FIFA banned former Secretary General Jerome Valcke, from all soccer-related activities for 12 years on Friday, its ethics committee said on Friday. Zurich-based FIFA in January fired Valcke, once one of the global soccer body’s most potent figures, amid alleged corruption involving World Cup t
An anonymous Iranian team of app developers have come up with a new smartphone application that helps Iranians dodge the Islamic Republic’s “morality police” known in Persian as “Ershad” or guidance. The app widely spread among young, tech-savvy population but has quick
Henry Kissinger, the doyen of American diplomacy and global strategies, does not like retirement. He believes he has never been out of touch with world affairs and still has a lot to offer in terms of finding solutions and eliminating any threats to the interests he defends. Actually, I believe wise
Brussels- Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, on Thursday led the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia taking part in the meeting of the international coalition countries to counter ISIS, at the headquarters of NATO in
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of what he describes as his country’s “impatience” towards the Syrian crisis and stressed that Turkey “may be forced to act” in light of war mechanisms approaching its borders. Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara yesterday that “the word “stupid” is n
Pakistan has arrested 97 al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (Lej) militants, including three commanders, in the southern city of Karachi. The army also foiled a planned jailbreak of the killer of American journalist Daniel Pearl- the Wall Street Journal’s South Asia bureau chief who was beheaded in 2002
The Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz who is also Minister of Defence and the Second Deputy Prime Minister held talks with his counterparts from the US, Britain, Italy, Germany and France respectively. Prince Mohammed met Ashton Carter, Michael Fallon, Roberta Pinotti, Ursu
Erbil- An Iranian-Kurdish opposing leader revealed that Kirkuk’s Governor, Najm al Din Kareem, has inaugurated Khomeini Cultural and Sports Center in Kirkuk, in the presence of Iranian Consul in Kurdistan, Murtada al-Abadi, on the occasion of Khomeini’s revolution anniversary. The center is co
Researchers reported on Wednesday new evidence firming the association between Zika virus and a spike in birth defects, referring to the presence of the virus in the brain of an aborted fetus of a European woman who became pregnant while living in Brazil. An autopsy of the fetus showed microcephaly
Iran cancelled a conference during which it had been due to reveal investment contracts to international oil firms signaling that political feuding is unsettling plans to recuperate its energy sector. The conference, which had been postponed five times due to sanctions, was finally scheduled to be h
Germany will give a 566- million-dollar loan (500 million Euros) credit to Iraq to help it withstand the sharp downturn in global oil prices, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Berlin. “Germany is ready to do what it can …
The latest declaration by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria, which held Bashar al-Assad’s regime responsible for obstructing the negotiations, does not rise to the level of crimes and serious incidents that have increased these days in Syria. What de Mistura is announcing is l
Suspected ISIS militants on Thursday killed two civilians and a customs officer and scorched a car in an attack on a customs post in Mopti in central Mali, a defense ministry spokesman said. The recent months have witnessed ISIS militants expanding range with a series of raids. In November, militant
Riyadh-Saudi banks are likely to change their working hours to openning 30 minutes earlier at 9:00 am and closing at 4:00 pm local time (GMT +3). The news comes after the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced plans to change trading hours to between 10 am and 3:00 pm local time as of April 3, 201
London- Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution IRGC’s second-in-command, considered that his country controls both field and political status quo in Syria. Salami, in a conference attended by three thousand Basij figureheads in Tehran, claimed that his forces now
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that the shelling of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday Feb. 10 was carried out by two U.S. aircraft and that Russian planes had not been operating in the area. A Pentagon spokesman had blamed Russian and Syria government forces on Wednesday of ta
A man opened fire at local education department offices in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees and injuring two others, the interior ministry said, describing the incident as a criminal attack. Ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said the assault took place took place in
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, received at Al-Yamamah Palace the princes, the Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, scholars, and a group of citizens who came to greet him. At the outset of the reception, they all listened to a recitation of verses from the
The Yemen Army announced that a senior military official from the former Republican Guard’s reserve, accompanied by a number of officers of different ranks, left anonymous, arrived at Ma’rib Governorate. Coincidently, informed sources revealed that Brig. Gen. Ali bin Ali al-Jaefi, chief comman
Paris- The 69-year-old Veteran French socialist politician and current Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, confirmed long-standing rumors that he would resign. Coming out of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysée palace, he told reporters that he had attended his final cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
