Southampton’s sacking of Claude Puel is not entirely fair on the Frenchman but the club reckon they could do better, which, in the Premier League, is fair enough. There is no guarantee that Southampton’s next manager will do as well as Puel did but the club’s rulers have decided, ruthlessly and with
Riyadh- Yemeni authorities have accused insurgents of causing an increase in the number of cases of cholera infections in Taiz because of the siege in the city. They also held them responsible for blocking efforts to counter the spread of the disease in the provinces under the control of their milit
The Iraqi military says it has retaken control of a border crossing with Syria from the ISIS terrorist group. Tribal forces and border police, supported by Iraqi and US-led coalition aircraft, took part in the operation to take the al-Waleed crossing, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a sta
Riyadh- Official spokesman of the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development Khalid Aba al-Khail said that since the problem of the employees working in “Saudi Oger LTD” company has started, the ministry has been following up along with government agencies and with the company itself to fi
A US drone strike has killed three suspected members of al-Qaeda in Yemen’s southern Shabwa province, Yemeni officials said on Saturday. The strike hit a vehicle in Saeed district late Friday, killing the driver and both passengers, the officials said. The missile strike left their bodies char
Seven US Navy sailors went missing after US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship more than three times its size in eastern Japan early on Saturday. The Fitzgerald, an Aegis guided missile destroyer, sailed back to its home port in Japan early Saturday evening, while US and Ja
London- The showdown with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has exposed the precarious position of Qatar. The soft power of the Qatar brand that was meant to protect it has never looked more fragile – Doha’s isolation is heading into a third week, said Bloomberg. Samer Shehata, an associate
Social media platform Twitter briefly suspended the account of Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera Arabic early Saturday. Al-Jazeera is known to be a strong backer of extremism and terrorism through broadcasts of videos belonging to terrorist organizations in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Bahrain. The
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday referred a death penalty recommendation for 31 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor to the Grand Mufti for a non-binding legally-required opinion. The court set a verdict session for July 22 after it recommended
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can not allow Turkey to establish military bases on its territories, an official source has said. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the source pointed out that “the Kingdom has no need for this.” “Its armed forces and military capabilities are at the best level,
The Libyan coast guard intercepted 906 migrants who were on board several wooden and rubber boats off the western city of Sabratha on Friday, a spokesman said. Coast guard spokesman Ayoub Qassem said that one of the rubber boats was perforated and nearly submerged, and a wooden boat had its engine m
Cuba’s government on Friday criticized US President Donald Trump’s “hostile rhetoric” in announcing new restrictions on Washington’s ties to the island, but reiterated Havana’s willingness to continue “respectful dialogue.” In a statement read out on t
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued on Saturday a royal order amending the name of “The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution” to “the Public Prosecution” and calling its chairman the “Public Prosecutor.” “The Pu
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Egypt asserted to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that their governments have not imposed any restrictions on foreign aviation companies except Qatari companies and those companies registered in Qatar from using their airspace. Minister of
Jeddah, New York- Yemen’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi announced that his country’s government will send a letter to the Security Council to express its reservations on the statement the latter had issued Thursday on the Yemeni crisis, especially in regards t
Tel Aviv- Israeli settlers have marked the 50th anniversary of the Golan Heights occupation and its annexation at a later stage. “The nations of the world must formally recognize that the Golan is an integral part of the state of Israel, and is essential to our existence as a people,” Israeli Presid
Abu Dhabi- UAE Minister of State Dr. Sultan al-Jaber said during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Friday that the decision to sever relations with Qatar is aimed at stopping its funding of terrorism. “For 22 years, Qatar has adopted policies that undermined regional
Ankara- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Iran was taking each of Iraq and Syria as an arena for more than a sectarian expansionism, describing its behavior as a “Persian expansionism.” In an interview with the Portuguese broadcaster RTP late Thursday, Erdogan said: “I see that de
Agadez, Niger- Back in the days when Muammar Gaddafi was leader, Libya was billed as a top destination for those looking for jobs and money. But it has turned into the seventh circle of hell for migrants whose experiences range from exploitation verging on slavery to kidnapping and torture. Migrants
Ankara, Arbil – The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, has stressed that he informed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that the independence referendum which he has called for “is a normal, legal right of our people.” “Afterwards we want (to) negotiate the results of the
