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A court in Turkey has sentenced a former Kurdish member of the parliament accused of supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to 22 years in prison. Leyla Guven, of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was stripped of her Read more
Egypt is on the verge of becoming the fourth country of the Arab League to open a diplomatic mission in Laayoune, capital of Morocco’s southern province recently recognized by the United States. President Abdelfattah al-Sisi, Egyptian media reports notes, is Read more
Faced with a particularly turbulent end of the year in the Horn of Africa, the regional authority of Igad held an extraordinary meeting Sunday in Djibouti, in the presence of the chairman of the African Union commission, to discuss the Read more
The Egyptian government has approved Italy’s $7.6 million financial support for the Robbiki Leather City project in the African country’s industrial city of Badr. The European country pledged the investment early last month in an agreement with the Egyptian Ministry Read more
The head of the Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB), Ismail Demir, has vowed to continue with the country’s military development regardless of the US sanctions on himself and his organization. “The development of the domestic industry will continue, perhaps even Read more
Jordan has discovered a major gas field with “promising amount” of resources, near its eastern border with Iraq. The “digging operation” at “Well 53″ at the Risha oil field yielded the breakthrough, Energy Minister Hala Zawati announced on Twitter announced Read more
This measure was taken in 1993 to punish Sudan for harbouring Osama Bin Laden and several Al Qaeda militants. Khartoum was accused of complicity in certain terrorist operations. With this decision, it is the end of a long wait for Read more
El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company is expected to sign this month a partnership agreement with Chinese car manufacturer Dongfeng Motor that will enable the Egyptian firm to produce 25,000 electric cars annually, reports say. The deal is in its final Read more
U.S. president Donald Trump announced on Thursday the United States’ recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara, dealing a hard blow to the polisario separatists and their Algerian supporters. “Morocco recognized the United States in 1777. It is thus fitting Read more
An Iranian official described as close to the supreme leader has denied rumors of the failing health of the country’s top leader, reports say. “May it blind the enemies’ eyes that with the grace of God and the prayers of Read more