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The United Nations envoy for Yemen expressed confidence on Thursday that a solution can be found to prevent further violence in and around the port city of Hodeida. “I am confident that we can reach an agreement to avert any Read more
An Emirati, the first ever, will be sent into space by April next year aboard Russian space ship Soyuz-MS under a deal signed Wednesday in Austria between the Emirati Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and The Russian Federal Space Read more
Four forces in the ranks of Khalifa Haftar-controlled Libyan National Army (LNA) were killed Wednesday in a suicide car bombing in the city of Derna where the LNA has been pushing for control. An Islamist militant fighter detonated explosives Read more
Morocco’s dairy sector may see a newcomer in the upcoming days as the Saudi giant Al Marai eyes investing in the North African country. The news was announced by Arabic news outlet Hespress, citing an informed source. It said the Read more
The Lebanese Interior Ministry is set to review a proposal by the country’s security agency to allow Iranians to enter the country without passports. Lebanon’s General security agency this week proposed to allow Iranians to enter the country without passports. Read more
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards Tuesday slammed calls from within the country urging for talks with the United States in the style of negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang over the complete denuclearization of North Korea in exchange of US security guaranties. Read more
US officials Tuesday dodged Iraq’s and Syria’s blame that the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group (ISIS) and Washington targeted militia fighters aligned with President Bashar al-Assad regime, near the border with Iraq. A US official told US Read more
Selahattin Demirtas of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in a video clip recorded from prison and aired on TRT addressed supporters for the first time since his arrest for terror-related charges. Demirtas has been in jail pending trial since November Read more
French car maker Renault has announced it will keep its operations in Iran unlike many multinationals despite new US economic sanctions following the US exit from the 2015 nuclear deal. The Company’s CEO Carlos Ghosn at the annual shareholders’ meeting Read more
Morocco has lost the challenge to organize the 2026 world cup as “United-2026”, the joint bid by the USA, Canada and Mexico, won the final vote at the 68th FIFA Congress by 134 votes. Morocco was supported only by 65 Read more