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Dubai-based Shipa Freight, the digital freight forwarding arm of Kuwait’s logistics and warehouse provider Agility, is merging with Barcelona’s online freight platform, iContainers, Zawya reports. Per the merger deal, Shipa Freight and iContainers will combine technology platforms and operations, which Read more
The Spanish police has arrested three people for financing terrorism in Libya, the oil-rich country still witnessing a sporadic attacks from the Islamic state group, ISIS. The three people according to the police were arrested In Valencia, Barcelona and Girona Read more
French top flight team Paris Saint German (PSG), signed Tuesday a two-year contract with Barcelona and Argentinian super star Lionel Messi whose bond with the Catalonian team cut off last week. Messi signed in the afternoon the deal alongside PSG Read more
Egypt has requested Spain to hand over former contractor turned whistleblower Mohamed Ali wanted for tax evasion and money laundry, reports say. Ali who has accused the regime of Abdelfattah al-Sisi of corruption and lavish lifestyles and who sparked widespread Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will operate from May 9 from selected cities from around the world to limited flights to enable UAE residents to return home, the airline has said. The all one-day flights have been approved by the government. Read more
Three athletes in the Tunisian delegation for the Mediterranean games taking place in Tarragona, near Barcelona, have gone into hiding in a move that highlights the thorny issue of illegal migration by youths of the cradle of the Arab spring. Read more
British boxer Abdul Barry Awad aka “Kid Galahad” praised the Qatari ruler and the entire Qatar nation, now isolated by neighbors for alleged funding of terrorism, after his victory over Mexican Jose Cayetano for the IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title over Read more
Another terror cell was busted lately by Spanish and Moroccan police in a joint anti-terror operation, showing once more the two countries’ strong security cooperation and their determination to fight terrorism. Three Jihadi members were arrested simultaneously in Barcelona, Tarragona Read more
Moroccan intelligence services have helped Spanish authorities to thwart terrorist attacks and arrest two active cells that were planning attacks in Barcelona, Catalonia region, reports say. According to Moroccan Assabah daily, Spanish security forces succeeded, thanks to Moroccan tip-offs, to Read more