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The White House has embarked on a global campaign to bring allies to dry up Iran’s money sources with cutoff importations of Iranian oil by November 4. “Yes, we are asking them to go to zero,” a US official told Read more
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned to take action against attempts by parallel authorities to sell the country’s oil after eastern army commander Khalifa Haftar Monday handed oil ports to NOC’s rival in Benghazi. “Exports by parallel institutions are Read more
June 24 is a landmark date in Saudi Arabia’s history as women began driving their own cars. However, authorities have set up a detention centre to deal with women who violate traffic laws, reports say. Authorities in the Eastern Province Read more
German security authorities are set to deport a Tunisian man who allegedly served as a bodyguard to late al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. The Man identified as Sami A., aged 42, has been detained in Bochum city. He will Read more
Three athletes in the Tunisian delegation for the Mediterranean games taking place in Tarragona, near Barcelona, have gone into hiding in a move that highlights the thorny issue of illegal migration by youths of the cradle of the Arab spring. Read more
France has moved to calm Bahrain after calls in France demanded that Paris grants an honorary French citizenship to Bahraini opposition figure Nabeel Rajab who has been handed a five-year prison sentence, Bahraini sources told Reuters. Ties between France and Read more
Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has tied an alliance with May election winner Moqtada al-Sadr to form a government amid political tensions. Abadi’s Victory alliance finished third in the election right behind Sadr’s Marching Towards Reform and Iran-backed Shia Read more
President Fattah al-Sisi Sunday extended for three more months the state of emergency imposed last year in the wake of the two Islamic state group (ISIS)-master-minded attacks against two Coptic churches, which left 45 people dead. ISIS claimed responsibility for Read more
Egyptian 25-year old soccer star has informed country soccer authorities and teammates about his intention to retire from the national team after he protested against his being used by Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov to improve self-image, reports say. Salah came Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sunday solidated his authority after he knocked out his main rival in the first round of the presidential elections. Erdogan won his second term in office as the country’s first elected president. The leader of the Read more