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The Tuesday emergency cabinet meeting that was held in a bid to find a solution to Lebanon’s problems which are now dominated by the Beirut garbage crisis seems to make matters worse after Hezbollah’s six ministers and their allies left Read more
A leaked recorded interview aired by Israeli Channel 2 on Friday revealed former Israeli Defense Minister and Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, stating that Israel was willing to launch a military operation on the nuclear plants in Iran but had to Read more
The British foreign secretary indicated Monday UK will remain wary about Iran even though diplomatic relations between the two countries have been warming up with the re-opening of the British embassy in Tehran after four years of shutdown. After re-opening Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Saudi Arabia that it is heading towards a huge fiscal deficit this year and over the medium term as oil prices continue to be low. The IMF urged the oil-rich kingdom to embark Read more
The Israeli military has released a statement claiming that an Iran-sponsored extremist jihadist group targeted a village with two rockets but there were no casualties. The group known as Islamic Jihad has most of its followers in Gaza but its Read more
Four Hamas officials have been abducted by armed men wearing “Pakistani-type” clothes in an area close to the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, Egyptian officials said on Friday although the incident has reportedly taken place on Wednesday night. The Hamas Read more
Female citizens of Saudi Arabia will be heading to the polls for the first time in the kingdom’s history during the municipal elections scheduled to take place in December. They can also be candidates in the elections. The electoral reform Read more
U.N political affairs chief Jeffery Feltman has informed the Security Council that “a chronic lack of adequate law enforcement” is fueling escalation between Israeli settlers and Palestinians as he warned that a new flare-up of hostilities cannot be minimized. U.N Read more
The Chief of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians announced Wednesday Palestinian children in refugee camps will resume school as planned despite shortfall of the budget to meet the needs. Pierre Krahenbuhl, head of the UN Relief and Works Read more
Kuwait’s parliamentary speaker Marzouq Al Ganem has stressed that the country will not spare any state or individual engaged in aiding and promoting terrorist activities on its territory. Investigations are ongoing after a terrorist cell uncovered last week led to Read more