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Saudi Arabia will allow an Iran official to take up position in the kingdom since 2016 the year the largest Sunni country has severed ties with its regional arch rival Iran, reports say. “An informed diplomatic source said Sunday that Read more
Saudi Arabia announced Sunday suspensions of all trade and business deals with Canada over what it termed “interference into its internal affairs” following a call by the Canadian foreign ministry to free all civil rights activists languishing in prison in Read more
North Korea’s Foreign Minister will visit Teheran on Tuesday amid flaring tension between Iran and the United States. Ri Yong Ho is due to meet Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Teheran, Iranian conservative news agency Fars Read more
The European Union has completed this week the biggest photovoltaic solar field in Gaza that will provide 0.5 Megawatts of electricity per day to fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant. The EU-funded Southern Gaza Desalination Plant currently provides drinking water Read more
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen announced on Thursday that after two years of stalled talks on resolving the crisis in the country, he plans to invite the warring parties to Geneva on September 6 for a round of Read more
An Egyptian former minister, linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, narrowly escaped extradition to Egypt after he was arrested by Italian authorities in the city of Catania Tuesday. Italian authorities said they received an extradition request from Egypt. But Mohamed Mahsoob, Read more
South Korea said Thursday it has sent a warship to Libya for military support in what looks like a mission to rescue a national abducted by gunmen early last month alongside three Filipino workers. In addition to “carrying out its Read more
An Israeli contestant in the World Chess Championship will be allowed to enter Tunisia; host of a youth global chess competition after the international federation of the game threatened the North African country to retrieve rights to stage the match Read more
Ongoing violence and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Hudaydah directly threaten hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Yemen, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a statement released on Wednesday. “Attacks against civilian Read more
Turkey Wednesday slammed the US sanctions targeting two key ministers of the cabinet and vowed to take equivalent measures in retaliation if necessary. The U.S. Treasury Wednesday pressed sanctions against Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu Read more