Saudi Arabia announced that it has suspended any dialogue or contact with the Qatari authority until it clarifies a report that was released by the Qatar News Agency (QNA) on the telephone call received by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. An of
London- Some 60 to 70 Swiss private banks are facing serious problems that could force them to close down or sell up, according to a study published by consultancy KPMG. Fighting diminishing profits caused by fierce competition and a global clampdown on tax evasion, these banks must work to cut cost
Denmark’s Prince Henrik, the husband of Queen Margrethe, has been diagnosed with dementia, a condition that has affected his behavior and judgment, the palace said on Wednesday. The announcement came weeks after the 83-year-old announced he did not want to be buried next to his wife, saying he was u
Manama- Bahraini authorities set a date for the hearing of the fourth major criminal court in the Saraya Al-Ashtar case, which is accused of forming a terrorist cell to target security forces. The public prosecutor’s office said the 25 — including 14 already in detention — stand accused of a Feb 26
London- Treating young people who suffer from insomnia by using online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) could reduce debilitating mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, scientists said on Wednesday. In a large trial published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, researchers at Oxford
Gaza- Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad criticized the Gaza Strip-ruling party for its political decisions saying that all Palestinian people, across the spectrum, must be given equal rights and importance. He said that Hamas should extend its limited coverage of Palestinians and re-embrace the idea
London- Algeria’s government has approved draft amendments to a law aimed at securing new funding sources to cover budget deficits as it struggles to cope with a sharp fall in energy earnings. Amendments to the Money and Credit Law were endorsed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, chaired by Presiden
Taiz- A woman was killed and another three wounded in Yemen’s Marib province on Thursday as coup militias bombarded residential compounds inhabited by displaced people, reported local witnesses. “The woman died after being transferred to the hospital, one of the other wounded also miscarried after a
Vladivostok, Russia– Japan and South Korea urged Russia on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang to face its nuclear ambitions, but this was rejected by Russian President Vladimir Putin who warned that pressure won’t resolve the crisis and called for dialogue. Since the first nuclear experim
A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, challenges a long-held assumption in psychology that most human emotions fall within the universal categories of happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust. Using novel statistical models to analyze the responses of more than 800 me
Riyadh, Aden – Yemeni President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi called for activating the United Kingdom-led Association of Friends of Yemen to support Yemeni people and meet their urgent needs, during a meeting on Thursday with UK’s ambassador Simon Shercliff in Riyadh. Hadi discussed with the ambass
London- Brussels seems to insist on focusing on separation cases related to the Brexit and rejecting London’s proposal of a more flexible exit. The Guardian disclosed five leaked European documents, only one day after the newspaper itself published a bunch of documents related to the British governm
Ramallah- Palestinian official figures have shown that illiteracy rates in Palestine a re among the lowest in the world. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said in a report published Thursday that the illiteracy rate stood at 3.1 percent in 2016, which means that about 90,000 person
Yangon, London- Muslims fleeing oppression in Myanmar to Bangladesh rose to about 250,000, a quarter of the total Rohingya population, according to new figures provided by the United Nations. News agencies quoted testimonies of shocking killings, rape and arson suffered by the refugees who managed t
Baghdad- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Kurds from entering a “dark tunnel” in case they hold the Kurdistan Region’s upcoming referendum on independence, scheduled for Sept. 25. During a press conference held on Thursday, Abadi said: “The foundation of the referendum is unconstitutional
London- For the first time in 80 years, Swiss confectioners have unveiled a fourth type of chocolate after milk, dark and white, called Ruby. Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut says it used the ruby cocoa bean to create a confectionery with “berry-fruitiness and luscious smoothness”. The new swee
Aden- Commander of the Royal Saudi Ground Forces Lieutenant-General Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz affirmed that the Saudi and Arab support for Yemen would continue economically, militarily and security wise to serve the interests of the Yemeni people. “The battle is going to go on until
Tall people are more vulnerable when it comes to developing blood clots in their veins, according to a study of more than two million Swedish siblings. For men 6-foot-2 or taller, researchers found a risk increase of 65 percent when compared to men 5-foot-3 or shorter. Women at least 6 feet tall sho
Frankfurt- Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) chief executive John Cryan has called on the European Central Bank to change course on providing cheap money, warning he sees price bubbles in stocks, bonds and property. “The era of cheap money in Europe should come to an end – despite the strong euro,” Cry
The EU on Wednesday won a high-level legal battle against eastern European countries that have refused to admit thousands of asylum seekers based on mandatory quotas for the bloc’s member states. The European Court of Justice, the 28-nation bloc’s top court, threw out the challenge from
