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As Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled March 3 address to a joint session of Congress gets closer, the number of senators expected to be absent is simultaneously increasing. However, the Israeli Prime Minister is defiant that he will be there to talk Read more
Negotiations between delegates of political parties on Thursday ended with nine political parties agreeing to set up a five-member presidential council to oversee the affairs of the state for a year. Former president of independent South Yemen Ali Nasser Mohammed Read more
United Arab Emirates (UAE) withdrew its air crew members participating in the US-led campaign shortly after the Jordanian pilot was captured in December by the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), said a US official under the condition of Read more
Jordanian authorities have executed an Iraqi female militant whose release had been demanded by Islamic State. The execution comes as a swift response for the killing of the Jordanian pilot who was captured the Islamic radical group. The Jordanian authorities Read more
Iran has sent another satellite into space, the fourth one since it started the feat in 2009. The satellite which was built by Iranian scientists at the defense ministry’s Aerospace Industries Organization was hailed by Iranians as an evidence of Read more
Another new ceasefire deal has been reached between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar with the hope that it will be the final one after the violation of six ceasefire deals between them. Fighting has been Read more
After almost a week as the new king of Saudi Arabia, Salman has signed more than 30 decrees amongst which is the reshuffling of the cabinet, the merging of the Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry and also brought an Read more
Hezbollah has claimed responsibility of the anti-tank missiles that targeted an Israeli military convoy and said that the operation was carried out by a squad from the “fallen martyrs of the Quneitra brigade.” At least two Israeli soldiers were killed Read more
Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, leader of the Shiite Houthi rebels, has stated on the rebel controlled Masirah TV that the militia group is willing to see a peaceful transition in the country after the handing over presidential aide Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak Read more
Kuwait’s parliament unanimously called on the government to restore subsidies on diesel and kerosene because they are believed to have contributed to the price hikes of several products and services. The government removed the subsidies at the beginning of the Read more