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Saudi education minister Monday fired Mohammed al-Hathri, a secretary and educational chief after authorities and the population were stunned by school text book image showing ‘Star Wars’ character Yoda sitting right to King Faisal during signing of the UN Charter Read more
Amazon Monday announced it will build by 2019 three data centers in the Bahrain as it enters the Middle East data market. The deal signed between Amazon’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) – a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed e-commerce giant Amazon and Read more
Oman authorities have asked an Indian Muslim scholar to leave the kingdom after criticizing Saudi Arabia for isolating a Muslim country in reference to Qatar and siding with Jewish and Christians, reports say. The foreign ministry said Salman al-Husaini had Read more
Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi says he is open for military action to outdo Houthi rebels noting that negotiations with the rebels will always fail because of Iran’s influence. Hadi told Saudi Arabia media Al-Arabiya television broadcast on Read more
The former US presidential hopeful and Vermont senator in an interview published Friday said the US military aid to Israel has caused a snarl-up in the peace process and favored Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territories adding that he would Read more
Turkey’s 2017 beauty queen was stripped of her title Friday after competition organizers found her author of a tweet judged offensive to the martyrs of July 2016 failed coup. Itir Esen, 18, will not represent Turkey at world beauty pageant Read more
United Arab Emirates football association (UAEFA) has pulled out of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018 Qualifiers after their request not to play against Qatar was rejected. Qatar, UAE, Yemen and Bangladesh feature in the same group for Read more
Civil aviation authorities have launched a probe into a dangerous landing incident in Moscow involving a flight of the Emirati flagship carrier. Emirates’ flight EK131 has caught attention of both Russian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities after it flew Read more
Saudi governor of Assir province, Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, has banned a top cleric from leading prayers and all religious activities after the cleric indicated that women have ‘half the brainpower of men’ when they drive. Sheikh Saad Read more
The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) Wednesday in New York agreed to extend for two years the co-chairmanship of Morocco and the Netherlands, for their leadership roles at the head of the forum made of 29 countries and the European Union. Read more