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Unidentified men early Monday fired several gunshots at the US embassy in capita Ankara, wounding no one in the attack that occurred amid high diplomatic tension between the two NATO allies. The shots, around five, were fired from a white Read more
Iraq’s top court has approved results of May 12 elections after manual nation-wide recount following the emergence of fraud allegations which nearly robbed Shia Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc of its victory. “The Federal Supreme Court issued on the afternoon of Read more
The Head of the Saudi Football Association stepped down on Saturday from his position as he gears up to stand for the top job at the Asian football Confederation. Adel Ezzat told reporters he presented his resignation and will run Read more
Washington has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s pledged $100 million investment in Syria to reconstruct parts of the civil war-hit country freed from the Islamic State group (ISIS). “This significant contribution is critical to stabilization and early recovery efforts and comes at Read more
The United States is planning to impose on Turkey fresh sanctions should Turkish authorities not release the detained American Pastor that President Donald Trump qualified as a “great patriot hostage”. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a meeting with President Trump Read more
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thursday announced it has lifted provisionally the ban it imposed on Kuwait three years ago over a sport law it deemed obstructs the work of the local Olympic committee. “In the interest of Kuwaiti athletes Read more
Saudi security forces have rounded up a suspected terrorist wearing a bomb belt Al-Bukhariya city, in the center of the kingdom, the interior ministry told media on Thursday. The man, according to the ministry was arrested in the aftermath of Read more
Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has admitted he made a mistake when he allowed the country’s foreign minister to enter into negotiations with the U.S. that paved the way to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. “With the Read more
Turkey’s economy has received a boost in its ongoing meltdown after Qatar announced investment of $15 billion into the bank and financial sector. Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara Wednesday Read more
Tunisia will soon become the first country in North Africa to grant women and men equal inheritance rights after a long debate. Despite protests from thousands of people objecting to any challenge to Islamic law, Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi Read more