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On Thursday, an Airbus A320 of EgyptAir flying from Paris to Cairo, with 66 people onboard, including 10 crewmembers, disappeared from the radar while in Egyptian airspace. The circumstances surrounding its disappearance are yet unknown because it didn’t send out Read more
Morocco is taking part in the North Thunder joint military drills started on Monday in Hafer al-Batin in northeastern Saudi Arabia, along some 20 Arab and Islamic countries, notably Egypt, Jordan, Gulf Cooperation Council Members, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sudan, and Yemen. Read more
A suicide car bomb attack exploded Thursday at a checkpoint less than a kilometer from the presidential palace in Aden, killing at least eight people and injuring 15. President Hadi and Prime Minister Khalid Bahah were in the palace at Read more
The foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan who are meeting in Khartoum reached an agreement on several aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which will help to appease Cairo’s concerns over its effects. Sudan’s foreign Read more
A total of 70 Sudanese nationals have joined the Islamic State group in Syria and Libya since the emergence of the terrorist organization, the Sudanese Interior Minister announced. According to press reports, many of those Sudanese foreign fighters are medical Read more
The UN Fund for Children, UNICEF, has just published an alarming report indicating that more than 13 million children across six nations in the Middle East have been deprived of education and around 900 schools damaged due to conflicts. The Read more
As the main port of arrival for all Muslims coming to do their pilgrimage, Jeddah has served as the main entry point for centuries. And the neighborhood of Karantina was used as a place where these pilgrims stayed until they Read more
The African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) came under an ambush leaving one dead and injuring three others. However, what seems to surprise UNAMID the most is the type of weapons used by the unidentified assailant during the attack because Read more
Negotiations between a Kuwait based telecommunication operator, Zain, and Vodafone are heading to the right direction as wished by the two companies. In a statement released by Zain, the two companies seem not too far away from the concluding the Read more
Malawi, host of the next African Union summit to be held in July, has sent a strong signal to the African Union that Sudan’s President, Omar Al-Bashir , is not welcomed into country. This decision was described by Malawi’s information Read more