Turks stab oranges, drink juice in anti-Dutch protest
Author: Arab NewsTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489466583694030700 DUBAI: Turkey and the Netherlands are going through a period of strained diplomatic relations after two Turkish ministers were barred entry to the northern European country where they planned to attend a political rally. There has been a diplomatic slinging match, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan labeling the Netherlands a “Banana […]
Turkey sanctions the Netherlands over ministers’ treatment
Author: Menekse TokyayTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489464241843948400 ANKARA, Turkey: Ankara banned the Dutch ambassador from returning to Turkey as part of a series of political sanctions against the Netherlands on Monday over its refusal to allow two Turkish ministers to campaign there. It also halted high-level political discussions between the two countries and closed Turkish air space to Dutch […]
Netanyahu faking history, Jewish faith, says Iran FM
Author: AFPTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489444025968642900TEHRAN: Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, accused Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli premier, of ignorance about history and the Jewish faith on Monday after he said ancient Persian rulers tried to destroy the Jews.In a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Russian president, in Moscow, Netanyahu said Persia had made “an attempt to destroy the Jewish people […]
British boycott supporter refused entry to Israel
Author: AFPTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489444025988643200JERUSALEM: A British activist who advocates boycotting Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territory has been denied entry to the country, authorities said Monday.Hugh Lanning, head of the London-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), was denied entry on Sunday night at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv over his “ongoing actions to promote boycotts against […]
Gaza tailor stitches together business with Israelis
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489444026078644100GAZA: It is not easy doing business from Gaza but tailor Mohammad Abu Shanab has found a demand he can supply — his sewing factory is churning out religious skull caps, for devout Jewish men.Since Israel resumed importing clothing from Gaza in 2015, Abu Shanab has renewed commercial contacts to sell merchandise to neighboring […]
Syrian opposition to stay away from Astana talks
Author: AFPTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489440424848312200 BEIRUT: Syrian opposition factions will not attend a new round of negotiations with regime figures in the Kazakh capital, an opposition delegation spokesman told AFP on Monday. “Opposition groups have decided not to participate in Astana,” said Osama Abu Zeid, adding that one reason for the boycott was “unfulfilled pledges related to the […]
Weary and wary, Iraq forces fight ‘house-by-house’ in Mosul
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489440424828311900MOSUL: Iraqi special forces are engaged in a punishing and paranoid close-quarters battle against Daesh in western Mosul as they seek to drive the terrorists out of their last urban bastion in Iraq.The urban warfare is now more intense than ever, both because Daesh militants have been backed into one half of the city […]
Mubarak walks free 6 years after his overthrow
Author: AFP, REUTERSMon, 2017-03-13ID: 1489422189586486800 CAIRO: A prosecutor allowed Monday for Hosni Mubarak to be released, his lawyer said, after an appeals court acquitted Egypt’s ex-president of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising. “He can go home now when the doctors decide he is able to,” Farid Al-Deeb said, adding that Mubarak is […]
Women to constitute 28% of Saudi Arabia's work force by 2020
Author: Arab NewsTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489485920664747100 JEDDAH: The Ministry of Labor and Social Development said that its work from home program is set to create about 141,000 jobs by 2020 and added that it expects that the percentage of women in the Saudi workforce will increase to 28 percent by the same year. The ministry’s program is part […]
Emperor of Japan receives King Salman
Author: Arab NewsTue, 2017-03-14ID: 1489482135844520700 TOKYO: Emperor Akihito of Japan conferred on King Salman a Daisy High Medal during a reception at the emperor’s palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. The Saudi Press Agency said the medal was in appreciation of King Salman’s role as “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The emperor also hosted a special luncheon […]
