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Bahrain’s regional close allies, namely Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait, are expected to approve an assistance package worth up to $10 billion for the Gulf country, which is grappling with a financial deficit that has slowed down Read more
The May-announced tie-up between Saudi British Bank (SABB) and Alawwal will take shape after boards of the two banks green-lighted the $5-billion deal. “The combination of SABB and Alawwal bank will create a powerful banking franchise ready to fuel growth Read more
Turkish U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen’s organization Wednesday said it thwarted an attack by an armed man who tried to sneak inside the organization’s compound in the US. Alliance for Shared Values said its retreat center in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, received the Read more
President Donald Trump Tuesday told supporters that he had told the Saudi monarch Salman he would not stay in power for two weeks without America’s protection and that he should pay. “We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they’re rich. Read more
Russian Defense Minister has announced that his country completed the delivery of surface-to-air missile systems as promised following the downing last month of a Russian spy aircraft manned by 15 servicemen who all died. A Syrian defense force hit the Read more
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who fled the country last year after emerging as a critic of the government, has gone missing after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, for paperwork on Tuesday. Khashoggi, according to his Turkish fiancée Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, on Monday, chaired over a working session focused on upgrading and diversifying vocational training, promoting jobs offer and modernizing pedagogical methods, to endow young trainees and graduates with the necessary tools to enter the job Read more
Saudi forces Sunday said they intercepted and destroyed two boats filled with explosives remotely controlled by Yemen Houthi rebels who were planning to attack Jazan city port. The navy destroyed the boats, state-owned news agency SPA reported. Colonel Turki Al-Malki, Read more
Germany had approved export to Saudi Arabia of weapons worth $295 million, in violation of the German government’s own rules not to supply arms to parties involved “directly” in the Yemen conflict. A total of 87 export permits were approved Read more
Egyptian writer and leading feminist figure Nawal El Saadawi has accused former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving in 2012 bribe to young voters in Egypt to elect Muslim Brotherhood-linked candidate Mohamed Morsi who was removed from power Read more