The US envoy to Yemen says ‘maximalist’ demands of Houthis were behind hindering the renewal of the truce in the war-torn country. Tim Lenderking, the US Special Envoy to Yemen, said Wednesday that the Houthis’ [ More … ]
Egypt’s national dialogue is due to begin in a “few weeks”, the dialogue coordinator said, even as demands for the release of political prisoners go unheeded. According to Youm7, the National Dialogue Coordinator Diaa Rashwan [ More … ]
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said the list of demands were aimed at curbing Qatar’s sovereignty A list of 13 demands submitted by four Arab states to Qatar as a condition to lift their boycott [ More … ]
Qatar said Saturday a list of demands by Saudi Arabia and its allies to end their blockade was not “reasonable” and “actionable”. Sheikh Yusuf Bin Ahmed, the director of the government’s Communication Office, said the [ More … ]
Thousands take to the streets in Morocco’s northern Rif region to demand jobs and end to injustice. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Morocco, demanding access to health services, jobs and investment. [ More … ]
Tunisia is likely to sell stakes in three state-owned banks this year and cut up to 10,000 public sector jobs as part of reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has postponed the [ More … ]
The employees of the Egyptian Public Transport Authority who have been arrested ahead of a planned strike earlier this week will file a complaint to the general prosecutor as their relatives’ whereabouts are unknown. Magdy Hassan [ More … ]
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry condemned on Thursday the Israeli government’s decision to build hundreds of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem. The ministry slammed Israel’s continuous building of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory [ More … ]
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