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G20 leaders unanimously approved a 15 percent global minimum tax on large corporations, official sources said. “Today, all G20 leaders approved a historic agreement on new international tax rules, including a global minimum tax,” said Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Read more
Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Co has acquired 1.85 per cent of Jio Platforms, Reliance Industries Ltd’s technology platform for an investment of $1.21 billion. The operation brings the total Jio Platforms’ shares sold to 19 per cent after 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
Benoit Hamon, the French Socialist Party’s candidate to the upcoming presidential elections Wednesday announced on his facebook page he would recognize the Palestinian State when he is elected on April 23 or May 7. The candidate who met on Wednesday Read more
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has announced that Hamas is behind a social media scam on Facebook seeking to lure Israeli soldiers into a relationship that it dubbed a “honey pot” trap to get access to the information on their Read more
Tunisian authorities blamed “foreign elements” for the assassination of a Hamas drone expert in the coastal city of Sfax on Thursday. Mohamed Zaouari, 49, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at the wheel of his car outside his home in Read more
Egyptian police have fired tear gas at demonstrators who were protesting in Cairo against the President’s controversial deal under which two islands in the Red Sea, Tiran and sanafir, were handed over to Saudi Arabia. The Friday demonstrations were the Read more
Egypt has reportedly decided to block Facebook’s Free Basics Internet service because the company rejected its request to spy on its users. Cairo stated that Etisalat, a mobile carrier and the service provider, was offered a two month temporary permit Read more
Positive developments could be made in the Yemeni war after UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced a meeting of the warring parties will be held in Kuwait by the end of the month. He said the Read more
In what could be a turning point of the war in Yemen, the Houhti Movement and the Saudi-led coalition exchanged prisoners and agreed on a ceasefire along the Yemeni-Saudi border with the mediation of tribal leaders. The development raised hopes Read more