The recent drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities severely disrupted global energy infrastructure and sent oil price soaring. Some observers say this is a hit to the jugular of the kingdom’s oil industry, but escalation [ More … ]
Tunisians head to the polls on September 15 to elect a new president in the second such vote since the 2011 revolution. When President Beji Caid Essebsi died in late July, three months before his [ More … ]
The two biggest warnings came in January when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that unless Israel reduces cooperation with China, the U.S. might reduce “intelligence sharing and co-location of security facilities.” Opinion Column By [ More … ]
Sudan’s PM Hamdok says getting off US terror list and cutting military budget will revive country’s faltering economy. Sudan’s new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has said that he has talked to US officials about removing Sudan from [ More … ]
The opposition and military council met at a ceremony on the Nile to sign ‘constitutional declaration’ Sudan’s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a landmark “constitutional declaration” paving the way [ More … ]
“Recent tension in the Gulf affords a glimpse into one of many disputes between Saudi Arabia and the UAE on appropriate responses to common challenges”. “THE NATIONAL INTEREST” The relations between Saudi Arabia and the [ More … ]
The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi was no aberration. A Vanity Fair investigation reveals how Saudi Arabia attempts to abduct, repatriate—and sometimes murder—citizens it regards as enemies of the state. BY AYMAN M. MOHYELDIN DÜSSELDORF Prince Khaled bin Farhan [ More … ]
Four school children among five shot dead by security forces during rally against rising costs, Sudan opposition groups say. At least five protesters, including four high school students, have been shot dead after security forces [ More … ]
Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]
The two sides initialled a document called the ‘Political Declaration’ after intense talks through the night Sudan’s opposition coalition and ruling generals signed an agreement on Wednesday intended to pave the pay to a power-sharing [ More … ]
The Egyptian 2019 movie “The Passage” value 100 million Egyptian kilos ($6 million) to provide – the most expensive manufacturing within the historical past of Egyptian cinema, and apparently additionally probably the most worthwhile. In solely [ More … ]
An Israeli research centre says Russia joined the supporters for the military council in Sudan Russia has emerged Saudi Arabia’s and United Arab Emirates’s silent partner in assisting the Sudanese military’ According to it, Russians [ More … ]
Sudan Two sides agree to establish ‘a sovereign council’ to be run on rotation, an AU mediator announces. Sudan‘s ruling generals and a coalition of protest and opposition groups have reached an agreement to share power [ More … ]
The economic situation is undoubtedly a major factor in the stability of any society. However, the regime of General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi mainly relies on tightening its security grip which is significantly supported by the [ More … ]
The Trump administration seems to be preparing to circumvent Congress to allow the export to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of billions of dollars of munitions that are now on hold, according to [ More … ]
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