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Morocco announced Friday its official candidacy to host the 2026 soccer World Cup. The application was lodged by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation at the Federation Internationale de Football Association – FIFA. It is the country’s fifth candidacy after unsuccessful Read more
Israel has launched missiles into the Gaza Strip in response to a missile that was fired from Gaza. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said “a projectile hit an open region in the Ashkelon region” without causing any injuries. No group Read more
A rendez-vous between a Jordanian and an Israeli member of parliament along the Allenby Crossing point between the two countries did not take place after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intervened. The meeting between Jordanian MP Yahya al-Saud and Oren Hazan Read more
Save the Children, an international NGO, has raised the alarm that Yemen’s future could be in jeopardy if the cholera outbreak is not combatted as around 44% of the new cases are children under the age of 15. They also Read more
King Mohammed VI has lambasted the Moroccan service civil for its poor governance and weak performance pointing out that many civil servants do not have the skills, qualifications or ambition required, a fact that hampers the materialization of the country’s Read more
King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has denounced the Israeli authorities’ continued, systematic violations in the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in blatant violation of international law. In Read more
The United States announced Tuesday it is providing more than $140 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Lebanon to help the Middle Eastern country address the urgent needs of refugees from Syria and those of Lebanese host communities. This announcement Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the regional countries having boycotted Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism, Saturday welcomed the Qatari ruler’s proposal for dialogue to end the unprecedented Gulf crisis, but demanded that Doha changes its attitude. Read more
President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has revealed that the independence referendum scheduled for September 25 will be followed by presidential and parliamentary elections in November. The announcement is expected to increase the displeasure of Baghdad and Read more
Iranian authorities Tuesday rejected US fresh sanctions against 18 individuals and entities over their involvement in the country’s ballistic missile program and pledged to slap on Americans their own sanctions. Eighteen people and entities were targeted by the new US Read more