UK on Jerusalem case: We disagree with the US decision
Prime Minister Theresa May has released the following statement on the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem. The Prime Minster Theresa May said: We disagree with the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem More...
Emergency surveillance law to be brought in
Controversial emergency laws will be introduced into the Commons next Monday to reinforce the powers of security services to require internetand phone companies to keep records of their customers’ emails More...
Slave labour producing prawns for UK
Slaves forced to work for no pay for years at a time under threat of extreme violence are being used in Asia in the production of seafoodsold by major US, British and other European retailers, the Guardian can More...
Al-Sisi Wins Egyptian Presidential Election
Detailed election results: 27,668,183 total votes 1,764,195 voided ballots Hamdeen Sabahi 854,634 Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi 23,789,354 More information: Voter turnout after two days of More...
Iran drug addiction rate highest in world
UN statistics estimate that roughly 2.2 percent of Iranian adults are hooked on drugs, the highest rate in the world. Here’s how Iran is fighting back. In late June, as part of the United Nations’ International More...
Is Russia reviving its empire?
A great many experts, observers and pundits are missing the point in their analyses of events in and around Ukraine by making two flawed assumptions. One, that the personal traits and characters of Russian President More...
A Middle Eastern ‘Perfect Storm’
In July, the world will commemorate the centennial of World War I, also known as,” The war to end all wars.” In addition to its horrendous human cost of 37 million casualties, the war led to the demise of More...
Syria Death Toll Reported to Rise By 10,000 in Less Than 2 Months
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The death toll in the three-year Syrian conflict has risen to about 162,000, an increase of more than 10,000 in less than two months, according to an antigovernment monitoring group that is one More...
Pentagon chief arrives in Saudi Arabia
By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 13 May 2014 U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in the Saudi Arabia Tuesday, the first leg of a regional tour focusing on Iran’s nuclear program and Syria’s More...
The Simpsons’ Syria ‘conspiracy’ report causes media reaction
Cartoon character Bart Simpson is known for his mischievous ways, but international media drew the line at the suggestion that he had anything to do with the Syrian uprising. In a recent broadcast on Egyptian television More...