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The delegations representing Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario which held an initial round table on the Moroccan Sahara issue in Geneva December 5-6, at the invitation of the UN envoy Horst Köhler, decided to meet again in the course Read more
At least three people lost their lives Thursday in the Iranian southern port city of Chabahar after a car bombing targeted a police headquarters. The port is located in Sistan-Balochestan province near the border with Pakistan. Three people were killed Read more
US renowned Hollywood actor, director and two-times Oscar winner Sean Penn has arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, to shot a documentary about Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate on Oct.02, Turkish media Daily Sabah Read more
A Cairo court Wednesday pressed life prison sentences against Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and five other members of the organization, for igniting violence following the removal in 2013 of first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. The Read more
The UN top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, has condemned the reported executions of civilians by violent extremists in the east of war-torn Syria, warning that an “at least 7,000” people in Deir-Ez-Zor province were trapped, amid efforts to dislodge ISIL Read more
Kuwait-based aircraft lease company ALAFCO will start leasing as of next year five new A320neo aircraft to Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS). Under the agreement, Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) will lease the aircraft for a duration of 10 years. Read more
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) could not meet during his two-day visit to Algeria with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who, according to his office, is suffering from acute flu. The Saudi royal arrived in Algiers Sunday for a two-day Read more
A court in the Gaza Strip has pressed severe penalties against 14 people for collaboration with Israel, six of whom having been handed death penalty. The court, linked to the Strip ruler Hamas, which is opposed to Israel, has convicted Read more
Gina Haspel, the Director of CIA will brief this Tuesday leaders of the Senate about the death of Saudi journalist and The Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi in a closed session after the White House last week barred her agency Read more
A United Nations chartered aircraft has transported some fifty badly injured Yemenis from the capital Sana’a to hospitals in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for treatment, the UN envoy for the war-torn country has announced. In a tweet posted on Read more