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The UN High Commission for Human Rights Tuesday called on Egyptian authorities to release unconditionally the daughter of Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi who has been willy-nilly involved in the ongoing diplomatic showdown between Qatar and its neighbors led by Read more
Small businesses in West Bank and Gaza will benefit from the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union to enable Palestinian private sector create jobs and encourage entrepreneurship. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Read more
The trip the Iranian President Hassan Rohani is to pay to Switzerland and Austria this week to seek assurances on the continuation of the nuclear deal is being compromised by the alleged involvement of an Iranian diplomat positioned in the Read more
Nebulon, a Ukrainian grain trading company, plans to invest $2 billion in new grain silos and barges in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, Reuters reported. The silos would be built at two sites near the ports of Alexandria and Damietta. Twenty Read more
German national, Klaus Kleinfeld has been named advisor to the Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman on ‘enhancing the economic, technological and financial development” of the kingdom, leaving his current position of Chief Executive Officer of the development of the Saudi Read more
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Monday said Tehran will work with France and Belgium in the investigations on the involvement of an Iranian diplomat in an alleged planned attack on an Iranian opposition group-based in France. An Iranian Read more
Many Iraqi members of the parliament (MPs) are fleeing the country over fears to be sued for corruption as a new parliament is about to be sworn in, The New Arab reports. As many as 45 outgoing members of the Read more
US President Donald Trump vowed, in an interview aired Sunday on Fox News, to slap sanctions on European allies looking to maintain trade ties with Iran as he is pushing for increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic. President Trump Read more
South Korean company, Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), has been shortlisted to bid for Saudi Arabia’s nuclear plant construction, the South Korean energy ministry said in a statement. “We were informed by our Saudi counterpart, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Read more
Saudi Arabia has agreed to increase its oil production up to 2,000,000 barrels, US President Donald Trump said on Twitter Saturday as he requests OPEC members to make for Iran and Venezuela’s oil production deficit. “Just spoke to King Salman Read more