Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz performed the Islamic Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Eid al-Fitr, “Arabic for feast of breaking of the fast,” is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the e
Aden, Taiz- Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi called on the army and security forces in the province of Hadramout to improve their military presence and strike with an iron fist anyone who tries to upset calm. In a telephone conversation conducted with Brigadier General Farag Salem al-Bahsani,
London – Britain is set to put forward new regulations on Monday against the financing of crime and terrorism, and would require banks, estate agents, financial institutions and accountants to increase inspection operations on financial transactions. The government said that although the concerned c
Cairo- The organizers of Safari tours in North Africa uncovered on Sunday that thousands of four-wheel drive vehicles were out of service due to the presence of ISIS militants at the desert border in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. The authorities took strict measures to prevent extremists from targeting
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been receiving frequent reports about alleged chemical attacks in Iraq, especially from Mosul, the UN organization’s spokesman said Sunday. “Events involving the possible deliberate use of toxic chemicals to cause harms to Iraqi men, women and chil
Ryan Sessegnon, Fulham Fulham’s manager, Slavisa Jokanovic, might want to have a word with Ragnar Sigurdsson. Jokanovic has spoken on a number of occasions about his desire to keep his star players after their hugely impressive run to the play-offs, so when Sigurdsson was asked if the implausibly ta
Salman Abedi reportedly learned how to make the bomb he used to kill 22 people in the Manchester attack from YouTube tutorial videos. Security services originally suspected that the complexity of the device — a type favored by ISIS — meant that it could have been put together only by an experienced
An overturned oil tanker has burst into flames in Pakistan after a person tried to light a cigarette nearby, killing at least 123 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, officials said. The tanker overturned after trying to make a sharp turn on the national
A car bomb killed 10 people in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported on Sunday. The UK-based Observatory said the bombing targeted a market in the town of al-Dana, on the outskirts of Idlib. There has been
Dubai- UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Saturday that if Qatar did not accept the conditions by fellow Arab states which imposed a boycott this month on the gas-rich peninsula, there would be a “parting of ways”. “The alternative is not escalation, th
Beirut – Secretary-General of Lebanese Hezbollah Hasan Nasrallah made recent statements hinting towards opening borders for foreign fighters in case of new war with Israel. These statements were a blatant defiance for the Lebanese government risking transforming Lebanon into a war zone similar to th
In 2014, Mohamed Fahmy, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practicing unlicensed journalism. Today Fahmy is preparing a lawsuit against his former employers. And while he is still highly critic
London- Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn promised to spare no effort in trying “to force an early general election” after British Prime Minster Theresa May lost her parliamentary majority in the June 8 election. May had called for a snap election in April in hopes of getting an increase
Taiz – Dozens of Yemeni coup militiamen were killed in clashes in the north eastern city of Marib as government forces pushed towards the strategic Marthad hill. Earlier, pro-government forces had locked control over multiple supply routes that used to provide Houthi insurgents and armed loyalists b
Thousands of residents from 650 London flats were evacuated Saturday due to fire safety fears in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, but dozens refused to leave their homes, according to local officials. Four of the five Chalcots Estate towers in Camden, north London, were deemed unsafe after th
Erbil- Iraqi forces on Saturday secured several exits for hundreds of civilians to escape Mosul’s Old City amid clashes pushing against ISIS ultra-hardliners. ISIS militants have been fighting a fierce battle in the hopes of salvaging their last key stronghold in Iraq. US-trained urban warfare units
Mecca – Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb praised Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense for the efforts he is exerting on enhancing the Arabic and Islamic cooperation. Prince Mohammed received a telephone call from Sheikh Tayeb in which he congratula
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified a maritime demarcation agreement that sees his country relinquish sovereignty over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, the government said in a statement on Saturday. Member of Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs Ayman Salamah st
Washington – US President Donald Trump is considering several scenarios to solve the Qatar crisis following three weeks of severed diplomatic and economic relations with several Arab countries who accused Doha of funding terrorism and fomenting unrest. Trump might call for a Camp David-style summit
Beirut- Leader of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) deputy Walid Jumblatt was received warmly in Moscow on Friday, reflecting a great improvement in the relations between the two parties following Jumblatt’s harsh positions against the Syrian regime and its president Bashar al-Assad. The v
