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A Saudi woman, if indicted, faces up to two years in prison for coming up the stage to hug a pop singer during a concert in the city of Taief. The woman was arrested Friday by police and referred to Read more
Pakistan will purchase 30 of the Turkey-made T129 helicopters used in battle fields, the Turkish defense industry directorate said Friday. “Contract negotiations on T129 ATAK helicopters between Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and the Pakistani Ministry of Defense Production were finalized,” Read more
A loud explosion at a chemical factory near Cairo international Airport Thursday left 12 people injured. The blast according to the army spokesperson, Colonel Tamer al-Rifai, was caused by high temperatures. “Due to high temperatures, an explosion happened at a Read more
President Xi Jinping will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week, his first visit to the Gulf country, at the time trade between the two countries is at its peak. During the state visit, the Chinese leader who is Read more
A top US lawmaker and former Republican presidential candidate has sent warning to Israel against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to notch a deal with Russia to remove Iranian forces out of Syria. Russia has been since 2015 Syria’s Read more
The internationally recognized National Oil Corporation (NOC) Wednesday announced resumption of operation at the country’s four oil terminals after east-based army relinquished control of the ports it seized last month. Khalifa Haftar, head of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) Read more
Security authorities Wednesday claimed the killing of several suspected militants in the city of Arish, in the Sinai as state-run news agency MENA put the number of those killed at 11. The army and police have launched since February a Read more
India has ceased buying Iran’s crude oil as hoped by the United States as data from the industry and shipping sources show sharp decrease in oil imports last month. Oil imports from Iran in June dropped by 16 per cent Read more
Qatar’s authorities are seeking to raise as much as $4 billion from banks for the purchase of several British Typhoon fighter jets, Bloomberg reports citing sources aware of the move. The sum, according to sources who spoke to Bloomberg Read more
The United States Tuesday slapped sanctions on the alleged Iran-backed al-Ashtar Brigades that it designated as terror group and blamed for attacks on security forces. The State Department said in a statement the group, which was established in 2013, Read more