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The Unites States Thursday failed to garner decisive support at the UN to condemn Gaza ruler Hamas for firing rockets on Israel after a draft resolution championed by the US diplomat missed the target of two-thirds of the General assembly Read more
Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the consultations underway in Sweden between the two Yemeni warring sides and urged the parties to make progress “by exercising flexibility and engaging in good faith and without pre-conditions”. “The Secretary-General appeals to the warring Read more
The delegations representing Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario which held an initial round table on the Moroccan Sahara issue in Geneva December 5-6, at the invitation of the UN envoy Horst Köhler, decided to meet again in the course Read more
The UN top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, has condemned the reported executions of civilians by violent extremists in the east of war-torn Syria, warning that an “at least 7,000” people in Deir-Ez-Zor province were trapped, amid efforts to dislodge ISIL Read more
Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock warned, while launching Tuesday a major annual analysis of global humanitarian needs, that yemen will have the biggest problem in 2019 as three-quarters of the country’s population will likely need help. The conflict in Yemen Read more
A United Nations chartered aircraft has transported some fifty badly injured Yemenis from the capital Sana’a to hospitals in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for treatment, the UN envoy for the war-torn country has announced. In a tweet posted on Read more
King Mohammed VI has called on the international community and advanced countries to take concrete actions and voluntary measures in favor of developing countries to enable them to tackle the issue of climate change through technology transfer and providing them Read more
France’s leading groups, CMA CGM, EDF Renewables, FIVES and SUEZ have announced plans to pump investment in the Oman’s Duqm Special Economic Zone, in many sectors including cement, renewable energy and alternative fuel. The four groups will form a French Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Chairman of Al Quds Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has renewed his firm commitment to continue defending Al Quds and the Palestinian cause, which are at the core of the Middle East Read more
Russia’s largest leasing company GTLK has recently opened its third overseas office in Dubai to serve the Middle East and Africa. Controlled by the Russian government represented by the ministry of transport, GTLK leases air, water and rail transport, automotive Read more