stones in Havana as the band announced on Tuesday. This might be the best act to play since its 1959 revolution; thus a milestone event in a country where the communist government once banned the group’s music as an &
