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The Dubai-based airline Emirates announced Sunday it will reinstate its air links with the Nigerian capital Abuja after the suspension decided in October 2016 over currency crisis in the West African country. Four weekly flights will be operational as of Read more
A major purge of Saudi political and business leaders has been launched by Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS, in a bid to consolidate his power grab. The newly established, anti-corruption committee, headed by Bin Salman himself, has Read more
Bahrain has asked Gulf allies for financial assistance as it seeks to replenish its foreign-exchange reserves and avert a currency devaluation that could reverberate across the region, Bloomberg reported. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait were approached for aid, the Read more
Saudi Arabia said it has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile late on Saturday north east of the capital Riyadh, Saudi official news agency said. A TV channel linked to Houthi rebels in Yemen announced that they fired the missile Read more
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri announced in a televised broadcast his resignation evoking fears of assassination, against the backdrop of a defeat of the Sunni camp in Syria and the rise of the Iran-backed Shia militia, Hezbollah. Hariri, who became Read more
A British woman, Laura Plummer, 33, has been imprisoned in Egypt after flying into the country carrying 290 Tramadol tablets and some naproxen for her husband’s sore back. Media reports say that after finding the painkillers in her suitcase at Read more
The ministry of culture and information Thursday ordered the removal from all book shelves “Thursday’s Visitors”, an Arabic fiction novel suspected to contain erotic content judged deviant in the most conservative Arab country. The ministry has launched a probe after Read more
Iraqi forces have taken Al-Qaim, one of the last remaining IS stronghold in the country. Early Friday morning, units from the Iraqi army, Counter-Terrorism Services, Sunni tribal and Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization forces (PMF) took part in an offensive to recapture Read more
The Kuwaiti government will release $160 billion for the next 20 years for the development of resorts on its islands of Boubyan, Warba, Failaka, Maskan and Aouha, reports say. The ambitious project will, according to local reports, turn the five Read more
The Jordanian government Thursday insisted that the Israeli embassy will remain closed until the Israeli guard who killed two Jordanians in July is brought back to stand trial. “We are committed to international law, and we expect Israel to abide Read more