• Politics

    Park Geun Hye visits the United States

    Korean president Park Geun Hye arrived in the United States of America, as she’s expected to hold a summit with US president Barack Obama on next friday. While she’s there, president Park is expected to visit the memorial statue of warriors in Korean War. She’s also expected to visit “Goddard”…

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  • West Asia

    Mother of condemned Saudi man seeks US aid

    Ali Mohammed al-Nimr’s mother, Nusra al-Ahmed, seeks Obama’s help to release her son. Al-Nimr was arrested in 2012 after participating in Shiaa-supporting protests in 2011. He was 17 years old at the time he was arrested which violates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Al-Nimr who’s facing…

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  • West Asia

    Hajj: a political issue or a holy mission?

    Following last month’s stampede and the crane disaster before that, Saudi Arabia is facing a lot of criticism concerning its ability to organize hajj and ensure people’s safety, especially from its rival, Iran. As Iran started calling for the hajj to be managed by other Islamic states after at least…

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  • West Asia

    Twin bombings rock Ankara

    Two powerful bombs exploded at a peace rally near the main train station in Ankara on Saturday morning, killing over 100 people and wounding 246 others in the deadliest attack in the Turkish capital in recent memory. The victims were attending a lunchtime peace march calling for an end to…

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  • West Asia

    China prepares to join the fight against ISIS

    Al-Masdar Al-Arabi reported that Chinese military advisers are expected to join with their Russian counterparts in weeks. It comes after China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that Chinese and Iraqi foreign ministers agreed to offer intelligence and personal training in September 2014. As China breaks it’s long history of non-interference, due…

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  • West Asia

    Yazidi women and their struggle against ISIS

    After their husbands and families were killed, Yazidi women started taking it upon themselves to defend themselves and their territories from ISIS forces. Whether they were fighting women or refugees in one of the camps or women who were tortured by ISIS and managed to escape them, they all have…

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  • West Asia

    France investigates Asaad’s crimes against humanity

    France has launched a probe into Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for alleged crimes against humanity, a judicial source said Wednesday, after world powers sparred at the United Nations over the embattled leader’s fate. Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary inquiry on September 15 into alleged crimes committed by the Syrian…

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  • West Asia

    Bahrain unveils huge weapons and explosives haul

    Bahrain says it has uncovered one of the biggest finds of explosives and weapons since violence erupted there in 2011. Police say 1.4 tonnes of high-grade explosives were found in an underground vault south of the capital Manama along with rifles and hand grenades. Bahrain has been coping with low-level…

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  • South Asia

    India urges Pakistani PM to de-terrorize Pakistan

    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing at the 70th session of thee United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. Headquarters on Wednesday commented on de-militarizing Kashmir. India has reponded by asking Islamabad to de-terrorize Pakistan instead of asking for de-militarization of Kashmir. India called Pakistan the prime sponsor of terrorism and accused…

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  • Politics

    Celebrating Saudi Arabia’s 53 years of bilateral ties with Korea on its 85th National Day

    This year’s 85th anniversary of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes at a time when the development renaissance in the Kingdom is continuing apace. The foundations of the revival of the Kingdom were laid by the Founder His Majesty King Abdul-Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud.…

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