Egypt: Historic consensus reached over Ethiopian Dam, FM Ghandour

The foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan who are meeting in Khartoum reached an agreement on several aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which will help to appease Cairo’s concerns over its effects. Sudan’s foreign Read more

Iran sends enriched uranium to Russia under nuclear agreement

Iran manifested its commitment to respecting the nuclear agreement that it signed with the so-called P5+1 on July 14 by shipping more than 11,300 kilograms of low enriched-uranium to Russia in exchange for some natural uranium. Moscow confirmed the shipping Read more

Egypt: Russia’s nuclear project fastest and best for Egypt, Minister Shaker

Egypt’s Energy Minister Mohamed Shaker told reporters that the contract for the construction of the Dabaa nuclear plant will be finalized next month with Russia; thereby ending the much awaited project that was announced since 2007 during President Mubarak’s era Read more

Yemen: GPC prefers talks with Riyadh and not escapees, Saleh

Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh who is an ally to the Houthi Movement told members of the General People’s Congress (GPC) party on Sunday that dialogue with the “escapees” will end when the war stops and talks should rather Read more

Lebanon: “No doubt” Hezbollah will retaliate, SG Nasrallah

A week after Hezbollah’s commander Samir Kuntar was killed in airstrike in Syria, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah issued a warning in a televised message during the weekend assuring Israel that “the response for the assassination of al-Kuntar is coming, there’s Read more

Israel: Tel Aviv to pressure Brazil to accept appointed ambassador

The Israeli government is working on increasing pressure on Brazil to accredit the appointment of Dani Dayan as its new ambassador four months after Prime Minister Netanyahu announced it. Brazil seems to be unwilling to welcome Dayan who is a Read more

MASEN Spearheads Morocco’s Renewable Energy Projects

Morocco, which will host the next UN conference on climate changes (COP22), is giving more visibility to foreign investors regarding the North African country’s ambitious plans set out in renewable energies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases et boost green Read more

Lebanon: Garbage solution reached, political tensions remain

The Lebanese government has awarded an 18 month contract to two companies to export the country’s waste by sea and operations are expected to begin as soon as the companies complete their financial obligations. The move is not welcomed by Read more