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President Rivlin of Israel is discouraging Palestinians from taking their differences with the Jewish state to the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it is not the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tel Aviv has already started lobbying for countries to Read more
Globally recognized Saudi Arabian billionaire entrepreneur Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has recently stated that the more than 50% drop of oil prices was not anticipated by oil producing countries. However, it has positive and negative aspects that should not be ignored. Read more
Palestine’s Unity government has been challenged by the parliamentarians from Hamas by holding a meeting and being very critical of the Unity government led by President Abbas. Senior leader of Hamas, Mahmoud Zahar, has labeled the government as a failure. Read more
President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has refuted claims that his country is an exporter of terrorism after the one of the three Paris attackers is said to have received training from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. Hadi Read more
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom called off her January visit to Israel as diplomatic ties between the two countries slowly heats up after the recognition of Palestine as a state. Before postponing her visit, Sweden’s request for a meeting with Read more
Talks between Bahrain and Pakistan have ended with both parties agreeing to further bridge their economic and trade activities by signing several agreements. They will also be reinforcing their defense cooperation as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, said the security Read more
After more than two years without a parliament, Egyptians will finally be heading to the polls in March to elect lawmakers. Egypt’s last parliament was dissolved by a court ruling based on a technicality in 2012. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi has Read more
At the unveiling ceremony of the first Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide body) commercial aircraft by Qatar Airways, the first in the world, Chief Akbar al-Baker of the airline boasted that the growth of aviation companies in the Gulf is worrying Read more
A suicide bomber driving a minibus killed at least 35 people as cadets gathered to enroll at a police academy in the heart of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a. None of the armed groups in the country has claimed responsibility. Bomb attacks Read more
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with newly elected Anbar province governor Suhaib al-Rawi in Baghdad and he used the occasion to underline the importance of tribal militias in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Tribal Read more