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Germany is hosting a new international conference on Libya on Wednesday, June 23. The presence of many countries and actors on the ground should help consolidate the progress made in recent months, particularly on the holding of elections. The withdrawal Read more
Malaysia is looking to inject some investment in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Area (SCZone), the Arab Republic announced in a statement on Monday. Hishamuddin Hussein, the top diplomat of the Asian country met up with President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi and discussed Read more
Stakeholders in Turkey’s tourism sector have welcomed Russia’s decision for full scale flights between the two countries to resume on June 22 after three months over fear of contamination to Covid-19. Moscow reports say, made the decision Friday following a Read more
Egypt expects Vacsera, the country’s health company in charge of the production and distribution of Covid-19 vaccine to become the largest in the Middle East and Africa. Hala Zayed, health minister of the Arab Republic visited the company’s second production Read more
A farmer and his son died Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in the southern part of Iraqi capital Baghdad, Xinhua news agency reports. The explosion, Chinese news agency notes citing a statement by the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC), Read more
Iran opens today Friday polling stations for 59 million of citizens to elect a successor to outgoing reformist President Hassan Rouhani who has led the Islamic Republic for eight years. Polls opened at 7 am (0230 GMT) and will close Read more
The leader of Chad’s Transitional Military Council, Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby, has sent his diplomatic aide to the kingdom Saudi Arabia to bolster ties with the Gulf country. Chad’s top diplomat Mahamat Zene Cheri Thursday handed a written message to Read more
President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, was elected Thursday as member of the Executive Council of the Union of Arab Football Associations for 2021-2025. This election took place during the 26th session of the General Assembly Read more
Jordanian security forces have nabbed outlawed Member of Parliament Osama Al-Ajarmeh following an arrest warrant issue against him by the kingdom’s top public Prosecutor, reports say. The arrest took place Wednesday at the demand of the top prosecutor, interior minister Read more
Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries Manufacturers, Julphar, based in the UAE, has announced it sold its 51 per cent stake in Alpha Pharma, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia, Zawya reports. The company announced the transaction to be completed in the Read more