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The interior ministry Sunday announced one police officer was killed in a roadside bomb attack near Maadi, a posh suburb of the Egyptian capital. A police vehicle transporting First Lieutenant Ali Abdelkhaliq, another colleague and three conscripts was hit by Read more
A group of Algerian lawmakers has formed a parliamentary committee to denounce the blockade and media propaganda against Qatar, which, they say, pays the price of its support for the Palestinian cause. The lawmakers, 31 in number, reject the air Read more
The Turkish foreign ministry summoned Thursday US ambassador to Ankara to reject the arrest warrants issued by US authorities against Turkish President’s security personnel after some of the bodyguards allegedly beat up anti-Ankara protesters during Erdogan’s May visit to Washington. Read more
Russia announced on Friday that it has killed the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in an airstrike on May 28 on the southern outskirts of Raqqa. The city is ISIS de-facto capital in Syria. The statement released Read more
The U.N. Security Council under the presidency of Bolivia has released a statement expressing “grave concern about the humanitarian situation in Yemen”, which has been in a state of war since the Houthi uprising from the North at the end Read more
A Bahrain court Thursday sentenced twenty people to life in prison and handed 15-year prison sentences to sixteen others on terrorism charges. The Supreme Court of the kingdom found the 26 defendants guilty of forming a “terrorist group” between 2011 Read more
Saudi Security authorities have announced that one soldier was injured Thursday evening in the flashpoint of Qatif province where the army and the police have been facing insurgency from Shia angered groups, which have been complaining of marginalization. The soldier Read more
An Emirati vessel has come under attack in the Red Sea from a missile fired by Houthi rebels who fight Saudi Arabia-led international coalition supporting President Mansour Hadi in exile from capital Sana’a. The attack injured one crew member but Read more
Qatar and the US finalized Wednesday a $12 billion military deal for procurement of F-15 fighters by Qatar amid the Gulf Crisis opposing the tiny Arab state to its regional neighbors led by Saudi Arabia. The deal, signed by US Read more
The Egyptian parliament has approved the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia after its endorsement by the legislative and constitutional affairs committee on Tuesday and by the national security and defense committee on Wednesday. The Read more