Abu Dhabi- On February 15, the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) started the testing of the structural integrity of the core system of its nuclear reactors to be built in the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant located in the United Arab Emirates. A crucial milestone was reached on Tuesday in prepari
London- Addressing the European Union lawmakers in Brussels on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, whose country supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, dismissed media allegations that Iran has sent troops to Syria to fight for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,
Heavy American bombers, loaded with a variety of bombs, take off from the NATO base in Incirlik, Turkey for a scheduled “sortie”. Forty minutes later, however, they are back at base, still fully loaded, not having struck any targets. A few hours later it is the turn of Russian heavy bombers to take
While Iraqi and US sources yesterday confirmed the release of three Americans who were kidnapped in Iraq in January, the deputy of the Iraqi parliament’s security and defence committee Hamid Al-Mutlaq told Asharq Al-Awsat that “known and armed militias that are affiliated with Iran kidnapped t
Riyadh- An international conference on former Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal is to be held under the patronage of HRH the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. The three-day event is organized by King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. As many as
London- A study, presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Washington DC, has proven for the first time that engineered “memory T-cells” can persist in the body for 14-plus years. The early findings have not been published or peer-reviewed by
The Saudi-Led Arabian Coalition forces in Yemen apprehended, on Feb. 16, a U.N. vessel shipping cipher machinery. The gadgets were hidden within the ship’s structure next to sustenance and medical supplies. A U.N. spokeswoman claimed that the confiscated items belong to the ship’s crew. However, som
Ten months ago, three gangs took over Yemen; the Iranian supported militia who are known as Houthis, the forces of the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh who was forced out after the Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda which swiftly filled the vacuum. Yemen has become like Syria where the majority of Syrians
Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chaired the Cabinet’s session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Monday afternoon. HRH briefed the Cabinet with the results of his meetings with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and Secret
Former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died aged 93 on Tuesday. He passed away at a Cairo hospital after reportedly being admitted with a broken pelvis, Egypt’s state news agency said. His death was confirmed by Rafael Ramirez, the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN and current p
London-The Iraqi Democratic Movement arranged in London, in coordination with Trade Union Congress House, a talk session with the Kurdish survivor from ISIS Nadia Murad, who is nominated to receive “Nobel Peace Prize”, The ISIS sex slave survivor, who saw her family slaughtered before she was taken
Turkey called on Tuesday allies including the United States to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria, especially with Moscow-backed government advance nears its borders, which raises the possibility of direct confrontation between the NATO member and Russia. “We want a ground operatio
Ramallah-The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called during a press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo, for an international peace conference and the formation of an international mechanism to end the Israeli occupation according to a specific timetable. Abbas has
Qatar Airways threatened to cancel an order for Pratt & Whitney engines for Airbus A320neo jetliners on Tuesday, saying the newly developed powerplants had “a lot of problems”, said airline Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker. The Gulf airline has ordered 50 A320neo-family aircraft and wa
London- The search after suspects, affiliated to financial activities for the benefit of Hezbollah around the world, is ongoing; thus effecting US resolutions, which were issued lately by the Congress. The resolutions aim at targeting members and leading companies that facilitate Hezbollah’s activit
A 26 year old man called Abdul Rahman Mohammed Mahmoud who fled bombing carried out by the Assad regime in his native city Daraa stands in a corner of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, eagerly awaiting the arrival of his newborn child. He hopes that this child will provide some joy after the sorro
Banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter is back at the headquarters of soccer’s governing body for a hearing to appeal against his eight-year suspension from the sport. Blatter was banned in December after he was found guilty of a two million Swiss francs ($2 million) “disloyal payment”
International condemnation of bombings that targeted hospitals including facilities supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UNICEF in northern Syria yesterday continued. MSF said that 7 civilians including 5 patients, a care provider and a guard were killed in an air raid that targeted a hos
Crude oil prices trimmed back from earlier sharp gains Tuesday morning, after energy ministers from top oil producers agreed to freeze output, but not to cut production. After talks in Qatar, global oil exporters including Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s two largest crude producers, agreed to f
India has a population of 1.2 billion people, i.e. four times that of the United States and it is likely that it will exceed the population of China in 2025. Some Indians believe that by the middle of the current century, the three major powers in the world will be the United States, China and [&hel
