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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledges aid to Jordan as he steps foot in the country for the first time. This aid comes at a time Jordan is strained on resources and infrastructure due to an influx of more than Read more
Tension escalates in Israel as President Shimon Peres privately opposes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. He termed Netanyahu’s insistence as “unnecessary” as both Palestine and Israel are yet to come to an Read more
Iran has begun moving towards stopping its uranium enrichment program at its Natanz plant as part of six-month nuclear agreement brokered in November 2013 with members of the UN’s Security Council and Germany. The United States and the European Union Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong have renewed their desire to further develop their trading ties. UAE wants to be the inevitable hub in the Middle East and has been reinforcing its ties with trading partners from different Read more
Canada has surfaced as one of the major countries active in providing arms to countries with unimpressive human rights records or a history of violent internal conflict. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have become customers with trade Read more
Oman will be spending more than $50 billion in its five year development project which stretches from 2011 to 2015. The plan is aimed at modernizing and upgrading the country’s infrastructures and bridging it closer to regional countries. Almost $78 Read more
Morocco, major US ally in North Africa, has weathered the chaos of the Arab Spring by further advancing its own reforms and making significant progress on human rights, says a group of former U.S. ambassadors who served in the North Read more
Two explosions rocked the Iranian embassy in Lebanon and the attack is being critically reviewed as Tehran suspects that foreign elements played a role. The attack has been claimed by Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Lebanese based group linked to Al-Qaeda, and Read more
New reports are emerging that Israel has carried out an air strike on Syrian territory targeting a storage site of Russian made SA-125 missiles at military base near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. The attack is latest of series Read more
A new escalation in Algerian-Moroccan relations is making the headlines in both countries and fuelling analysts’ comments. Relations between the two neighboring countries deteriorated after the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stressed in a message he addressed earlier this week to Read more