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The European Union’s top court has ruled to retain Gaza ruling Islamist movement Hamas on its terror list despite the movement’s lobbying to influence the decision. The decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Wednesday overruled a ruling in Read more
A Cairo criminal court Tuesday pressed life in prison sentences against 43 people involved in anti-government protests in 2011, few months after the revolution, which brought down country’s former strongman Hosni Mubarak. A total of 145 persons were tried in Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, nicknamed “MBS”, has been handed over temporarily the kingdom’s affairs as his father and Monarch goes on vacation in Morocco. A royal decree signed by King Salman Monday relayed by the official news Read more
Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have severed ties with Qatar, have added nine individuals from Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait and Libya as well as nine other organizations from Yemen and Libya to their list of terror entities and individuals with Read more
The Israeli foreign ministry has instructed closure of the embassy in Ankara and consulates throughout Turkey as a preventive measure amid growing tension in the region over clashes at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and following the killing of two Read more
Head of the Libyan Presidency Council (PC) Faiez Serraj and his rival, Head of the East-based Libyan National Army are to meet in Paris Tuesday for talks involving other Libyan factions. The meeting will be held at invitation of the Read more
The Pentagon has slammed the Turkish official news agency Anadolu for publishing a detailed article on US military positions in Syria, indicating that the move endangers the international coalition’s fight against Daech. Spokesman for the Pentagon, Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway chided Read more
Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Friday in his first address since the beginning of the crisis between his Emirate and its neighbors said Qatar is open to negotiations but any talks must respect its sovereignty. Al-Thany in his Read more
The Saudi ministry of Haj and Umrah announced Thursday that Qatari pilgrims can join other pilgrims to perform the Haj and Umrah rituals despite the ongoing diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors led by Saudi Arabia. Qatar’s neighbors namely Read more
Kuwaiti authorities Thursday expelled several Iranian diplomats at the Islamic Republic’s mission in Kuwait after local authorities linked Teheran to a terror and spy cell. Iranian official source, ISNA news agency, reported that Ambassador Alireza Enayati has been asked to Read more