Aid convoys headed, on Monday, for a besieged Syrian town where thousands of people, including women and children, have been trapped for six months by a government blockade and have received no aid since October. The United Nations has reported people dying of starvation. After an agreement between
The Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz who is also Second Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence ended his visit to Pakistan yesterday during which he held talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif. I
Barcelona- Carles Puigdemont, elected new president of Catalonia, appealed on Jan.10 to initiate the process of breaking away from Spain. Puigdemont addressed the Catalan Parliament with the need to embark on establishing an independent government in Catalonia, so that all parliamentary decisions ar
Arab foreign ministers emphasised their countries’ full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and called on the international community to take necessary measures to compel Tehran to respect the principle of good neighbourliness during an emergency meeting in Cairo yesterday which was held in response to an
Ramallah- The Palestinian Authority spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, confirmed that there is continued coordination with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in order to create facts on the ground to establish a Palestinian state. In press statements, Abu Rudeineh said that political efforts are being exert
After China’s central bank set a stronger guidance rate for the Yuan on Monday, the safe haven Yen eased against the dollar, casting away fears that Beijing is trying to weaken its currency to gain a competitive export advantage. China’s Yuan has been weakening for eight consecutive sessions;
The U.S.-led coalition conducted 11 air strikes against ISIS forces in Syria and 15 in Iraq on Saturday, the task force leading the operation said. The strikes in Syria hit near Raqqa, Kamal, Manbij, Ayn Isa, Dayr Az Zawr, where one strike destroyed 16 skid-mounted gas and oil separation plants, the
DUBAI – A man from the United Arab Emirates was sentenced to death in absentia on Sunday for joining ISIS, local media reported. Local newspapers did not identify the man sentenced by the Abu Dhabi court. But the Arabic-language al-Bayan said he was 19-years old and said he and had been accuse
BAGHDAD – Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including China and South Africa, the government said on Sunday. Baghdad last month restricted poultry imports from France, where an outbreak of avian flu has been reported. “Th
DUBAI- A “projectile” struck a clinic supported by international medical group Medecins Sans Frontieres in north Yemen on Sunday, killing four people, MSF said, another in a series of attacks on its facilities in the war-torn country. MSF said it was not clear who was behind the attack t
BEIRUT,(Reuters) – A big Syrian rebel group said it was unacceptable to talk about a political solution to the war as people die of hunger and bombardment and the best way to force Damascus towards a settlement was to give insurgents anti-aircraft missiles. The statement from Islam Army (Jaysh
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Yamamah Palace here today Lebanese former President Michel Suleiman. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques welcomed the Lebanese former President in the Kingdom, who in turn expressed his pleasure over mee
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey,(Reuters) – Security forces killed 32 Kurdish militants in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast at the weekend, army and security sources said on Sunday, escalating the reignited conflict in the region. It was one of the bloodiest weekends since the three-decades-old insu
BAGHDAD, Jan 10 (Reuters) – ISIS militants left Ramadi’s streets and buildings boobytrapped with bombs, hampering efforts to rebuild the city two weeks after Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces claimed victory against the militant group there, officials said. Ramadi, the capital
The execution of Nimr al-Nimr earlier this month touched off anti-Saudi demonstrations in many Shiite countries including Iran, where demonstrators ransacked and set fire to the Saudi embassy. Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Shiite-dominated Tehran the day after the attack and was followed by a numb
The Arab Coalition spokesman, Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri confirmed that there is no way Saudi Arabia accepts negotiating directly with the former Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi militias. His statement was a reply on Saleh who announced on a TV Show at “Yemen Al Yawm” that he
Cairo- “Opportunities come from crises”, is a quote by Churchill that Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said to confirm his positive vision for Saudi Arabia’s future. This came consistent to Saudi Arabia’s plan to privatize some assets and allocate the management of some facilities coinciding with the sign
Supporters of Assad regime and Hezbollah have launched a social media campaign, over the past two days, to mock starving civilians in besieged Syrian village, Madaya. Supporters posted photos of sumptuous-looking spreads of food including kebabs, grilled prawns, whole fish, chips, salad and mountain
Cairo- Egypt’s new parliament held its opening session on Sunday, state television reported, more than three years after a court dissolved the old Islamist-dominated chamber. The body is expected to choose a speaker on its first day back, and now has 15 days to approve hundreds of laws issued
The Saudi Eastern Province police have announced that a Saudi citizen was abducted and beaten by unknown terrorists who intend to provoke a riot in Awamiyah for the second time in one week. The police explained in an official statement that the incident happened on Friday at 3:30am, two days after a
