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The Morocco-U.S.-Israel tripartite agreement is a message for a sustainable and fair solution in the Middle East within the framework of the two-State solution, said Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, on Tuesday in Rabat. Speaking at a joint press conference Read more
The British bank’s global Islamic banking brand, Standard Chartered Saadiq, has launched an Islamic financial programme to fund Halal businesses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Zawya reports. The fund, $100 million in Read more
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has celebrated progress in diplomacy in the Middle East and promised that France will continue to take an active role in ensuring the region remains stable. In a wide-ranging press conference held on Monday, Read more
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, has urged the international community to help restore hope that a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict can be found, insisting that resolving the conflict requires political perspectives. In Read more
Chinese President Xi Ping Tuesday announced Beijing will allocate a $15 million financial package to Palestinians as the second global economy is expanding its diplomatic and economic influence in the Middle East region, Reuters reports. The Chinese leader made Read more
China Friday urged Iran to reconsider its threats after the powerful Revolutionary Guards suggested that the Islamic Republic could hamper navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which is critical to China’s vital oil and gas imports. Thursday, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Read more
Malaysia has decided to withdraw its forces from Saudi Arabia as it seeks to avoid being dragged into regional crises between Middle East countries. The new leadership in Malaysia wants to end Saudi Arabia’s influence after Riyadh-backed former Prime Read more
Non-oil trade figures between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong have increased by 5.1 per cent reaching $8.9bn last year compared with 2016, making the Gulf country the leading Middle East partner of the Chinese autonomous territory. Juma Read more
The White House has embarked on a global campaign to bring allies to dry up Iran’s money sources with cutoff importations of Iranian oil by November 4. “Yes, we are asking them to go to zero,” a US official told Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday called for solutions to Iran’s ‘aggressive tendencies’ in the Middle East region, though Germany struggles to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal in state of despair following US pullout. Merkel, who was on a visit to Read more