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20 people died in a collision Tuesday after a bus on which they were traveling overturned while trying to pass a truck, in southern Egypt, The New Arab reports citing Egyptian authorities. Essam Saad, governor of the southern province of Read more
Palestinian movement Hamas has elected former Chief Khaled Meshaal to run its diaspora office, Anadolu news agency reports. The Turkish state-run news agency citing a source within the group and who asked to be named because not allowed, said Meshaal Read more
First Abu Dhabi Bank, UAE’s largest bank, is set to acquire Bank Audi Egypt, a private financial institution in the North African country. FAB Egypt CEO Mohamed Abbas Fayed broke the news to Al Mal News adding that the transaction Read more
Qatar, which looks to increase its aid to the besieged Gaza strip by 50 per cent, announced a $10 million grant that will benefit 100,000 poor families in the Palestinian enclave. The beneficiaries will have to go to the government Read more
Kuwait has tossed away requests by Buddhists and Hindus to cremate the bodies of their dead in the Gulf country. The Funeral Department rejected the request to use modern incineration tools such as electric ovens to cremate the bodies of Read more
Tunisia will earmark over $1.6 million to grant assistance to needy families to muddle through the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has announced. Speaking to governors on Saturday, Mechichi indicated that the financial aid will be distributed Read more
A top member of Sudan’s ruling council has rejected UAE’s offer to resolve the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia and accused the Gulf country of trying to divide the claimed Al-Fashaga area between the two countries. “Abu Dhabi Read more
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah conducted a tour of four Gulf countries, namely Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar April 7 -9. The Libyan leader sought the support of these countries for his government and Read more
Egypt is currently working on a secret prisoner exchange deal between Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel, Al Quds Al Arabi reported. An Egyptian high lever delegation led by Major General Ahmed Abdel Khaleq, who is in charge of the Read more
United Arab Emirates appointed Thursday Khaled Mohamed Balama Al Tameemi as the governor of the country’s Central Bank, replacing Abdulhamid Saeed Alahmadi after only one year into the top job. Al Tameemi has been appointed deputy Central Bank governor in Read more