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Saudi Arabia has bolstered its position in the new diplomatic spat with Canada as the national carrier Saudia Airlines announced Monday it was putting halt to flights operated by the company to the Canadian city of Toronto. The move came Read more
North Korea’s Foreign Minister will visit Teheran on Tuesday amid flaring tension between Iran and the United States. Ri Yong Ho is due to meet Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Teheran, Iranian conservative news agency Fars Read more
The European Union has completed this week the biggest photovoltaic solar field in Gaza that will provide 0.5 Megawatts of electricity per day to fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant. The EU-funded Southern Gaza Desalination Plant currently provides drinking water Read more
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen announced on Thursday that after two years of stalled talks on resolving the crisis in the country, he plans to invite the warring parties to Geneva on September 6 for a round of Read more
An Egyptian former minister, linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, narrowly escaped extradition to Egypt after he was arrested by Italian authorities in the city of Catania Tuesday. Italian authorities said they received an extradition request from Egypt. But Mohamed Mahsoob, Read more
South Korea said Thursday it has sent a warship to Libya for military support in what looks like a mission to rescue a national abducted by gunmen early last month alongside three Filipino workers. In addition to “carrying out its Read more
An Israeli contestant in the World Chess Championship will be allowed to enter Tunisia; host of a youth global chess competition after the international federation of the game threatened the North African country to retrieve rights to stage the match Read more
Ongoing violence and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Hudaydah directly threaten hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Yemen, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a statement released on Wednesday. “Attacks against civilian Read more
Turkey Wednesday slammed the US sanctions targeting two key ministers of the cabinet and vowed to take equivalent measures in retaliation if necessary. The U.S. Treasury Wednesday pressed sanctions against Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu Read more
Iran is deploying forces and military personnel for major naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz that it threatened to block in retaliation, in the event the U.S. disrupts the sale of Iranian oil. “We are aware of the increase Read more