Saudi Arabian foreign policy in the reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz is emanating from a number of strategic objectives, some of which are: enhancing the position of the Kingdom at the Gulf, Arab, regional, Islamic and international levels; emphasizing its “spiritual” significance and its historical mission; and keeping pace with the questions raised by […] Read more
On Sunday morning, four tourists were injured as giant cruise ship MSC Opera crashed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on the Giudecca Canal, one of Venice’s main waterways. The ship’s owner, MSC Cruises, said the cruiser vessel was about to dock at a passenger terminal when it encountered a mechanical problem. Slowly but […] Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday pressured Mexico to stop people from crossing into the United States, one day after threatening to impose new tariffs on Mexican imports in a bid to get the country to crack down on illegal immigration. Trump said on Thursday he would ratchet up tariffs unless Mexico stopped […] Read more
Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament early on Thursday, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline. The ballot is widely expected to take place in September, the second this year. It represented unprecedented upheaval, commentators said, even in a […] Read more
French police have arrested two people in connection with last week’s bomb blast in the city of Lyon that injured 13 people, French authorities said on Monday. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced one arrest on Twitter just after 10 am local time but did not provide further details on the suspect or where he was […] Read more
by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Mutrif As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has chosen the option of being part of, as well as a partner to this world community, it has made great and sometimes strenuous efforts to achieving its economic, political, military and reform objectives, on one hand, and sharing the international community objectives on the […] Read more
The Brexit Party is forecast to become the largest national party seated in the European Parliament, according to projections from Europe Elects, a further signal that eurosceptic parties will make major gains in the EU elections. The projections come as YouGov released a survey on Wednesday indicating the upward trajectory for Nigel Farage’s party remains […] Read more
Ministers from Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) resigned en masse on Monday in the wake of a scandal involving party leader Heinz-Christian Strache. The FPO, the junior partner in Austria’s ruling coalition, had warned earlier in the day that it would do so if Chancellor Sebastian Kurz moved to have the FPO Interior Minister Herbert […] Read more
Boeing Co has made corrections to simulator software that mimics the flying experience of its 737 MAX jets, which were involved in two fatal crashes, and the company has provided additional information to devise operators, a spokesman said on Friday. The spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, said the changes will ensure that the simulator experience is representative […] Read more
A ski resort in Austria will reopen this weekend for the first time in May after unprecedented heavy snowfall. Hochkar, located in the Austrian Alps about 150 kilometres from Vienna, had between 70 and 130 centimetres of snow last weekend. “We were in the middle of the preparations for the summer season”, said the station’s […] Read more
