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Turkish interior ministry has deported two German men to their home country over alleged links with Islamic state group (ISIS). Foreign fighters in the ranks of the terrorist group often use Turkey as the transit point to join Syria, ISIS’s Read more
Saudi Arabia was elected President of the Desert Locust Control Committee for the next two years, during elections at the opening ceremony of the 41st session of the 36-nation committee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Locusts Control and Migratory Pests Read more
The United Arab Emirates will host the seventh session of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers in capital Abu Dhabi this December 15 through 17. High on the list of the issues to be discussed by the OIC health ministers Read more
The World Bank approved on Wednesday a $275 million loan for Morocco to enable the country better deal with the impacts of natural disasters and climate-related shocks, and to upgrade its institutional framework for disaster risk management. The loan will Read more
The Iranian foreign ministry Tuesday issued a travel advisory urging its elites and researchers not to travel to the US over allegations that Iranians there were subjected to arbitrary and lengthy detention in inhuman conditions. “Iranian citizens, particularly elites and Read more
The US State Department Tuesday said it banned Mohammed al Otaibi, the former Saudi consul general to Istanbul at the time Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate in October last year, from entering the USA. “The murder Read more
Sudan had reduced the number of troops it has in Yemen from a peak of 15000 to 5000, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Sunday. Sudanese troops have been deployed as part of a Saudi-led alliance that intervened in Yemen Read more
King Mohammed VI had vetoed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s request to visit the kingdom along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mike Pompeo visited Morocco last Thursday. He shortened his trip to one day and could not meet Read more
Sultan of Oman has flown to Belgium for medical treatment, state-run news agency has announced sparking questions about his succession. Sultan Qaboos bin Said left “for some medical checks that will take a limited period, God willing”, the Oman News Read more
Bahrain Sunday won its maiden Arab Gulf Cup after they stunned regional giant Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the finals played in Qatar. The small Gulf country had to wait until 69th to secure the victory from Mohammed Al Rumaihi’s boot Read more