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Kuwait ruler Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah has left hospital in the US after “successfully” completing medical tests, state-run news agency KUNA has reported on Friday. The 90-year old leader arrived in the US this week for medical check-ups. Read more
Former Turkish Premier has resigned from ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party laying into President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the party. Ahmet Davutoglu, 60, reports say was referred Sept. 02 to the party’s disciplinary committee to be expelled after it Read more
The United Arab Emirates has partnered with FAO to provide $4 million in funding to foster rural development in Liberia. The contribution comes from the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and aims to support 1,500 rural women Read more
Doublestar, a Chinese global tire making, will build a plant in Algeria in partnership with SARL EL HADJ LARBI PNEUMATIQUE for a total investment of around $5 million, European rubber journal reports. The plant will produce 2 million tires annually Read more
Egypt’s foreign minister has ruled out a “soon” ending to the over 2-year old isolation of Qatar noting that the tiny Gulf country has shown no desire to meet conditions set by the quartet that include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Read more
Several countries, including the member countries of the Gulf cooperation Council, voiced on Tuesday, at the UN Human Rights Council gathering in Geneva, full support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara and reiterated strong backing to the country’s territorial Read more
The Palestinian Hamas movement, ruling the Gaza strip, has condemned Saudi Arabia for the detention of its top senior member in what the Islamist group describes as “reprehensible action”. In a Monday statement, the movement said Mohammad al-Khoudary, aged 81, Read more
Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has postponed his Thursday meeting with President Donald Trump to a later date after he was admitted to hospital in the United States for a medical check-up. “Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah has been Read more
Qatar and Angola have signed Sunday several agreements on the promotion and protection of mutual investments, on economic, commercial and technical cooperation, as well as on cooperation in the field of ports and maritime transport, the Qatari news agency QNA Read more
A new UN report released on Thursday shows that while improved security and rainfall across Syria’s farming areas have boosted the country’s harvests, higher prices mean that many citizens are still struggling to feed their families. The Crop and Food Read more