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Federica Mogherini, Chief of the EU foreign policy called on European investors to channel investments to Tunisia. In the same vein, she urged the 28-member state bloc to consider Tunisia as a strategic priority. “Investing in Tunisia, in its present Read more
The UK, US and the EU in addition to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar Monday discussed in London plans to support the Libyan economy and prevent the North African oil-rich country from sliding deeper in economic turmoil. Read more
The Egyptian government and parliament voiced their anger at the remarks made last week by Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani who addressed Tunisian President as Beji Caid ‘al-Sisi’ instead of ‘Essebsi’ during a conference Read more
King Mohammed VI, who wound up Thursday a state visit to Tanzania and who is currently on a private visit to the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar, performed the Friday prayer at the Ashura mosque in Zanzibar and donated 10,000 copies Read more
Two Egyptians and an Algerian have been arrested on Thursday in Italy on suspicion of conspiracy to commit international terrorist acts with links to the Islamic State jihadist group. The three men were arrested near Milan and in Turin at Read more
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority (PA) met with Khaled Meshaal, Chief of Hamas political bureau, and Ismail Haniyeh who serves as the movement’s leader in Gaza on Thursday in Doha at a “business luncheon” hosted by Qatar’s Foreign Read more
Images of an Iranian made two-wing propelled drone capable of accomplishing missions both on sea and on land has been published by Tasmin news agency, a media house close to the Iranian military. The hardware is being hailed as a Read more
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the resolution, which disregarded Jewish ties to the Al Aqsa by endorsing that of the Palestinians following a secret ballot by members of its World Heritage Committee. Such resolutions are usually Read more
The leader of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Michel Aoun could be elected as Lebanon’s next president by the parliament on Monday. The presidential vacuum has been going on for almost 30 months but the impasse took a Read more
The agreement between members of the Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC members that was reached in Algiers last month is slowly nearing a deadlock after Iraq became one of the latest countries demanding to be exempted from it. Read more