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Luxor, home to some of Egypt’s most famous ancient temples and pharaohs’ tombs, including that of King Tutankhamun, has been targeted by a militants’ attack on Wednesday, but the attempt was foiled by security forces which prevented three terrorists from Read more
The White House echoed on Wednesday President Obama’s desire to see Ankara doing much more to curb the influx of foreign fighters joining the ranks of ISIL which is charming thousands of volunteers around the world flooding into Syria to Read more
The Iranian foreign Ministry reiterated on Wednesday that Tehran is not funneling fighters into Syria to shore up the embattled Assad regime gripped by a four-year long fight with ISIL insurgents. The denial came from the spokeswoman for the foreign Read more
China has raised the level of its concerns regarding the war in Yemen during a teleconference between its Ambassador to the war torn country Tian Qi and UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. The Asian country is known for its Read more
Kuwait is about to boost its military forces with 24 Airbus military helicopters according to the French President François Hollande’s office. The contract to be finalized soon is worth around €1 billion. The French army uses the Caracal helicopter to Read more
Palestinian-Israeli talks could not be resumed unless settlements in the occupied territories are stopped. This was the reply of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Netanyahu’s call to resume negotiations with Palestine “without preconditions.” President Abbas replied to Netanyahu from Serbia Read more
Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Yaalon, expressed the Israeli government’s concern over Washington’s weapons supply to Gulf States to offset the Iranian threat. Speaking at a security conference about the need to maintain Israel’s “qualitative edge”, Yaalon has voiced the fear Read more
Libya internationally-recognised Parliament in Tobruk has rejected the U.N. peace proposal aiming at ending power struggle and chaos in the oil rich country now on its knees. Senior lawmaker at the Tobruk-based parliament, Tareq al-Jouroushi, said on Tuesday that most Read more
Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) Alireza Jahangirian has warned the U.S that Tehran will take legal actions if ever it blocks the first of the eight A340s and one A321 second-hand aircrafts that will become operational in the Read more
The Chief Executive of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker, has stressed that Qatar will not succumb to the demands of US airlines for concessions to the ‘Open Skies’ agreement. Airlines in the US have been pushing for the agreements with Read more