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Prime Minister Essid announced that part of the measures to be undertaken by the government to curb terrorism and extremist attacks in Tunisia will be the building of a 160 kilometer-long wall along Tunisia-Libya border. He said Tunisia cannot count Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have concluded an agreement that will lead to a $10 billion investment in Russia. The deal is one of the biggest foreign direct investments sealed by the government-run RDIF Read more
Lebanon broke its own record as the country clocked 409 days without a president on Tuesday. Political parties continue to be divided in the parliament over whom to choose as the next president and systematic boycotts of parliamentary sessions have been Read more
Speculations of possible crackdown by the Turkish military on the militants of the Islamic State has been renewed after Hurriyet reported that a meeting of the troop commanders positioned along the border with Syria has been scheduled for next week Read more
A draft antiterrorism bill that has been approved by the cabinet has raised eyebrows in Egypt’s media sector with critics describing it as a censorship move, but Justice Minister Ahmed Al Zind said the draft is being blown out of Read more
A coalition of 13 Islamist militant groups together with an-Nusra Front launched coordinated attacks on several government positions in Aleppo on Thursday but was pushed back according to reports. The rebels want to take full control of the once vibrant Read more
Oman took a major step towards making Islamic Baking an important part of its banking sector with the inauguration of a department dedicated to overseeing Islamic banking at the Central Bank on Thursday. Oman was the last country among the Read more
Kuwait’s budget for the new fiscal year that began on April 1 has a deficit of around 40% mainly due to lower estimates of oil prices. The huge deficit has raised eyebrows but it is believed that it will be Read more
“We will uproot the state of the Jews (Israel) and you and Fatah, and all of the secularists… and you will be over-run by our creeping multitudes,” said a masked ISIS member in a message addressed to the “tyrants of Hamas,” according Read more
Houthis “rocket units” have launched Scud missile at the Al Sulayyil missile base in Riyadh province “as a response to the crimes of the brutal Saudi aggression,” Military spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman was quoted by the Yemeni state news agency Saba, under Houthi Read more