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Tunisia Tuesday announced a four-day general lockdown starting from Thursday as authorities move to curb alarming covid-19 contaminations. The measure includes a nationwide curfew from 4pm to 6am, suspension of school classes until January 24, ban on all cultural events. Read more
The Egyptian parliament Tuesday elected former Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) Chancellor Hanafy Ali El Gebali as its new speaker close to President Abdelfattah al-Sisi. 71-year old Gebali obtained 508 votes out of 576 to beat his Read more
A court in Jordan Tuesday handed death sentence to a man who stabbed to death eight people including four foreigners in 2019 at an ancient tourist site in the kingdom, The New Arab reports. Mustafa Abu Ruwais, 24, is sentenced Read more
Morocco and the USA have expressed this Tuesday in Rabat their shared resolve to boost their longstanding military cooperation in the same spirit of friendship, mutual understanding and shared trust biding the two states. This came during the 11th Read more
The United Arab Emirates Sunday indicated that it was willing to normalize ties with Turkey only on condition that it stops supporting outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. State minister for Foreign affairs Anwar Gargash made the announcement during an interview Read more
Qatari real estate company Diar will resume work at its New Cairo’s CityGate project after getting the approval from the New Urban Communities Authority, as the crisis between Doha and Cairo is over. Diar inaugurated last week its luxury Regis Read more
Credit Suisse has opened a new branch in Saudi Arabia to provide extra financial services in the Gulf Kingdom, after securing in 2019 local banking license for the purpose, reports say. The financial institution on Monday said it had opened Read more
A high-level US delegation, led by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker, and including US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer, on Sunday visited the premises of the future Consulate General of the United States in Dakhla. Read more
The National Brigade of the Judicial Police arrested, on Wednesday, a 57-year-old Lebanese national, member of the Shiite Hezbollah movement, for his alleged involvement in a case of scam, fraud, identity theft and possession of identity documents and passports registered Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and Egypt’s envoy to the North African country Thursday agreed to launch a maritime line in a bid of boosting trade and investment between the two countries. Mechichi, Webdo Tunis reports, received Ihab Fahmy and Read more