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Qatar’s Katara Hospitality has emerged as the new owner of New York’s palace-like Plaza Hotel after it splashed out around $600 million on the property near Central Park. Hotel owner, India’s Sahara Group agreed to let to property to the Read more
Head of Tunisian election commission (ISIE) Thursday confirmed his resignation few days after releasing results of municipal elections in capital Tunis. Mohamed Mansri Tlili told radio Mosaïque FM that he was stepping down from his position. He met with Read more
“More than 320,000 people are now displaced and most are living in dire and insecure conditions, including some 60,000 people camped at the Nasib/Jaber border crossing with Jordan,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi said, in a statement Thursday. Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled a trip to Teheran because of mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump on allies around the world. Official sources, on condition of anonymity, told Japan Times that Abe’s scheduled meeting with Read more
Two alleged culprits suspected for being involved in an attack on the car of a Saudi woman near the holy city of Mecca have been arrested, Arab news reports. Salma al-Sherif, a 33-year old cashier lost her car Monday Read more
China’s Chongqing Earthskin Eco-technology will turn vast areas of the desert in Abu Dhabi into agriculture farms with soilization techniques. Under an agreement signed with Abu Dhabi’s Mawarid Holding, the Chinese company will “select one or more sites from the Read more
The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief, after returning this week from a four-day visit to the war-torn country. “Social services are Read more
One of the sons of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State group (ISIS), has been reported dead in the city of Homs, the group’s media mouthpiece reported on Tuesday. The son identified as Hudayfah al-Badri died in Read more
United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities in charge of security and commodities regulations have instructed companies to report on and freeze assets of nine Iranian individuals and organizations appearing on the country’s terror list. Securities and Commodities Authority has ordered all Read more
Islamist party Ennahdha’s candidate Souad Abderrahim became Tuesday the first woman mayor of the Tunisian capital after winning the majority of the council votes following her lead in the municipal elections held in May. Souad Abderrahim beat rival Kamel Idir Read more