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The Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party, which last year dropped its strict Islamic line, has been challenged to pick a homosexual as party’s candidate for local elections after it nominated Simon Slama, a Jew party member, as its candidate for the Read more
Saudi Arabia has called on the World football governing body to revoke the hosting rights awarded to Qatar for 2022 World cup should the tiny Gulf country be found guilty of any vote buying. The call came following revelations by Read more
The former leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih Muslim, has been arrested in the Czech capital after an extradition request from Turkey. Turkish authorities and Syrian Kurdish militias (YPG) confirmed the arrest of Muslim, said the foreign Read more
The UN Security Council delayed a vote on a ceasefire to allow aid to civilians in Eastern Ghouta as the Syrian government continues its bombing of the besieged area. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a week since Read more
Bahrain, hoping to ride the crest of the renewable energy wave, is set to build a pilot power plant that will produce up to five megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable resources, said a report. The project, to be carried Read more
Saudi Arabia has seen 19 entries in the regional media Gulf Business’s 2018 Arab Power ranking placing Chairman of the oil company Aramco as the most powerful Saudi figure and the second on the overall ranking while formerly detained billionaire Read more
Manila has announced the arrest of one of the two suspects believed behind the death of a Filipina maid, put in a freezer a year ago in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait. The suspect named Nader Essam Assaf, from Lebanon, Read more
United Arab Emirates (UAE) has appeared in Transparency International’s latest global study of perception of public corruption as the least corrupt Arab country and as world’s 21st cleanest country. The Gulf state stands out for scoring 71 out 100 in Read more
The Italian giant Salini Impregilo group will be building the 6,000 villas-project commissioned by the Saudi powerful National Guard in a deal that has been estimated at $1.3 billion. Salini Impregilo, which boasts a global expertise in construction and civil Read more
The Iraqi Sports and Youth Minister has called on the world football governing body FIFA to remove decades-long ban on hosting international matches, noting that Baghdad has met up conditions as the national team is set to play Saudi Arabia Read more