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Some 3,500 Emiratis will be employed over the coming 100 days in three sectors as government and local partners agreed to recruit citizens in the framework of the Gulf country’s Emiratization policy. The 3,500 jobs will be created in the Read more
A lawyer of a 24-year old Lebanese tourist arrested in May for insulting Egypt in a Facebook video will be freed this Monday and deported to her home country after a court reduced and suspended her condemnation. Hassan Berzi Sunday Read more
Militias fighting for the control of capital Tripoli have agreed to withdraw from their positions in and around capital Tripoli, the UN Support Mission for the country (UNSMIL) said in a statement on Sunday. “Parties agreed today to freeze their Read more
The US administration is set to announce this Monday (sept. 10) the closure of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington as a sanction against Palestinians over their refusal to espouse President Donald Trump’s peace deal between Palestine and Read more
Tens of hundreds of Iraqis in the southern city of Basra Friday stormed and set ablaze the Iranian consulate amid public anger against government over corruption and poor public services. Basra, with a 2 million-strong population, has been witnessing, since Read more
A US pilot died Thursday after a helicopter belonging to the Saudi aviation brigade of the National Guard crashed outside capital, Riyadh, near an airfield. The pilot has been identified as Paul Reedy. Reedy, according to the national guard, died Read more
The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, met with the delegation of the Government of Yemen, headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al Yamani Thursday in Geneva in a bid to reactivate the peace process. Read more
Qatar’s new law partially scrapping the ‘exit permit’ that prevented migrant workers from leaving the country without their employer’s permission is an important first step towards dismantling its exploitative sponsorship system, Amnesty International said. Law No. 13 of 2018, issued Read more
Moscow is hosting September 5-6 the United Nations 2018 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East. Engaging in debate over how best to advance peace in the Middle East and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “a welcome reminder Read more
The Palestinian Authority (PA) said it will open a mission in Paraguay to strengthen ties with the South American country following its decision to return its embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv few months after walking in the steps of Read more