Bahrain, Oman sign parliamentary co-operation agreement to bolster ties

Bahrain and Oman inked Tuesday a parliamentary cooperation agreement to strengthen relations between the two countries, Zawya reports. Parliament Speaker Fouzia Zainal and Oman’s Shura Council chairman Shaikh Khalid bin Hilal Al Mawali signed the memorandum of cooperation. The deal Read more

Tunisian military court sentences suspended lawmaker to 10 months to prison

Tunisia’s military court has condemned Issam Barkouk; a lawmaker in the country’s suspended parliament, to 10 months in prison with immediate effect, for “attacking the dignity of the army and President Kais Saied’’. The ruling, in absentia, comes almost two Read more

Kuwait arrests political activist for insulting ruler

The Kuwaiti police have arrested Jamal Al-Sayer, a prominent political activist and poet, for insulting Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, reports say. Al-Sayer, his lawyer told Reuters, has been detained since Monday evening following his interception by three police cars Read more