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Saudi Foreign Minister Thursday indicated that a solution to the diplomatic feud opposing Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to Qatar would come from within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and not the Arab League. Saudi Arabia is Read more
Egypt’s former auditor and member of campaign team of arrested presidential hopeful Sami Annan has been referred to a military court for making statements deemed harmful to the army. Hisham Geneina will stand trial on April 16 on charges of Read more
Sophia, the world famous robot and future UN partner, will be addressing a conference late this month in Omani capital, Muscat. Sophia will kick off Oman Global Tech & Investment Summit from April 29-30, Muscat Daily reports citing the event Read more
UNESCO will launch April 24 a pilot project: “Youth Preventing Violent Extremism” in four Arab countries, namely Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Funded by the UN Counter-terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and Canada, the project seeks to empower youth in the fight Read more
Saudi air defense system forces intercepted over capital city Riyadh a ballistic missile launched by Yemen Houthi rebels who have stepped up attacks against the kingdom in response to its military intervention in the poorest Arab country languishing in a Read more
The United Arab emirates authorities have chosen April 18 for the soft launch of Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), turned into a floating hotel with room rate set at $163. The 13-deck floating boat is docked at Dubai’s Port Rashid. The Read more
President Assad’s political and media advisor Wednesday told Lebanon-based media that her county is set to confront the US and its European allies amid their threats to strike the war-torn country following death of dozens of people in Eastern Ghouta Read more
An aircraft of the Algerian army crashed Wednesday morning leaving 257 people dead. The aircraft, an Ilyushin Il-76, came down down few moments after taking off from the Boufarik air base, some 30 KM to the south-east of capital Algiers. Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday told members of his ruling AK Party that three Turkish men, aligned with his US-based rival cleric Fethullah Gulen, had been detained in the African country of Gabon where the men have been charged for Read more
The defense minister of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet Tuesday chocked the world calling Palestinian journalist Yasser Murtaja who died Saturday after being shot the day earlier by Israeli Defense forces (IDF) a Hamas terrorist. Avigdor Liberman told the media Read more