The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee called on Monday for a freeze on cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including most arms sales, accusing the kingdom of helping underwrite the Russian war on [ More … ]
The Israeli security cabinet voted on Wednesday to postpone discussions regarding plans to expand the Palestinian city of Qalqiliya in the northern occupied West Bank, weeks after Israeli officials condemned the planned construction. According to [ More … ]
A Tunisian court on Wednesday ordered the assets and property of the head of the opposition Free Patriotic Union, Slim Riahi, be frozen on suspicion of money laundering. A spokesman for the Public Prosecutor’s Office [ More … ]
Hoover institution, described as conservative think tank, has released a report titled: “US-Egypt Strategic Relations from Obama to Trump: What Went Wrong and What Might Be Possible?” which evaluates the US-Egyptian relations during Obama administration [ 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 European Parliament on Thursday adopted a non-binding motion urging the European Commission and national governments to temporarily suspend EU accession talks with Turkey. Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister said in a Twitter [ More … ]
An Egyptian court upheld on Saturday a decision to freeze the assets of several prominent human rights campaigners, reported The Washington Post. The court ruling named five activists that include Gamal Eid and investigative reporter Hossam [ More … ]
Egypt’s State Lawsuits Authority -a body representing the government in legal cases- has appealed against a court’s ruling that canceled the decision to seize renowned Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika’s assets. Egypt’s administrative court overturned a [ More … ]
The Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which implements Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories, has issued an order freezing more than 83,000 permits allowing Palestinians to enter Israel and East Jerusalem, [ More … ]
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