Kuwait ruler Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah has left hospital in the US after “successfully” completing medical tests, state-run news agency KUNA has reported on Friday. The 90-year old leader arrived in the US this week for medical check-ups. His meeting with President Donald Trump scheduled for Thursday was postponed sine die. The Kuwaiti […]
Former Turkish Premier has resigned from ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party laying into President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the party. Ahmet Davutoglu, 60, reports say was referred Sept. 02 to the party’s disciplinary committee to be expelled after it transpired that former foreign minister is on the brink of launching his own party. Sidelined […]
The United Arab Emirates has partnered with FAO to provide $4 million in funding to foster rural development in Liberia. The contribution comes from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and aims to support 1,500 rural women in three counties with improved and sustainable poultry and vegetable production, the FAO said in […]
Doublestar, a Chinese global tire making, will build a plant in Algeria in partnership with SARL EL HADJ LARBI PNEUMATIQUE for a total investment of around $5 million, European rubber journal reports. The plant will produce 2 million tires annually for trucks and buses and 5 million units for passenger cars. The project was announced […]
Saudi Arabia’s General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has announced at the World Energy Congress it awarded six investment licenses worth $240 million in the energy sector. The licenses cover businesses in solar energy development, manufacturing and energy efficiency. The licenses were awarded to Sweden’s Roxtec, France’s Engie, Egypt’s Orbits, Cyprus’s EGG, and US-based energy efficiency services […]
Egypt’s foreign minister has ruled out a “soon” ending to the over 2-year old isolation of Qatar noting that the tiny Gulf country has shown no desire to meet conditions set by the quartet that include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, plus Egypt. Sameh Shukry told Saudi newspaper Asharq Al Awsat that the crisis which begun […]
Several countries, including the member countries of the Gulf cooperation Council, voiced on Tuesday, at the UN Human Rights Council gathering in Geneva, full support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara and reiterated strong backing to the country’s territorial integrity. Addressing the 42nd meeting of the UN rights body, Morocco’s permanent representative to the […]
Bahrain has sued Doha-based Al Jazeera network before the Arab League over a documentary it aired in July accusing the Gulf monarchy of recruiting al-Qaeda affiliates to assassinate Bahraini dissidents in 2013, Al Jazeera reports citing an anonymous source. The complaint was to be discussed this Tuesday September 10 in Cairo during the Arab League […]
The Palestinian Hamas movement, ruling the Gaza strip, has condemned Saudi Arabia for the detention of its top senior member in what the Islamist group describes as “reprehensible action”. In a Monday statement, the movement said Mohammad al-Khoudary, aged 81, and his son have been arrested since April and put in custody. Khoudary who lives […]
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has postponed his Thursday meeting with President Donald Trump to a later date after he was admitted to hospital in the United States for a medical check-up. “Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah has been admitted to a hospital in the US for medical tests and thus rescheduled a meeting […]