Dozens of Muslim tourists joined prayers held at the entrance of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, in solidarity with Palestinian worshipers who have denounced newly installed Israeli security measures at [ More … ]
Kuwait has expelled Iranian diplomats and closed military, culture and trade missions on its soil following the conviction of ‘terror cell’ allegedly linked to Tehran. Kuwait ordered the expulsion of around 15 Iranian diplomats on [ More … ]
BY: Ian Bremmer* In Tunisia, change came gradually and then suddenly. When a police officer confiscated the goods of an unlicensed vegetable seller in December 2010, the merchant drenched himself in gasoline and set himself [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* Israel’s attacks aimed at Masjid al-Aqsa might reach such a point that it gives rise to indignation in the entire Muslim world. Turkey may force Iran and Saudi Arabia to make some very [ More … ]
Morocco plans to set up an embassy in Zambia in September as the two African countries are interested in deepening bilateral relations, said Mounia Boucetta, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs [ More … ]
Following his call for presidential and parliamentary elections by March next year, the chairman of Presidency Council (PC), Fayez Al-Serraj had a meeting today, Wednesday, with the head of the Higher National Elections Commission, Emad [ More … ]
Sudan’s Defense Minister Awad Ibn Ouf Wednesday discussed with the head of UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Pierre Lacroix the implementation of the Security Council’s resolution to reduce the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur [ More … ]
The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA’s covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two US officials said, a move sought by Assad [ More … ]
Tunisia is proceeding with a war on corruption, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Thursday, adding that it is neither “selective, nor personal with political rivals.” The government has been assuming its responsibility in the [ More … ]
Turkey signed non-binding agreements with NATO members France and Italy, whilst also continuing an agreement with Russia over its S-400 missile system. Turkey has agreed to buy two missile defense systems in the past week [ More … ]
Members of the Waqf, or Islamic trust, in charge with running Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, called on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem to close all mosques in the neighborhoods on Friday and for prayers to take [ More … ]
As tensions have continued to rise in occupied East Jerusalem after Israeli authorities implemented security measures at gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip participated in a [ More … ]
Egypt received today the final installment of the first $4 billion tranche of the $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. An official source at the Central [ More … ]
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir agreed to a Saudi request to continue positive engagement with the US administration and its official agencies for the permanent lift of economic sanctions on Khartoum, announced he Sudanese government Tuesday. [ More … ]
UN refugee agency condemns attack on makeshift camp in Mawza, Taiz, which killed members of family who fled fighting in nearby Mokha At least 20 Yemeni civilians who fled fighting in their home town have [ More … ]
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