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Isolated Doha Monday reportedly handed a response to Saudi-led 13 demands after the boycotting bloc extended by 48 hours the first deadline set for Sunday Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani reportedly on a short visit to Kuwait Read more
German newspaper Der Spiegel Saturday beeped horns in a report warning that a second coup and a series of crises could take place in Turkey pointing out that elements that led to the July 2016 failed coup are still in Read more
Saudi Arabia and allies who severed ties with Qatar and imposed blockades on the Emirate have extended by two days the deadline of the 13-demand list handed over to Doha to be fulfilled as condition to end the isolation, Saudi Read more
King Salman has ordered the suspension of a journalist for over-praises after he compared the Saudi ruler to God. The 81-years old King Saturday felt uncomfortable after a column in local newspaper al-Jazirah described him as “Haleem”, or forbearing, and Read more
A video showing a Saudi monument in the Qassim region spread with graffiti expressing sympathy to Qatar has gone viral on social media at the time Riyadh has decreed prison and fine sentences for any message showing support for the Read more
The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, has been confirmed by Ali Shirazi. The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei’s to the Revolutionary Guards – Quds Force was speaking to online news site Asr-e Read more
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution, 2362, authorizing the checking of high sea vessels suspected of smuggling Libyan oil while extending the weapon embargo, other sanctions that impose travel bans and the freezing of assets. The resolution Read more
Fuel and energy prices in Egypt have increased significantly on Thursday as the country deals with its economic and financial crisis triggered by the mass protests that brought an end to the government of Hosni Mubarak and a coup d’état Read more
Drug dealer and bi-national Saïd Chaou will be tried in Morocco for the crimes he committed, Moroccan foreign ministry said after announcing Thursday the arrest of the trafficker by Dutch authorities and his likely deportation to Rabat. Dutch authorities’ reluctance Read more
Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip began Wednesday construction of a safe area at its border with Egypt as part of agreements for rapprochement between the Islamist movement and Cairo. The new buffer area will stretch on 12 kilometers, along Read more