Category: World News
Foreigners sold net $624 mln of Saudi stocks in week to October 25
Riyadh, (ANN)-Foreigners sold a net 2.34 billion riyals ($624 million) in the Saudi stock market in the week ending October 25, but the bourse was supported by local institutions which bought 8.06 billion riyals worth of stocks, stock exchange data
After hot air on Khashoggi, West wants arms sales intact
Berlin, (ANN)-Germany and France have agreed to adopt a common European position regarding restrictions on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia over the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that she and French President
Trump shows support for gun laws after mass shooting in Pittsburgh
Washington(ANN)-US President Donald Trump has once more voiced support for America’s gun laws shortly after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue leaves multiple fatalities. Trump told reporters on Saturday that the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier on Saturday
Sinéad O’Connor converts to Islam, taking new name Shuhada’ Davitt
The singer says she is ‘very, very, very happy’ and thanks Muslims for welcoming her Ben Beaumont-Thomas theguardian The singer says she is ‘very, very, very happy’ and thanks Muslims for welcoming her The singer formerly known as Sinéad O’Connor
World’s press demands answers from Saudi Arabia Khashoggi killing
PARIS (ANN)-The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) and the World Editors Forum have called for Saudi Arabia to provide answers on the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,
Senate’s bid to push Trump to act on Khashoggi may fall on deaf ears
But the president on Friday said he will ‘very much listen to what Congress has to say’ on how to respond to the Saudis . Washington(ANN)-Lawmakers in both parties are incensed by Saudi Arabia’s apparent role in the killing of
Saudi prince: ‘The King ordered Khashoggi’s death and Mohammed bin Salman carried it out’
Riyadh(ANN)-Dissident Saudi Prince Khalid bin Farhan Al-Saud has demanded King Salman bin Abdulaziz to abdicate the throne in favour of his brother Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; an incident that has provoked
Russia holds largest military drill since Cold War
Moscow(ANN)-Russian officers control a landing exercise during the Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military drills at Klerka training ground on the Sea of Japan coast, outside the town of Slavyanka, some 100 kilometers south of Vladivostok, September 15, 2018. (By AFP) Russia
UK ‘fails’ to meet own torture inquiry deadline
Araweelo News Network London(ANN)-The United Kingdom has failed to meet its own deadline to inquire into human rights abuses conducted by state forces in the context of the “war on terror”, the Guardian reported yesterday. Alan Duncan, minister of
US policy is to stoke wars among Muslims
Araweelo News Network Tehran(ANN)-The Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US policy is to stoke wars among Muslims, urging unity in his message to Hajj pilgrims who began marking the climax of the annual event Monday. “Look at