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The dispute over Western Sahara took a new turn when Rabat withdrew its confidence from United Nation’s envoy, Christopher Ross. He was sent as the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy to mediate between the two sides and help in finding Read more
The Turkish Army has released a statement claiming the violation of their airspace by an Israeli aircraft. The release said the incident took place over the Turkish Cyprus airspace. The Israeli fighter is said to have violated the Turkish airspace Read more
Iran is urging citizens to protest against what the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) discussed in Riyadh about forming a regional union to enhance economic, political and military coordination. The proposed union is tagged by Iran as a Read more
The West Bank formed a new cabinet which was sworn in by Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah’s leader and President of the Palestinian Authority. The new cabinet comprises of 25 members and is tasked with taking up from where the former one Read more
A deal has been signed between the Oman Oil Marketing Company (Omanoil) and one of the world’s leading airline, Etihad Airways. Omanoil will now be tasked with providing jet fuel to the company’s aircrafts landing in Muscat International Airport. It Read more
The World Bank will grant US$6.5 million to finance a project aiming to increase the employment prospects of Palestinian students graduating from higher education institutions. The unemployment rate in 2011 was 21 percent with youth unemployment at 46.5 percent in Read more
People trying to obstruct the implementation of the political transition in Yemen will have their us-based assets frozen. According to press reports, President Obama is about to issue today an executive order in this regard. The order targets people, including Read more
Ranked fourth in the world and having more than 6 trillion cubic meters of gas, the United Arab Emirates has received the nod from its Federal Cabinet to join the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). The Federal Cabinet meeting held Read more
Explosive devices have struck the vehicles of the UN monitors in different places across the country in recent days and some members of the team also got caught in the midst of gunshots. During a funeral ceremony, government forces opened Read more
Financial markets may reject Spain’s financing requests if it fails to curb the deficit. The warning was expressed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy before Parliament Wednesday. He said unless the Parliament endorses the deficit cuts he proposed, there is serious Read more