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A Kuwaiti blogger who fled the country received Sunday a five-year prison sentence in absentia for insulting United Arab Emirates (UAE). A criminal court indicted Abdullah Al-Saleh for insulting a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member, UAE. Al-Saleh has left the Read more
British Prime Minister Theresa May has extended an invitation to Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman to visit the United Kingdom. The invitation was discussed Wednesday evening during a telephone conversation between the British PM, King Salman and the powerful Read more
Lebanese Security authorities have identified the alleged murderer of Rebecca Dykes as Tariq H., a Lebanese working for Uber company. Arrested on Monday, Tariq H. confessed to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) to have killed the British diplomat positioned Read more
Qatar and the United Kingdom (UK) struck a deal Sunday for the purchase by the Gulf country of 24 typhoon fighter jets for a contract worth $8 billion, few days after placing order for 12 French Rafal war planes. The Read more
United Kingdom’s efforts to reinforce ties with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been dealt a blow as reports that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson criticized the council’s regional policies emerge as he prepares to tour the region in Read more
United Kingdom’s (UK) Prime Minister Theresa May will be attending the two-day 37th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit that will begin on Tuesday in Bahrain and she wishes to use it as an opportunity to make it the “start of Read more
Japanese newspaper “Nikkan-Gendai” has published shocking revelations on the 2013 In Amenas terrorist attack in Algeria, accusing Algerian forces of shooting hostages, while government reports had said the hostages were killed by terrorists in revenge operation. The In Amenas gas Read more
The United Kingdom is building its first military base in the Gulf 44 years after it left the area. The launch of the construction of a permanent military base in Bahrain was attended by UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Read more
U.S Secretary of State has warned that the disapproval of the July 14 Nuclear agreement with Iran would lead to a crisis of the dollar in the long term and the questioning of the country’s “leadership and reliability.” Some members Read more
As the ongoing fight against the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shown its limits, the United Kingdom’ Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country is partaking in the US-led military campaign against the group, told the Read more