Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55351146
Caption:

Hezbollah Threatens Lebanese Banks With “Legal Obligation” Under Which Deposits Will be Withdrawn

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 20, 2016 | Middle East

The Lebanese Hezbollah is challenging the repercussions of a US law targeting its finances by taking measures that have been described as harsh. According to available information, the group formed a “committee of financial and economic experts around ten days ago to...

Media ID: 55351143
Caption:

Iraqi forces in Rutba after it was recaptured from ISIS. AFP

U.S. Praises ‘Success’ of Iraqi Forces in Retaking Rutba from ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | Middle East

The top U.S. commander in Baghdad praised on Friday Iraqi ground forces for recapturing the southwestern town of Rutba after ISIS militants who had occupied it for nearly two years fled or put up only light resistance. Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland told reporters...

Media ID: 55351137
Caption:

Solar panels are one of the biggest sources of renewable energy in Portugal Getty Images

Portugal Runs for Four Days Straight Without Oil

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | Business

London- Portugal managed to keep its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days, last week, in framework of its first test to increase its investments to create energy. From Saturday until Wednesday the country used sustainable electricity on its...

Media ID: 55351133
Caption:

Bahraini Minister of Information: 40 Iran-backed TV Channels Targeted Bahrain

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | May 20, 2016 | Interviews

Dammam- Bahraini Minister of Information Affairs Ali bin Mohammed al-Rumaihi declared that his country was successfully able to overcome the incidents of 2011 as a result of its wise leadership. Al-Rumaihi praised the role Gulf countries played in supporting Bahrain...

Media ID: 55351130
Caption:

Board Director of Product Division for SoftBank Robotics Kazutaka Hasumi (R) performs with SoftBank’s emotion-reading robot Pepper during a demonstration with the robot, to show its compatibility with Google’s Android software, at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Developers Look to Widen Repertoire of Pepper, Japan’s Laughing Robot

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | Technology

Japanese developers of the fast-selling robot, Pepper, are currently requesting from the public to be creative and come up with ideas for what their waist-high humanoid can do. Moreover, Pepper’s developers are offering a software development kit for programmers to...