Marawi (Philippines)-On his Facebook profile page Omarkhayam Romato Maute describes himself as a “Walking Time-Bomb.” When a band of militants led by Omarkhayam and one of his brothers overran a town in the southern Philippines on May 23, festooning its alleyways with the black banners of ISIS, the
Two people have died from food poisoning in a camp for displaced people from the Iraqi city of Mosul, the country’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday as Saudi state television accused a Qatari charity of providing the tainted food. People started vomiting and some fainted after eating an iftar me
Riyadh – Economists expect Qatari banks to undergo their toughest stage in the coming days and to enter the phase of international institutions’ short-term deposits drying up amid the rise of Qatar interest rate index, knowing that the lending cost is the highest since seven years. Mohammed Kh
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear on Tuesday before a Senate panel to testify over alleged Russian meddling in the presidential elections a day after Washington agreed on new sanctions against Moscow. Sessions will likely face tough questions at the open Senate Intelligence Committee hea
Cairo – Egypt has started taking the necessary procedures to demand Interpol to blacklist 26 terrorists linked to Qatar, Egyptian security sources said. It wants them to be added to Interpol’s Red Notice in order to arrest them and hand them to Egyptian authorities. The terrorists are the same ones
Kabul – The head of the Haqqani network has denied insurgents’ involvement in recent bloody attacks in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. The Afghan government has blamed the Taliban-allied Haqqani network for the deadly bombing in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter which left more than 150 people de
Ramallah- Hamas delegation – led by Yahya Sinwar, Hamad leader in Gaza, – returned to Gaza from Cairo on Monday after a one-week visit that witnessed discussions with security Egyptian officials. Hamas delegation arrived at Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza after a series of security agree
Beirut – The clashes that erupted between the Free Syrian Army’s Euphrates Shield unit and other factions in the Syrian city of al-Bab and others regions in the northeastern Aleppo countryside have come to a halt. Ankara had reportedly intervened to stop the infighting that has left scored dead and
Qatif- A Saudi soldier has been killed and two other security men were wounded in a terrorist attack in the Masoura district in the village of Awamiya, Qatif province. A spokesman of the Interior Ministry said that the incident took place in the Masoura district at around 11:30 on Sunday evening whi
Jeddah – The Saudi cabinet renewed on Monday the Kingdom’s praise of US President Donald Trump’s statements that called on Qatar to “stop financing terrorism” as it condemned the emirate’s “duality in policies.” It also hailed Trump’s praise of Saudi Arabia’s leading role in confronting terror and d
Those who know the history of Qatar’s disputes with its neighbors know that finding a solution is easy. I will reveal this solution at the end of the article, but first, here is a brief summary of the history of the crisis. It began in the late 1990s after Qatar reignited the dispute with Bahrain [&
Ankara – The growing number of traffic accidents in Turkey has forced authorities to consider adopting a new system to reduce them. An “interactive warning and monitoring system” app is currently being developed in cooperation with the general directorate of security and Istanbul University to
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday in Jeddah. Saudi Arabia’s Arab Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer al-Sabhan told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the meeting would see discussions over bilateral relations and re
Amman – In a familial ambiance full of affection and kindness, the “Out and About” group, which has various charitable activities, organized a group iftar event for elderly people in the White Beds Nursing Home in Amman. The iftar aimed to draw a smile on the elderlies’ faces, make them happy,
Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades agreed on Monday to unify efforts aimed at fighting terrorism and stressed the importance of bilateral cooperation between the two countries. In a joint news conference following an extensive meeting at the Baabda
Los Angeles – Google confirmed that it intends to adopt a preinstalled technology to ban ads on Chrome browser starting early 2018 in order to eliminate the most annoying ads on the Web. The giant technology company works with “Coalition for Better Ads”, which is an independent group of tech.
Jeddah – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz met on Monday with Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, who was on a visit to the Kingdom. During the talks held at al-Salam Palace, the two officials reviewed “strong bilateral relations” and latest developments i
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) has continued, for the sixteenth consecutive day the distribution of food aid in Taiz governorate, said the Saudi Press Agency on Monday. This initiative was taken to alleviate the suffering of the people of Taiz in light o
Over 10 people were injured when a strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday the Aegean coast of western Turkey and the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios. The broadcaster said ten people were injured in the village of Vrisa on the island of Lesbos, where a number of old homes collapsed. The U
When a furious Jordan Pickford conceded a goal during a training exercise with England’s Under-21’s at St George’s Park this week, he whacked and burst one of the inflatable mannequins that had been put up to complicate the strikers’ route to goal. “I just don’t like conceding,” he explains with an
