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Egypt has begun campaigning for its candidate for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General post, Moushira Khattab. Moushira Khattab is a human rights activist and former Minister of Family & Population and former ambassador. Khattab boasts a Read more
Morocco sent an emergency humanitarian aid to Bangladesh in order to support the country’s efforts to cope with the massive influx of refugees from the Muslim minority of the Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar, the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Read more
Hamas, the ruler of Gaza Strip, Monday welcomed decision by Togo to cancel October-scheduled conference between African countries and Israel saying that the move is “a victory for humanitarian values and its defenders.” The West African country, embroiled in political Read more
Venezuelan President left Algiers Monday without meeting with his peer Abdelaziz Bouteflika, although the meeting had been scheduled. The Algerian Presidency did not clarify why the encounter did not happen but speculations and critics point at the Algerian President’s health Read more
An attack on a security convoy in North Sinai Monday left at least 18 people killed, most of whom were policemen. The interior ministry noted that a group of militants attacked a security convoy between Qantara near the Egyptian port Read more
A high key Hamas delegation arrived Saturday in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials over Rafah crossing and also to express willingness to thaw ties with West Bank ruler Fatah movement. Led by the movement’s Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh Read more
The war against President Bashar al-Assad lingering on for more than six years would continue as the UN mediation has failed, Syrian opposition figure, Riyad Hijab, chairman of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said Thursday. Hijab made the comments Read more
The Saudi monarch is expected in Washington early 2018 to meet with US President Donald Trump for talks after the two leaders stepped up ties between the two historical allied countries. The White House Thursday said the two leaders held Read more
Russian President has announced a visit to Egypt shortly to attend the launch ceremony of the construction works of the Dabaa nuclear power plant, a Moscow-supported project. Vladimir Putin reportedly made the announcement at the close of the BRICS summit Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron has assigned former envoy to Saudi Arabia as well as to Qatar with leading France’s own mediation in the ongoing Gulf crisis between Qatar on one side and Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Read more