Leading News Source For Middle East
The Saudi and Romanian governments signed an agreement for cooperation in the defense field, the kingdom’s state-run news agency SPA announced Monday. Per the agreement, both countries will cooperate in training, exchanging expertise, technologies, developing communications systems, medical services, military Read more
Egypt and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation between the two countries in the fields of antiquities and museums online on the sideline of the visit of the leader of the Asian country, Arab Finance Read more
The Arab League Council will hold an emergency meeting, at the level of permanent delegates, on Sunday in Cairo to consider the attacks perpetrated by Houthi militias against the United Arab Emirates. The Council of the League of Arab States Read more
Orcas, a Cairo-based learning platform connecting parents and students to trust tutors and babysitters, is planning to expand to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Co-Founder and CEO Hossam Taher has revealed. The plan is coming after the company closed its third Read more
The European Union has urged Israel to halt demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem, calling the displacement of Palestinians illegal under international law. The EU urged Israel not to proceed with its plan to construct 1,450 settlement-housing units between Har Homa Read more
Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has ordered raising the minimum wage by 12.5% to EGP 2,700 (around $171) instead of EGP 2,400, Arab Finance reports. The Egyptian leader also reportedly has allocated EGP 8 billion from next year’s budget to raise Read more
Travelers around the world clients of US travel firm Tripadvisor have nominated Dubai the most popular destination in 2022. The UAE’s emirate and city won Wednesday the Tripadvisor’s first Travellers’ Choice Awards for Destinations – The Best of the Best Read more
The UN Secretary General’s Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams has revealed to the Associated Press (AP) that she is pushing for Libya to hold elections by June after the country missed out on the December 24 vote, Libya Observer reports. Read more
Three Iranian diplomats have taken office in the Saudi city of Jeddah, becoming the first Iranian officials to be posted in the Gulf country by the Islamic republic after six years of the diplomatic row. The diplomats will work in Read more
Morocco has strongly condemned the despicable attack perpetrated by the Houthi militias and their backers against the Musaffah region and the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates. In a phone talk this Monday with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Read more