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Turkey’s parliament extended the state of emergency by three months on Tuesday but the opposition is crying foul play. Ozturk Yilmaz, Deputy Chair responsible for foreign relations of the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), alleged that it is an attempt by Read more
Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has assured dismayed Tunisians that the economy is on its path to revival with growth registered in the tourism, a good agricultural season expected while the production of phosphate has also increased. His statement on state Read more
Amid the contestations from the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) regarding Sunday’s constitutional referendum, Turkey’s Central Election Committee (CEC) declared that the ‘Yes’ vote won the polls with 51.3% thereby paving the way for the 19 amendments that provide sweeping Read more
China has highlighted the need for an end to the “historical injustice” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the hope that it would bring peace to the turbulent region. Speaking in Beijing at a joint press conference with the visiting Palestinian Read more
Registration for the presidential elections in Iran began this week and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was at the Interior ministry to register as a candidate. He had ruled Iran from 2005 to 2013 but his reelection in 2009 was marred Read more
Algeria’s energy minister, Nourredine Boutarfa, met with European Union’s Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete in Brussels to discuss energy matters with the latter assuring that Europe “will remain the main customer for Algeria” even though most long-term gas Read more
Lawmaker Qassem Hashem is optimistic that an agreement for the much awaited electoral law that would lead to the parliamentary elections could be reached on Thursday because “everyone now accepts the necessity to adopt proportionality.” He is convinced that “the Read more
The British Council has launched a new program dubbed “Future Leaders Connect”, a global network for emerging policy leaders in many countries around the world including Morocco. The program enables beneficiaries to develop leadership skills to make effective, positive policy Read more
President Erdogan of turkey has voiced concern over the developments in neighboring Iraq before warning that the future military operations will have “not (only) a Syrian dimension, (but) also an Iraqi dimension” due to the “situations” in Tal Afar and Read more
President Sisi’s first official visit to the White House showcased the apparent strong ties between him and President Donald Trump. The Egyptian president has had difficult times with the Obama administration after he ousted President Morsi from power in a Read more