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  • July 11, 2017

    Qatar FM warns Saudi Arabia against military escalation

    Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said any military escalation by Saudi Arabia would have “extremely severe consequences” on the region. “No crisis is resolved...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Oman, Qatar discuss efforts to solve Gulf crisis

    The foreign ministers of the Sultanate of Oman and Qatar yesterday discussed regional developments and the mediation efforts led by Kuwait to solve the Gulf crisis. This came during...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Give up peace plans with Palestine Lieberman tells US

    Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman urged the US president’s special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, yesterday to give up seeking a bilateral peace agreement between Israel and the...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Report: 670,000 expats to leave Saudi Arabia in 3 years

    About 670,000 foreign workers are expected to leave Saudi Arabia by 2020, a report prepared by Banque Saudi Fransi revealed. According to the report, 165,000 expats are expected to...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Why are Iran’s drones crossing into Pakistani airspace?

    Iranian drones have been venturing into Pakistan’s airspace since March, but it took until June for the Pakistani Air Force to shoot one down as it ventured 4 kilometres...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Algeria arrests man who impersonated PM on Facebook

    Algerian security services announced yesterday that they had arrested a man who was impersonating Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Facebook, Alwasat.net reported. Spokesperson of the ministerial council, Ahmed Madani,...

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  • July 11, 2017

    US Army soldier arrested in Hawaii on terrorism charges

    A US Army sergeant who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now stationed in Hawaii has been arrested on charges of providing material support to Daesh extremists, the...

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  • July 11, 2017

    ‘Secret’ documents reveal origin of Gulf rift

    A series of hand-written secret agreements between Gulf countries from 2013 and 2014 are said to “confirm beyond any doubt Qatar’s failure to meet its commitments and its full...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Trump son-in-law tried to get $500m loan from Qatar

    President Trump’s influential son-in-law, Jared Kushner allegedly tried abortively to obtain a $500m loan from Qatari businessman Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani (HBJ), before advising the Whitehouse to pursue a...

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  • July 11, 2017

    Passengers suffocate on board plane to Egypt

    Passengers reacted with anger after boarding an Air Cairo flight only to find there was no ventilation or air conditioning leading a number of passengers to faint. A video...

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