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Egypt and Russia signed on Thursday two agreements on the financing and construction of a nuclear plant that is part of “a peaceful nuclear program for the production of electricity,” as Egyptian officials point out. The construction of the plant, Read more
The French Presidency announced Thursday that President François Hollande would be meeting the Moroccan monarch Mohammed VI at the Elysée this Friday. The meeting is taking place in the wake of the Friday Paris terror attacks that left 129 dead Read more
Once again Morocco has been instrumental in the hunt of the masterminds of the Friday terrorist attacks as the information it provided enabled to locate the terrorists’ hideout. The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said Thursday that the information used Read more
Fear overtook a flight that took off from Poland heading to Egypt when a passenger claimed that there was a bomb onboard the aircraft forcing the pilot to do an emergency landing in Bulgaria. No explosives were found after a Read more
Another round of talks between Jordan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended with hopes that an agreement could be reached by February with head of the IMF mission, Kristina Kostial, saying that it could be approved by the board Read more
As the crucial battle to push the Houthi Movement and their allies out of Taiz continues, President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in the city of Aden on Tuesday, for the second time since his self-imposed exile, to “supervise” the offensive Read more
Israel has been angered by the comments of Swedish foreign affairs minister Margot Wallström after she said the multiple Paris attacks which killed at least 129 people is a sign of desperation of the youths that led to radicalization and Read more
Hossein Salami, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, claimed that Iran has developed stealth drones to fly on missions as far as 3000km. His statement will be of concern to neighboring states especially Israel and the Gulf States. Read more
A day before the new U.N secretary general’s special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler takes on his duties, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Human Rights Office published a report highlighting the numerous “violations of international Read more
Egypt will be receiving crude oil and natural gas surpluses from Iraq according to its petroleum minister Tarek El Molla after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Sunday between Egypt, Iraq and Jordan. The supply would be channeled through Read more