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National pride and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has emerged as the runner-up of Egyptian presidential polls though his name was not on the ballot paper. Actually, thousands of voters crossed out the names of the two candidates and replaced them Read more
Bahraini State authorities announced Sunday the discovery of the country’s so far largest oil and gas field whose production could exceed current oil and gas yield. The tiny Gulf oil producer and non-OPEC member currently explores two oil fields, namely Read more
A court handed death penalty by hanging to the Lebanese and Syrian spouses, found guilty of the death of 29-year old Filipina house worker Joanna Demafelis. The house worker, reported missing for over a year, was found stuffed in a Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent probe into the death of 16 Gaza Palestinian killed by Israel defense forces (IDF) Friday as Palestinians marked the 42nd anniversary of the eviction of Palestinians from current Israel. The Read more
Saudi Arabia has made illegal the unauthorized access to one’s spouse’s mobile phone; an act labelled cybercrime equating to one year in prison and a fine of $136,239. Spouses, according to the law, may face one year in prison for Read more
The mayor of the Libyan capital Tripoli, largely controlled by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), has been abducted and taken to an unknown destination in a move that stresses insecurity in the capital of oil-rich country. Abdulrauf Beitelmal Read more
France is not planning military engagement in Northern Syria on the side of rebels and Kurdish forces labeled by Ankara as terrorists, a source from the French presidency told Turkish Daily Sabah. The source who did not want to be Read more
More than 1,700 people have reportedly been killed in military operations and airstrikes on Eastern Ghouta since late February, the United Nations aid chief said, describing the past few months of relentless bloodshed as “some of the worst yet” for Read more
A New York-based judge Wednesday ruled for the continuation of legal procedures against Saudi Arabia, dismissing therefore a request by Riyadh for the drop of all lawsuits lodged by relatives of victims of September 11, 2001 attacks. Judge George Daniels Read more
Iraq is reportedly ramping up efforts to expand its capacity to pump and export oil through building a processing facility that will double output at the Majnoon field to 450,000 bpd. Ihsan Abdul Jabbar, the director-general of state-run Basra Oil Read more