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Japan is on the verge of recognizing the Palestinian State as the Asian country also looks to mark up its contribution to the UN Relief agency in Palestinian territories (UNRWA) after the US cut its assistance in a move to Read more
Authorities of the Paris Louvre Museum will launch a probe into omission last month of the state of Qatar on a map of the Arabian Peninsula displayed at Abu Dhabi Louver Museum that compounded the already frosty relations between Doha Read more
Rove Hotels is opening shop in Saudi Arabia following agreement between the hotel group and Saudi authorities. The hotel group has chosen the kingdom as its second destination in the region after establishing in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates Read more
A man wielding a machete was shot and arrested Monday in capital Tehran after he tried to intrude inside the presidential complex. The man, a 35-year old, was shot at a leg when trying to force the security gate of Read more
State-controlled Saudi Telecom is on the verge of acquiring rights to broadcast the national soccer league matches over 10 years after the league apparently ended agreement with regional MBC group. MBC manager, Waleed al-Ibrahim, was detained in the anti-corruption probe, Read more
Leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas Monday told London that Palestinians are eager to return to peace talks with Israel under the auspices of a multinational forum with reduced US role, following Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Read more
A Kuwaiti blogger who fled the country received Sunday a five-year prison sentence in absentia for insulting United Arab Emirates (UAE). A criminal court indicted Abdullah Al-Saleh for insulting a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member, UAE. Al-Saleh has left the Read more
Turkey Friday rejected placement of Hamas Chief on the US blacklist of terrorists, calling the Islamist movement an ‘important reality of the Palestinian political life’. “It is obvious that this decision, which overlooks the fact that Hamas is an important Read more
The Israeli army said Friday it hit a Hamas position in Gaza Strip after the Islamist movement allegedly launched a missile late on Thursday towards the Jewish state. An Israeli aircraft hit a position of Hamas in the enclave in Read more
The Saudi prominent business tycoon Prince Al-waleed bin Talal has resumed work at his Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) few days after his release from detention in the anti-corruption clean-up driven by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman. Online footage showed the Read more