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US officials have expressed Russia’s potential involvement in the ‘hacking’ of Qatar’s state national news agency QNA late last month after Doha blamed hackers for planting fake news attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, which sparked diplomatic dispute between Read more
Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Wednesday in what appeared in coordinated attacks the Iranian parliament in central Teheran and the shrine of founder of the Islamic Republic Ruhollah Khomeini, reports say. An unconfirmed number of assailants attacked Wednesday morning the Read more
Morocco was elected vice-chairman of the United Nations Oceans Conference convening in New York to look into ways of conserving and sustainably using oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The North African Kingdom was unanimously elected by the Read more
The Iranian supreme leader Sunday told a gathering of officials that Europe is reaping what it sowed in the Middle East in reference to the string of terror attacks claimed by the Islamic State group (IS). “Today, Daesh (IS) is Read more
In build-up to a visit to Ankara, German Foreign Minister Sunday told a local media that Berlin is willing to defuse tension with Turkey and also promises to curb activities of the PKK in Germany. Sigmar Gabriel told the German Read more
The Bahraini Foreign Ministry Saturday announced that hackers attacked the department using the twitter account of Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa to post “hostile and insulting videos”. “The Account of H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs has been hacked. Read more
The Saudi-led Arab Coalition hailed the call for the Houthi Movement and its allies to hand over the control of the Hudaydah port to a neutral party by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. A source Read more
A car blew off Thursday in Shiite-dominated city of Qatif, killing two people identified as wanted terrorists by Saudi authorities. “Two wanted terrorists were killed in the explosion,” Faisal bin Farhan, an adviser to the Foreign Ministry, said on his Read more
An Iraqi national, fired from Saudi Schools four years ago, on Wednesday gunned down two teachers and wounded another worker. Fortunately, there were no children at the school on vacation since the start of the month of Ramadan. The gunman Read more
Qatar’s ruler travelled Wednesday to Kuwait City in a move to end diplomatic row with the region’s two most powerful states, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, following the publication of the gas-rich country’s pro-position on Hamas, Hezbollah and friendly Read more