Rasheed Abou-ALSAMH

Former FC Barcelona exec accused of taking bribes to help Qatar get votes as 2022 World Cup host

Organization’s human rights experts say that denying Mohammed Nourizad proper medical care may amount to torture The 68-year-old was jailed after co-signing a letter calling for constitutional change and resignation of Iran’s supreme leader NEW YORK:…

Former FC Barcelona exec accused of taking bribes to help Qatar get votes as 2022 World Cup host

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Friday that elections had been postponed until there was a guarantee voting can take place in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, further delaying polls in a society which last…

Former FC Barcelona exec accused of taking bribes to help Qatar get votes as 2022 World Cup host

BRASILIA: The former president of the FC Barcelona football club in Spain, Sandro Rosell, is being accused by Spanish authorities of having accepted bribes of €30 million ($34.2 million) allegedly paid by Qatar for him to pass on to African members…

Brazil’s Temer rushes to get Congress to block corruption probe

BRASILIA: Brazilian President Michel Temer is in a fight for his political life after the Attorney General Rodrigo Janot filed corruption charges against him, the first time ever that this has happened to a president while in office. Janot accused…

Artigo: Jogo duplo e dois lados inflexíveis

A grave crise diplomática entre o Qatar e Arábia Saudita, Emirados Árabes Unidos, Bahrein, Egito está se aprofundando com o ministro de Relações Exteriores do Qatar insistindo que seu país não modificará sua política externa e tampouco fechará a…

Artigo: ‘Crise com Qatar sem precedentes’, por Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

WASHINGTON - O mundo está acordando neste 5 de junho 2017 com a notícia chocante de que a Arábia Saudita, Bahrein, Egito, Emirados Árabes e o Iêmen estão cortando relações diplomáticas com Qatar. Os cinco países acusam o Qatar de apoiar grupos…

Corruption probe slows down Brazilian economy

Follow @arabnews BRASILIA: The ongoing Car Wash corruption investigation in Brazil is negatively affecting the growth of the economy, which is already facing its worst recession ever. Official figures released earlier this week show the economy has…

O martírio de entrar nos EUA

Nunca foi fácil para estrangeiros entrarem legalmente nos EUA. Os obstáculos começam com o processo de pedir um visto de entrada e a entrevista feita numa embaixada americana. Para passar esta etapa, você tem que provar para funcionários americanos…

Corruption probe may have caused resignation of Brazilian FM

JUBA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country’s civil war to be appointed under a 2018 peace accord. Kiir’s decision was announced on public television but no date…

Corruption probe may have caused resignation of Brazilian FM

Sputnik V’s makers accused Brazil's health regulator Anvisa of spreading false information about the vaccine Anvisa says it had denied requests to import Sputnik V, saying its experts had flagged “uncertainties” about the jab BRASILIA: Brazil’s…

Corruption probe may have caused resignation of Brazilian FM

BRASILIA: The ongoing sweeping Car Wash corruption investigation by the Brazilian Federal Police, which has already seen the arrest of scores of top politicians and businessmen, may have in part pushed Foreign Minister Jose Serra, 74, to resign late…

Brazil police return to work after strike triggers panic

BRASILIA: “Everything was closed, and we all stayed at home, afraid to go out into the streets,” said a resident of Vilha Velha, Espirito Santo, to Arab News in an interview. Around 600 military police returned to work in Espirito Santo on Saturday…

Venezuela’s opposition tries to unite against Maduro

BRASILIA: A divided opposition in Venezuela is trying to put their differences aside to fight the political repression of President Nicolas Maduro, attempt to stop the country’s economy from sliding even more into depression, and to lower sky-high…

Brazil tries to contain yellow fever outbreak

BRASILIA: Brazil is trying to contain an outbreak of yellow fever that has already claimed 46 lives, by vaccinating inhabitants of high-risk areas. There have been 568 suspected cases of yellow fever so far this year, with 430 still being…

Brazilian experts call for change in jail sentencing

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday called on local leaders in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to help the national government bring peace to the center of the region. During a visit to the 6th…

Brazilian experts call for change in jail sentencing

BRASILIA: Brazilian prisons have been hit by a wave of violent riots this month, resulting in the deaths of at least 137 prisoners and prompting justice experts to call for sweeping reforms of Brazil’s criminal judicial system. The first riot…

Brazilian states struggle to pay employees

BRASILIA: Three Brazilian states are struggling to pay their employees, as the country contends with the ongoing economic downturn. Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro have all been unable to pay state workers on time, delaying…

Journalist makes new headlines on refugee crisis

BRASILIA: Kety Shapazian, a 49-year-old Brazilian journalist and mother of a 17-year-old daughter, never thought that she would one day find herself helping pull refugees off of overcrowded boats on the coast of Greece. But that is what happened at…

Specialty coffee takes Jeddah by storm

Follow @arabnews Are you tired of the sugary, milky coffee that is available from all the usual international chains in Saudi Arabia? If so, perhaps you should sample specialty coffee, where the preparation process is essential to the improved taste…

MiSK Global Forum gives inspiring vision of the future

RIYADH: Inspiring achievements by both man and machine were the highlight of the second day of the MiSK Global Forum here on Wednesday. The audience heard how an Egyptian became the first among his compatriots to climb mountains on all six…