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Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron and his Qatari host Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani have overseen this Thursday the signing of €11-billion package of contracts including acquisition by the Emirate of 50 A321 neo and 12 Rafales. The French Read more
Tunisia, UAE and Bahrain have featured among the 17 countries included in the EU’s tax heaven blacklist. The EU’s financial minister drew up the list explaining that 47 countries were put on a “grey list” to be monitored until they Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to intercede with the US Administration to convince them to refrain from taking any action concerning the city of Jerusalem, given the serious implications that might Read more
The European Union (UE) Tuesday indicated that should Jerusalem become Israel’s capital, the old City’s eastern part should also represent the capital of the future Palestinian state, in response to President Trump’s scheduled decision to move the US embassy to Read more
The Saudi Attorney General Tuesday announced that most individuals detained in the anti-corruption purge have agreed to hand over part of their assets in exchange for freedom. It is now one month since several princes, business tycoons, top officials and Read more
Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday rescinded his resignation that he submitted in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia early last month, after securing ‘dissociation’ pact from other cabinet groups including Iran-backed Hezbollah. Hariri accepted to continue running his one-year old cabinet Read more
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Kuwait city Tuesday was cut short and ended the same day it opened after most influential members chose to snub the meeting because of the presence of Qatar ruler who is facing boycott Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has voiced his “deep concern and that of Arab and Muslim countries” over the U.S. administration’s plan to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move its embassy to this city. In a Read more
Saudi Arabia said it will donate $100 million to the special counter-terrorism force deployed by five African countries- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, known as G5-Sahel. The G5 force launched its first military campaign in October amid growing Read more
The British government has suspended a multimillion-pound foreign aid project amid allegations that money paid to a contractor in Syria was reaching the pockets of jihadist groups. UK Government probe has actually found some of the £12million of aid cash Read more