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Kuwait will “soon” host talks between lawmakers in the Arab Gulf and their counterparts in the European Union, a speaker of the Kuwaiti legislature has said, state-run news agency KANU reported. Marzouq Al-Ghanem, the agency said, made the announcement while Read more
Mubadala Investment Company, one of the investment vehicles of Abu Dhabi Emirates, has increased its shares in Russian energy company En+ Group to 2.8 per cent, up from 0.2 per cent, reports say. The Emirati sovereign fund’s ordinary shares in Read more
The Ministerial Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement, which held its extraordinary meeting online Tuesday on the Palestinian issue, commended the efforts undertaken by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, in His capacity as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, in favor Read more
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