Seven Palestinians, including a Hamas high-ranking official, and one top officer of the Israel army died Sunday in an Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip Sunday. A routine sortie of Israeli Special Forces in Gaza to gather intelligence turned wrong after the Israeli squad, which intruded 3km inside the enclave, with a ‘civilian vehicle’ was […]
The information minister of the Yemeni rival government led by Houthi rebels has defected the rebel camp and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni internationally recognized government has told Associated Press. Moammer al-Iryani, information minister in exiled President Mansour Hadi’s government, Saturday told Associated Press that his counterpart in the rebel-led administration, Salam Ali Gaber, […]
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem has been appointed new chairman of high tech venture, Virgin Hyperloop One, in replacement of British billionaire and investor Sir Richard Branson who threw in the towel last month. Bin Sulayem currently heads Dubai-based global marine terminal operator, DP World Group, as it Chairman and CEO. DP World Group is set […]
French rail transport company Alstom has delivered the first batch of the 50 metro trains commissioned by the Dubai government. The Emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) did not disclose the number of carriages it received over the weekend but said the delivery of the 50 will be completed by October 2019. ”The manufacturer, Alstom, […]
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has invited Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar to join a two-day conference in Italy, aimed at pushing forward a new UN plan to stabilize Libya. The Palermo Conference kick-starts Monday despite the absence of high-level attendees from the international community, such as France’s Macron, Russia’s Putin, America’s Trump or Germany’s Merkel. […]
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, has joined some seventy Heads of State in Paris to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice of World War I signed on November 11, 1918. The Moroccan Sovereign’s participation in the Armistice commemoration ceremonies sends a strong message to the international community and brings back […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco will take part on Sunday in Paris in the ceremonies marking the centennial of the armistice that ended World War I. The Sovereign will take part in the ceremonies at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron of France, a statement by the Royal office said. Many world leaders, including US […]
The call launched by King Mohammed VI to neighboring Algeria for a direct, open and frank dialogue to settle the transient and objective differences hampering the development of relations between the two countries has triggered positive reactions worldwide and earned the Sovereign praise in Africa, Europe, the UN and in the Arab world. In a […]
German shipbuilder Luerssen has put on ice operations at its Peene shipyard after the German government put a ban on arm sales to Saudi Arabia in relation to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Luerssen, a Germany-based private shipbuilding company, has been working since 2016 at its Peene workshop on Saudi Arabia’s orders for […]
The US administration has given special permission to Iraq to continue importing energy from Iran despite fresh sanctions on Tehran and threats against countries wishing to continue trade with the Islamic regime. The US State Department’s representative on Iran, Brian Hook, Wednesday, told reporters that Washington is allowing Bagdad to continue relying on Iran for […]