Cairo – Following talks on Wednesday with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riaydh, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa continued his regional tour and arrived in Cairo on Thursday on a two-day official visit, during which he met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sis
Beirut – Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad al-Mashnouq criticized Qatar without naming it, saying: “There are small countries that can make big mistakes, which could cause major problems.” Speaking during an Iftar dinner in the Beqaa, the minister blamed the world for failing to resolve the crisis in
Beirut – Differences over the details of the parliamentary electoral law that Lebanon has toiled over for years are threatening to erase the recent progress that was achieved by President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The latest obstacle lies in demands by the Chri
London, Riyadh, Moscow – Qatar has chosen to harden its stance towards its Gulf neighbors, according to recent statements by its foreign minister, who stressed that his country was not ready to change its foreign policies to resolve the ongoing crisis. Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani told a news
London- Iran’s intelligence ministry said Thursday that five of its nationals, who were ISIS members and had fought in Iraq and Syria, carried out the attack on the Iranian parliament and Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine a day earlier. The ministry released the photographs and first names of the five atta
In one of his first acts as President of the United States, Donald Trump lifted the restrictions imposed by his predecessor Barack Obama on the Pentagon’s ability to devise and implement strategies in Iraq and Syria as part of a re-invigorated war on terrorism. The lifting of restrictions was a welc
Cairo, London – Libya’s transition government, of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani, escalated on Thursday its dispute with the UN-backed national accord government of PM Fayez al-Sarraj after it ordered the arrest of the latter’s ministers. Thani gave “strict instructions” to the security forc
Moscow – We have all watched movies about the ‘invisible man’, and each movie had its own special story on how someone could become invisible to the human-eye, in some scenarios there were hats that could make people disappear, or chemical reactions that make people vanish. Until r
Washington- The testimony of former director of the FBI James Comey in a public hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday kept the doors open to speculations concerning US President Donald Trump’s interference in the investigation on collusion with Russia. Speaking for the first time
A Tunisian prisoner who faces a death sentence sat the first session of high-school exams for the second time in a row. The prisoner who didn’t wish to reveal his identity applied for high school exams with an exceptional permission at the “Nazur” prison in the city of Bizerte, and hopes to receive
Riyadh, Dubai, Cairo- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain took on Thursday strong measures against terrorist organizations and individuals supported by Qatar. In a statement, the four countries said 59 individuals and 12 entities linked to Qatar have been added to their updated respective lists of
Washington – The US Justice Department announced on Thursday that it has charged two “Hezbollah”-linked suspects with plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in New York City and Panama. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in cooperation with New York and Detroit police detained Ali Kourani, 32, an
British Prime Minister Theresa May faced pressure to resign on Friday after the shock loss of her parliamentary majority, raising the risk of the Brexit talks failing. After being re-elected with an increased majority in the London commuter seat of Maidenhead, May said Britain “needs a period
London- Palestinian elderly Abdel-Qader Abu Ajameyah dropped out of school more than six decades ago to make a living. But Abu Ajameyah has resumed his academic journey by attending classes and sitting for exams. The elderly has shown a strong will in his second attempt to undergo high school exams,
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation deeply regrets and unreservedly apologizes for any offense caused by the failure of some members of the representative team of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to formally observe the one minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the London terrorist attack
Beirut, Moscow, Washington- The desert area in southern Syria witnessed on Thursday a new escalation between the Washington-led coalition and the Syrian regime and its linked militias after a US warplane shot down a pro-Assad drone that fired towards coalition forces near al-Tanf base. Coalition spo
Dubai-The Mohammad Bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC) at the American University in Dubai (AUD) has launched a new master’s program for Arts in Leadership and Innovation in Contemporary Media (MILCM). The two-year program, which will kick off in September, aims to engage students for a bett
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain are unified in their ongoing commitment to combating terrorism, drying up the sources of its funding, countering extremist ideology and the tools of its dissemination and promotion, and to w
US shares rose modestly and European stocks were little changed on Thursday as investors digested testimony from former FBI Director James Comey before a Senate panel, while the euro fell after the European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold and oil prices briefly touched one-month lows. Comey
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia’s Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent a cable of congratulations to King Abdullah II of Jordan on the anniversary of his coronation. On behalf of the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Salman expressed his sincere congratu
