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The German Interior Ministry Thursday put Lebanese powerful Shia movement, Hezbollah, on its shortlist of terrorist group few year banning its military wing, Anadolu news agency reports. Interior minister, Horst Seehofer, according to the ministry ordered ban on movement’s activities Read more
The Oman government has instructed government-controlled entities to accelerate the replacement of foreign workers, in managerial positions, by qualify citizens as Gulf country press ahead with the Omanization plan to create opportunities for its citizens. The finance ministry, AFP reports, Read more
East-based Libyan rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar has assigned a close aide wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recruit fighters near Tripoli, reports say. Field marshall Haftar who declared himself the rightful ruler of Libya early this week has Read more
ACCIONA, a Spanish and world leading infrastructure developer and manager, has been awarded the contact for the construction of Saudi Arabia’s fourth desalination plant estimated at $500 million. The Spanish giant will carry out the project with its Saudi partner Read more
US Wednesday said it is going to bring monetary support to Algeria in its efforts to curb the novel covid-19 disease, which has so far infected 3,848 people. US ambassador, John Desrocher made the pledge Monday to the North African Read more
A court in Lebanon has ordered the arrest of 17 people including the Chief of Sonatrach Petroleum (SPC); a subsidiary of Algeria’s state-run oil company, on corruption and supply of adulterated fuel charges, reports say. Judge Ghada Aoun, prosecutor at Read more
Russia Tuesday said it is surprised after east-based Libyan rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar on Monday proclaimed himself the ruler of war-torn oil-rich African country, reports say. A diplomat at the Russian foreign ministry who asked not be named because not Read more
The World Bank has rubber-stamped a $100 million-loan to assist Turkey in the fight against covid-19 which has infected 112,261 according to health ministry figures. “The project is part of the World Bank’s $14 billion global Fast Track Facility announced Read more
Seven Iraqi were injured early Monday in flare-up with security forces in Dhi-Qar governorate used live rounds to disperse protestors, Anadolu news agency reports. A senior office from the interior ministry told the agency security forces were compelled to use Read more
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has forecast $3.1bn-loss for Algerian aviation industry as the result of all of grounding of all commercial passenger jets owing to covid-19 pandemic, reports say. The trade association of world’s airlines in a report Read more