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A Turkish military aircraft has left today Wednesday from Ankara with medical aid for Italy and Spain, two worst hit European countries by the Covid-19 disease, Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu reports. Italy is the far affected country with 12,428 Read more
Jusoor, an Omani consortium based in Brazil, has signed a deal with Italian construction group, Tecnimont, for the funding of Package Two of a major industrial project at Liwa. Jusoor, a joint venture operating mainly in the mining sector, includes Read more
Roberto Cavalli Group, one of Italy’s major fashion houses, has signed a deal to begin business in Bahrain. Roberto Cavalli will deploy its know-how in luxury interior decoration in the little kingdom where it has been assigned to furnish 247 Read more
The Italian police Wednesday said it arrested an Egyptian man aged 22 on terror-related charges. He is accused of being the Islamic State group (ISIS) sympathizer. Issam Elsayed Elsayed Abouelayem Shalabi, a former McDonald cleaner according to the police, used Read more
Turkey has walked out of Libyan political talks taking place in Palermo, Italy, over its opposition to the conference approach, which, it believes, crushes the process in line with the interest of countries that destabilized the oil-rich North African country. 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
Russia and Spain Tuesday lambasted fresh sanctions on Iran by the US, which is bullying countries to stop buying the Iranian oil. US President Donald Trump and his administration enacted Monday another tranche of sanctions against Iran targeting its oil Read more
Kuwait will begin receiving its ordered Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets as of the fourth quarter of 2020 with delivery completion expected in 2023. Air vice-marshal Adnan Al-Fadhli Sunday told state-run news agency KUNA that a team from Kuwait’s armed forced Read more
Italian navy authorities have opened an investigation after the discovery of 700 kg illegal cigarettes in one of its vessels that was returning from a mission in Libya aimed at helping Libyan coastguard stop migrants to take to the sea. Read more
Days after Italy reactivated a Gaddafi era agreement with Libya, international human rights organizations denounced a deal that caused a greater loss of lives of migrants in the Mediterranean. The 2008 deal was revived earlier this month by Italy’s Read more