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Seven Palestinians, including a Hamas high-ranking official, and one top officer of the Israel army died Sunday in an Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip Sunday. A routine sortie of Israeli Special Forces in Gaza to gather intelligence turned wrong Read more
The information minister of the Yemeni rival government led by Houthi rebels has defected the rebel camp and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni internationally recognized government has told Associated Press. Moammer al-Iryani, information minister in exiled President Mansour Hadi’s Read more
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem has been appointed new chairman of high tech venture, Virgin Hyperloop One, in replacement of British billionaire and investor Sir Richard Branson who threw in the towel last month. Bin Sulayem currently heads Dubai-based global marine Read more
French rail transport company Alstom has delivered the first batch of the 50 metro trains commissioned by the Dubai government. The Emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) did not disclose the number of carriages it received over the weekend but Read more
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has invited Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar to join a two-day conference in Italy, aimed at pushing forward a new UN plan to stabilize Libya. The Palermo Conference kick-starts Monday despite the absence of high-level attendees Read more
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, has joined some seventy Heads of State in Paris to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice of World War I signed on November 11, 1918. The Moroccan Sovereign’s participation in Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco will take part on Sunday in Paris in the ceremonies marking the centennial of the armistice that ended World War I. The Sovereign will take part in the ceremonies at the invitation of President Emmanuel Read more
The call launched by King Mohammed VI to neighboring Algeria for a direct, open and frank dialogue to settle the transient and objective differences hampering the development of relations between the two countries has triggered positive reactions worldwide and earned Read more
German shipbuilder Luerssen has put on ice operations at its Peene shipyard after the German government put a ban on arm sales to Saudi Arabia in relation to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Luerssen, a Germany-based private shipbuilding Read more
The US administration has given special permission to Iraq to continue importing energy from Iran despite fresh sanctions on Tehran and threats against countries wishing to continue trade with the Islamic regime. The US State Department’s representative on Iran, Brian Read more