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The World Bank has approved the second phase of its $3 billion loan to Egypt, disbursing another $1 billion part of its support to the North African country’s “ambitious program of reforms with a strong focus on job creation and Read more
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced a tripartite agreement dubbed the Moscow Declaration after separate meetings of foreign and defense ministers from Iran, Russia and Turkey in Moscow. The declaration announced the readiness of these three countries to serve as Read more
Moroccan and European Union officials have welcomed the ruling announced this Wednesday by the European court, which rejected the appeal lodged by the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists, challenging the EU-Morocco agriculture accord. Last April, the European court cancelled its former verdict Read more
Following the killing of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, on Monday, some voices in Russia responded immediately that it was a plot by the West to undermine the recent warming up of relations between Ankara and Moscow. The Russian Read more
The spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen General Ahmed al-Asiri claimed that “there was limited use by the coalition of the UK-manufactured BL755 cluster munitions in Yemen” and that they were directed at military targets. Asiri Read more
UN Humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian Territories, Robert Piper, has appealed for at least $547 million in aid to help around 1.6million Palestinians living in Gaza, Judea and Samaria. The Palestinian territories heavily depend on aid programs for their subsistence Read more
Tunisian authorities blamed “foreign elements” for the assassination of a Hamas drone expert in the coastal city of Sfax on Thursday. Mohamed Zaouari, 49, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at the wheel of his car outside his home in Read more
BP, oil and gas giant multinational, announced that it has signed a $916 billion joint agreement with US explorer Kosmos Energy to drill for gas offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Under this agreement, BP will acquire 62% interest in Kosmos explorations Read more
Prime Minister Hariri has unveiled his 30-member cabinet that he described as “a government of national accord” following concessions by every party. He said it is also “an elections government” as parliamentary polls are to be organized in mid 2017. Read more
The United Nations has urged the Libyan people to work for “national reconciliation” in the wake of an end to operations for the liberation of Sirte from the Daesh Takfiri terrorists. The head of the Libyan Government of National Accord Read more