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Talks between Qatar and the U.S over the fate of five senior Taliban members transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Doha have begun as the current one-year agreement will expire in May. The five Taliban members are living with their families Read more
The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council met at Riyadh Airbase for a preparatory meeting ahead of the 15th Consultative Meeting of the GCC leaders scheduled to take place on May 5 in Riyadh. The meeting focused on regional Read more
Outspoken Kuwaiti parliamentarian Abdul Hamid Dashti has angered Riyadh for his thoughts in an interview conducted last week with Manar TV. His comments were considered as an insult and the Saudi Arabian embassy in Kuwait has submitted a memorandum to Read more
The United Arab Emirates has crushed more than 10 tonnes of elephant tusks and ivory carvings confiscated in the Gulf country in a move destined to send a strong message to poachers and smugglers. The UAE is not a major Read more
The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has rejected a draft law in the U.S Congress that will consider the different armed groups fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq as different states. The Prime Minister’s office stated that Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said “no time deadline is sacrosanct” for the nuclear program talks during his address at the U.N global nuclear conference despite Tehran’s determination to meet the June 30 deadline for a final agreement. Speaking at Read more
The report of the U.N inquiry that focused on ten incidents which took place during last year’s summer war between Hamas and Israel has been submitted but only a summary of it was released to the general public on Monday Read more
A coalition of Islamist groups led by the Nusra Front have taken over the government’s military base at Qarmeed, reducing President Assad’s control over the Idlib province to only Msaibin where it has a military base. The fall of the Read more
Air raids, naval shelling and ground fighting shook Yemen on Sunday in what could be described as the most widespread combat since the Saudi-led coalition started bombarding the Houthi movement and their allies. Yemeni capital Sana’a was targeted for the Read more
Togo’s incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe is poised to win the presidential elections held on Saturday and will thus run the country for another five years. Nearly 3.5 million voters went to the polls to elect their new President among the Read more