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Saudi Energy minister Thursday insisted that the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of the kingdom’s giant company Aramco is still on the agenda, following reports that authorities have scrapped the plan. “The government remains committed to the initial public offering of Read more
Saudi Arabia has allowed its medical students in Canada to stay for three more weeks until late September before they are pulled out in line with the kingdom’s set of measures made to denounce the North American country’s “interference” into Read more
Bahrain has suspended issuance of entry visas for Qataris and will bar citizens of the tiny Gulf country to enter the kingdom as the diplomatic crisis in the region drags on. Bahraini authorities have decided to expel Qatari students in Read more
The Indian government is likely to turn down assistance from any foreign country including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with its proposed $100 million aid for flood-ravaged Kerala state. Reports in India have alleged that the central government of Prime Read more
King Mohammed VI has urged the Government to take as soon as possible a series of measures to address the thorny issue of unemployment among young people, deemed as the country’s true wealth. In a speech to the Nation broadcast Read more
Unidentified men early Monday fired several gunshots at the US embassy in capita Ankara, wounding no one in the attack that occurred amid high diplomatic tension between the two NATO allies. The shots, around five, were fired from a white Read more
Iraq’s top court has approved results of May 12 elections after manual nation-wide recount following the emergence of fraud allegations which nearly robbed Shia Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc of its victory. “The Federal Supreme Court issued on the afternoon of Read more
The Head of the Saudi Football Association stepped down on Saturday from his position as he gears up to stand for the top job at the Asian football Confederation. Adel Ezzat told reporters he presented his resignation and will run Read more
Washington has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s pledged $100 million investment in Syria to reconstruct parts of the civil war-hit country freed from the Islamic State group (ISIS). “This significant contribution is critical to stabilization and early recovery efforts and comes at Read more
The United States is planning to impose on Turkey fresh sanctions should Turkish authorities not release the detained American Pastor that President Donald Trump qualified as a “great patriot hostage”. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a meeting with President Trump Read more