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As the deadline for the 13-list demand expired on Tuesday, Qatar rejected the conditions to end the siege and blockade imposed on it by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, as “unrealistic” and “unenforceable”. The boycotting countries, Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday in a telephone conversation invited Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani to seriously tackle terrorism funding; a motive behind the decision by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt to Read more
A Bahrain court Thursday sentenced twenty people to life in prison and handed 15-year prison sentences to sixteen others on terrorism charges. The Supreme Court of the kingdom found the 26 defendants guilty of forming a “terrorist group” between 2011 Read more
Thousands of Iranians assembled at the building that used to be the US Embassy in Tehran to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the militant students storming of the building and taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days following Washington’s rejection Read more
The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to observe a three-day ceasefire beginning on Wednesday night according to UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel Malek al-Mekhlafi said the period could be “extended if the Read more
President Rouhani of Iran and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had a telephone conversation on Wednesday and both leaders expressed their desire to reinforce their ties and broaden their cooperation. Since his arrival to the presidency in Read more
The Iranian parliament has requested that the government should demand for compensation from the US for its “hostile actions and crimes” towards the country for the past 63 years. The law voted by the parliament on Tuesday accused the US Read more
British defense secretary Michael Fallon and US Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Ryna Gilha in Qatar have both hailed the Gulf State as a key partner and ally in the Middle East for their respective countries. The two officials who were attending Read more
Five Omani banks have been downgraded by Moody’s credit rating agency less than a month after it took a similar move against the country’s credit rating. Moody stated in its report that the affected banks can no longer rely on Read more
Bahrain will shortly become a distribution point for Russian LNG after completion of its $600 million LNG distribution center. An agreement to this end has been reached with Gazprom during King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa’s current working visit to Read more