by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh – The King Salman Youth Center has proceeded its efforts in the “National Indexes for Youths” project, which is set to be launched soon in partnership with the United Nations Development Project (UNDP). The center hosted an elite of Saudi youth who...
by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East
Riyadh – Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammed Al Saadi announced that the World Bank’s grant of $450 million in aid to help Yemen cope with a humanitarian crisis, after nearly two years of war, will be chiefly diverted into...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2017 | Middle East
London, Tel Aviv- A Palestinian U.N. worker accused by Israel of aiding Hamas in the Gaza Strip was sentenced to seven months’ jail Wednesday, his lawyer announced. Waheed Borsh was convicted of “rendering services to an illegal organization without...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Middle East
Baghdad–The government of Iraq will need around $14 billion to rebuild the country’s basic infrastructure and services in areas liberated from ISIS, an Iraqi official said on Monday. Abdul Baset Turki, the head of the Reconstruction Fund for Areas Affected by...
by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East
Riyadh-The war’s damage in six Yemeni governorates has reached $12 billion, according to recent surveys. In exclusive remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammed al-Maitami said the first phase of an...