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The United Kingdom is building its first military base in the Gulf 44 years after it left the area. The launch of the construction of a permanent military base in Bahrain was attended by UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Read more
“The Americans, Russians, Iranians, Alawites, and Hezbollah are coordinating their war against us — are we not capable of stopping the fighting amongst ourselves so we can direct all our efforts against them?” Those were the words of al-Qaeda leader Read more
The parliamentary election organized after political parties failed to agree on a coalition government has swayed in favor of the ruling AK party allowing it to rule as a single party. With almost all the votes counted, the party won Read more
The attack on Thursday that killed around 26 people after at least 15 rockets were fired at Camp Hurriya has been claimed by the Wathiq al-Battat, a Shia militia group. The attack targeted members of the Mujahideen-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) also Read more
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rating agency decided to downgrade Saudi Arabia’s long term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from AA- to A+ on Friday citing the effects of the low oil prices but authorities in Riyadh are not Read more
Tunisia’s central bank, for the first time since the end of the Ben Ali regime, has cut interest rate by 0.50% because inflation has dropped. It hopes that the decision will contribute to reviving economy and attracting foreign investment. A Read more
U.N secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the participating countries in the Vienna talks on the war on Syria to show “flexibility” in order to make progress since “there is no military solution.” The talks starting this Friday are grouping Read more
Qatari Foreign minister Khalid al-Attiyah retracted his previous statement that Qatar would send troops to Syria if necessary stressing that it “is out of the question to have our soldiers on the grounds.” The minister who had not ruled out Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco hailed Thursday India’s “constructive position” regarding the Sahara issue and praised its support for the UN process to resolve this artificial conflict. “I should like to express our appreciation for the Republic of India’s constructive Read more
The Saudi-led coalition intervening g in Yemen has been accused of hitting a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Haydan district, but Riyadh has denied such allegations after U.N secretary General Ban ki-moon condemned the attack. MSF Read more