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Global messaging app Telegram has secured $150 million in investment from Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners as the company plans to continue its growth in the region and around the world. Mubadala, Gulf Business Read more
Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan’s zero waste project has won the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Turkey’s Global Goals Action Award. Zero waste project commenced in 2017 and it is continuing at full speed as the country aims to free Read more
Three Crew members on a Marseille-bound TunisAir flight were detained Sunday in the French city for customs violation, reports say. The airline in statement without giving details on the arrests reportedly said the crew members; stewards, on the Tunis-Marseille flight, Read more
March 22 is World Water Day. Some experts predicted that the wars of the future would be water wars. In the Horn of Africa, there is no talk of armed conflict yet, but the tone is rising between Egypt, Sudan Read more
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pledged to invest $12 million in Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. In an interview with army radio early this week, Netanyahu indicated that the Emirati royal told Read more
The French tourist arrested in Iran last year for flying a remote-controlled mini helicopter has been charged with espionage and propaganda against the Islamic republic, his lawyer has told the media. Benjamin Briere, 35, was arrested in Iran 10 months Read more
Kenya and Somalia will be before the International Court of Justice in The Hague this Monday for ten days. At stake is the delimitation of their maritime border, while important natural resources are found in the sea. For Somalia, its Read more
At least seven people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters, according to witnesses and local media, as Myanmar’s military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting illegal payments. The violence Read more
Lebanese defense minister Zeina Aker Sunday issued an indefinite ban on firearms licenses amid fears that escalating popular protests could descend into armed conflict, Middle East Monitor, MEMO, reports. The caretaker minister’s directive will take effect from Monday but will Read more
Saudi Prince Abdullah bin Musaad has acquired French second division of Chateauroux for an estimated value of €2.8 million, Arab News reports. Prince Abdullah with the new acquisition is now owner of five football clubs across the world; Sheffield United Read more