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Morocco and the European Union agreed on the content of the future sustainable fisheries agreement and its implementation protocol, they said in a joint statement, and according to media reports, the deal will be signed in Rabat on Monday (July Read more
Aircraft lessor Novus Aviation Capital and Boeing agreed Thursday on the purchase of four Boeing 777-300ERs by the Dubai-based company, in a deal estimated at $1.4 billion at list prices. The commitment was sealed at Farnborough International Airshow, taking place Read more
Gaza ruling movement Hamas is eager for new reconciliation talks with rival Fatah of the West Bank after the movement Chief Ismail Haniyeh Thursday approved Egypt’s new bid to end rivalry between the opposed factions. Haniyeh, according to his office, Read more
After close to three years of siege, 6,900 women, children and men were finally able to leave the Syrian towns of Foah and Kafraya over the past few days, following a local agreement between parties to the conflict, the United Read more
Egypt has closed its World Cup campaign with a penalty as the football governing body FIFA fined the African team $50,000 for playing a friendly during 21-27 May period set by the Switzerland-based organization as mandatory time for players to Read more
Spain’s shipbuilder Navantia will build jointly with the Saudi defense company five warships with delivery to be completed by 2022, a deal signed between the two sides on Thursday discloses. The deal for five Avante 2200 corvettes warships, for a Read more
Saudi Arabia’s largest company Aramco Wednesday said a minor fire that erupted at one of its storage containers was quickly put off. “No personnel are injured and no impact on operations,” Aramco said in an update on its official Twitter Read more
Property developer group Emaar Wednesday announced it will erect in Dubai the Middle East largest Chinatown, at 10-minute drive from the mega city’s international airport. The future Chinatown will stretch on 6 km2 and will be located within the retail Read more
Bahraini authorities are preparing the country’s first space engineer with 400 applications already received as the Gulf country projects to launch its first satellite into orbit in the next two years. Head of the country’s National Space Science Agency (NSSA), Read more
Jordan has alluded to normalizing ties with Qatar after relations between the two countries were scaled down at the beginning of the ongoing diplomatic crisis opposing the tiny gas-rich country to its neighbors. Jordan’s labor minister Samir Murad on Tuesday Read more