What happened to the copy of the Qur’an that President Putin gifted the Supreme Leader during his visit to Tehran around four months ago? It does not seem that calls for cooperation have been responded to as there are conflicting reports about the promised missiles. The Iranians said that they have
Businessman Donald Trump is a step closer to the U.S. Republican presidential nomination after easily winning the Nevada caucuses Tuesday, giving him his third win in four early nominating contests. “We love Nevada,” Trump told supporters at the Treasure Island casino on the Las Vegas Strip as he de
Dubai-Thousands of people have gathered in Dubai to talk about women and diversity. Global Women’s Forum Dubai, held at Madinat Jumeirah, has featured keynote speeches by HM Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan, wife of HM King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein of Jordan, the International Monitory Fund
Aden- On the upcoming march round of deliberations announced by U.N. Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Yemeni Minister of Information and Mass Media Mohammed Qubaty said that Yemen’s legitimate government insists on saving Yemeni blood from being spilled and accounts itself responsible to all
A well-known Bahraini insurgent was sentenced to a year in jail on Wednesday year for incitement against the kingdom’s ruling system but dropped a more serious charge of promoting political change by illegal ways, a judicial official said. Ibrahim Sharif, the former secretary general of the Na
Jeddah-A senior Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat that the legitimate government was not going to to release the foreign experts, who had carried out terrorist acts in the country and were arrested by the national army according to what the interrogation minutes confirmed. The Yemeni official sai
Baghdad- Iraqi sources said that Shi’ite leaderships refused to accept conditions an Italian-based company concerned with dam maintenance on the project of restoring the Mosul Dam had required. They have also rejected the Italian protection 450-soldier platoon. A source told Asharq Al-Awsat that Shi
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain took measures relating to Lebanon yesterday, a day after the Lebanese government held a meeting that did not live up to Gulf expectations after Saudi Arabia and the Gulf decided “to conduct a review” of relations with Lebanon in light of its recent positions that ar
London- With 48 hours left for the Iranian parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections, mass media in Iran has not seized broadcasting mutual accusations among politicians and responsible officials. Executives close to the Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader’s office, after his Wednesday speech, prompte
In accordance with a warning often expressed by many about the partition of Syria, the US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate foreign relations committee yesterday that “it may be difficult to keep Syria whole if it takes much longer to end the fighting”. He also stressed that “it would be
Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia met at Al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday with Nigerian President Mohammed Bukhari, who is currently visiting Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations and discussed the prospects of co
Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and producers (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers should act promptly to rebalance the global oil market, otherwise the damage may deepen and take a long time to be fixed, a senior Iraqi oil official said on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia, Russia,
After Apple was ordered to unlock Syed Farook’s iPhone 5C and it refused to do so, FBI Director James Comey resorted to pleading with the company. Farook and his wife killed 14 people during a Christmas party at the end of last year in San Bernardino, California. The chief executive of Apple Tim Coo
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir’s statements on supporting Syrian rebels by supplying them with surface-to-air missiles have raised hopes for rebalancing the power, which was lately put in the hands of the Syrian regime and Iranian and Russian forces. The hopes are in ending the ban on the Fre
Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi on Tuesday urged global energy executives to “stick together” through the worst industry collapse in decades, assuring that increasing support for a deal to freeze output would ease a global glut. He said producers would hopefully meet in March to negotiat
The head of the Palestinian anti-corruption body says he has clawed back $70 million in five years yet his investigators couldn’t expose evidence to justify allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds have disappeared. Rafiq al-Natsheh, chairman of the Palestinian Anti-Corru
Baghdad- Iraqi official told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran has delegated the Commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force and the responsible for the Iraqi file, Brigade Qasem Soleimani, to Baghdad in line with the political and economic reforms that the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is planning to im
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry warned it citizens against travel to Lebanon and urged those present to leave for their own safety, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday. Saudi citizens who have to stay in Lebanon are advised to take caution while being there and “contact the Saudi embassy
Beirut-The linguistic creativity again saved the Lebanese government from collapsing due to the internal conflict among its members regarding the foreign policy, especially after the latest Saudi and Gulf stances to review relations with Lebanon following its recent official stances conflicting with
Bahraini authorities will discuss with the U.S. Treasury the international banks’ reluctance to deal with Banks in Bahrain and the Gulf because of tight U.S. regulation, Bahrain’s central bank governor said on Tuesday. “Many international banks have curtailed their correspondent services
