London, Jeddah- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Friday Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at the Safa Palace in Mecca. They reviewed bilateral relations between the kingdom and Turkey and discussed developments in the region, the Saudi news agen
Beirut- Lebanon’s parliament has approved the country’s first proportional vote law that would allow the elections to be held in May 2018 after the current legislature served a nine-year term following two extensions of the lawmakers’ tenures in 2013 and 2015. The law was approved by overwhelming ma
London – Scientists have developed a drug that mimics sunlight to make the skin tan, with no damaging UV radiation involved. The drug tricks the skin into producing the brown form of the pigment melanin in tests on skin samples and mice. Evidence suggests it will work even on redheads, who nor
London – German sportscar maker Porsche aims to boost its green credentials by giving a home to 25 bee colonies in a grazing pasture at its factory in the city of Leipzig. The move is an unusual one for Porsche, whose luxury sportscars and sports utilities are not renowned for their sustainabi
Every boom in the US economy is different, but over the past several decades, each has ended the same way. First you get full employment. Then you get a spike in the price of oil. And then there’s a recession. The US hit full employment in August 2015. And yet the prevailing wisdom is that [&h
London – There was a twist this year to Arsenal’s annual late-season injection of hope in that it came with a change of formation. Can a conversion to a back three really, after all these years, be the recipe that actually delivers jam tomorrow? Yet it’s not even clear that Arsène Wenger inten
Now, for the first time, scientists have found proof that evil twin of the sun “Nemesis” may exist somewhere in the universe after revealing that all stars are born in pairs, as reported “The Daily Mail.” Scientists believe that the sun’s missing sibling kicked an aster
A Syrian refugee from Daraa has been named as the first victim of the towerblock inferno in London as officials expected the death toll in the tragedy to rise dramatically. Syrian refugee Mohammed Alhajali has been identified on Friday as a victim in the fire. His brother Omar broke down in tears as
Ankara- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country is willing to deploy armed troops to Qatar amid rising tensions in the Gulf diplomatic row. A bloc of three Gulf states joined by Egypt have led a boycott against the gas-rich peninsula in a joint effort to curb its funding of e
Beirut – As the features of the Lebanese parliament’s political distribution become more defined with the adoption of the new proportional representation electoral law, which divides the country into 15 electoral districts, small blocs and candidates, who do not belong to the traditional political p
Moscow- Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that poverty in Russia is increasing, expressing concern over the relapse of citizens’ income. He said that the Russian economy has overcome the shrinkage but is still suffering challenges that should be solved calmly. He also lauded the Central Ban
The UN refugee agency said Friday that ISIS militants may be holding more than 100,000 civilians as human shields in the historic district of Mosul with a government offensive to recapture the northern Iraqi city entering its ninth month. The UN refugee agency’s representative in Iraq Bruno Ge
Manama- Bahrain’s prosecution convicted on Wednesday a Bahraini suspect of involvement with the terror group ISIS, revoking his citizenship and sentencing him to 10 years in jail. The convict was proven radicalized and having pledged to using force against the government, rabble-rousing and spreadin
The man behind a bombing at a kindergarten in eastern China that left eight people dead, including himself, suffered from a neurological system disorder, announced the police. The 22-year-old man identified as Xu had a disorder whose symptoms can include depression, anxiety, dizziness, vision proble
The special prosecutor investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the US presidential elections has expanded the probe to include Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, reported the Washington Post. That includes the finances and business dealings of Jared Kushner, who is married t
Russia’s Defense Ministry revealed on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike in Syria may have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May although the US-led coalition battling the terrorist organization said it could not confirm his death. The air strike was lau
Cairo– Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry and UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler have said that any solution to the current political crisis in Libya should emanate from national efforts in order to preserve the country’s sovereignty and independence. The two officials met in Cairo
Ankara- The unemployment rate in Turkey fell 0.9 percentage points between February and April to reach 11.7 percent after it had marked its highest rate in seven years, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) revealed Thursday. But the unemployment rate rose 1.6 percentage points in March compa
Dubai- United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said that the intricacies in which the Qatar crisis is woven calls for a direct change in foreign policy. Doha’s record, outstandingly negative, presses that the peninsula deals with the core issue and not disputes linin
Riyadh – A World Bank official revealed that the settlement of the economic growth rate in Saudi Arabia in 2017 at 0.6% has ensued from cutting oil product. He stated to Asharq Al-Awsat that reforms related to the National Transformation Program 2020 (NTP) and the resumption of oil production
