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Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly criticized the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Yair Golan on Sunday as he told the weekly cabinet meeting that although Golan is “a fine officer with a great deal of merit” Read more
The implementation of the expulsion of failed asylum seekers and migrants reached between the EU and Turkey in March began over the weekend with Germany and Greece sending the first contingents. A spokesperson at the German interior ministry said most Read more
Britain, France, Germany and the United States denounced the missile tests conducted by Tehran as challenging the UN resolution 2231 because they can result in nuclear weapons. This came in a joint letter they addressed to the UN Secretary General Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Davutoglu urged the EU to release the more than the €3billion it pledged to extend his country under an agreement signed in November 2015 to combat the influx of illegal migrants to Europe; mostly refugees fleeing wars Read more
Following the suicide bomb attack in Istanbul Tuesday that killed 10 tourists, including eight Germans, Turkish authorities have detained around 68 alleged members of the Islamic State group nationwide as they believe that the group was behind the attack although Read more
Investigations by the Egyptian committee of the Metrojet Airbus A321 that crashed on October 31 killing all 224 people on board stated that the incident was not a “terrorist act” contrary to conclusions made by Russian investigators who claimed last Read more
Ambassadors and special envoys to Libya Tuesday issued a joint statement rejecting the Tunis Libyan-Libyan deal while stressing that only the UN-facilitated National Dialogue Agreement is the way the forward to put an end to the Libyan political crisis. Ambassadors Read more
Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed, 75, addressed the 6th term of the annual session of the state council and the Majlis Al Shura that was also attended by senior government and military officials. The Omani leader has been rarely seen in Read more
Yemeni President Hadi met a delegation of ambassadors accredited to Saudi Arabia and seized the occasion to extend the appreciation of his government and the Yemeni people for the support they have been receiving for the return of peace to Read more
U.S Secretary of State has warned that the disapproval of the July 14 Nuclear agreement with Iran would lead to a crisis of the dollar in the long term and the questioning of the country’s “leadership and reliability.” Some members Read more