Jordan’s King Abdullah II & wife win 2022 for Human Fraternity

King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife Queen Rania, were awarded Saturday the 2022 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity at a ceremony at the Founders Memorial in the UAE capital, reports say. The award was presented to the royal Read more

Tunisia’s new political party led by ex-TunisAir CEO charges powerful workers union UGTT for corruption

Olfa Hamdi, the former Chief Executive Officer of Tunisia’s national carrier and leader of newly created Tunisian political party The Third Republic has called on authorities to investigate leaders of the country’s mighty workers union UGTT for corruption. Hamdi launched Read more

Iran qualifies NATO’s expansion as “serious threat” to security and stability

In a phone call, on Thursday, to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed that NATO’s expansion was a “serious threat” to the region’s security and stability, according to the semi-official Nour News. “NATO’s expansion eastward creates tension Read more

Qatar’s Prince bags €200 million for selling Paris property to French billionaire

Qatari Prince Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani has sold for €200 million ($305 million) his mansion in the French capital to French billionaire Xavier Niel, in a transaction deemed one of the largest ever transactions for private property in the French Read more

Syria backs Russian recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk Republics

Syria’s government says it “supports” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognise two Moscow-backed separatist-held regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says Syrian government ‘will cooperate’ with the two Moscow-backed separatist-held regions. In comments carried by Read more