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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Monday told the parliament that US authorities have been arresting members of FETÖ organization of Pennsylvania-based Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen accused by Ankara for orchestrating the July 2016 botched military coup against President President Recep Read more
Kuwait’s Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah has accepted the resignation of oil minister, Bakhit al-Rashidi who has been under fire by lawmakers over mismanagement of the country’s oil industry, which provides 90 per cent of public revenue. Al-Rashidi submitted his Read more
The need for aid in the occupied Palestinian territory has increased, following a year that has seen a “serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation,” said Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the region, in a statement on Monday. Mr. McGoldrick’s Read more
The European Union (EU) and the European Bank for Reconstruction & development (EBRD) are joining forces to help Jordan expand the As Samra wastewater treatment plant, to protect public health and the environment. EU contributes €30 million to co-finance EBRD Read more
Oman has penned two agreements granting Oman Occidental, a unit of state-run Oman Oil Co, the rights to explore for oil and gas in concessions 51 and 65. The announcement by the Gulf country’s oil ministry on Twitter says the Read more
UAE’s minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash brushed aside claims by the Qatari Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, that his country, currently locked up in a diplomatic row with neighbors, is keen to enter into dialogue Read more
The Saudi leading chemical industry, Sabic, has notched a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK-based Plastic Energy to recycle mixed plastic waste back to the original polymer in Europe. Under the deal, Plastic Energy will supply feedstock to support Sabic’s Read more
Head of the World football governing body Gianni Infantino Thursday said majority of member-countries of FIFA are favorable to enlarge the number of teams to play in the FIFA world Cup in Qatar in 2022 to 48 but added that Read more
Yemen rival sides, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-endorsed regular forces, reached on the last day of UN-brokered talks in Sweden a cease fire in the vital Hodeidah port city. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres Thursday said the two sides Read more
The UK Ministry of Defense brushed aside reports that the European country is in talks with Kuwait to open a permanent military base as it has embarked on building a strong military presence in the region after agreeing with Bahrain Read more