Known as a peacemaker, Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died. Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. “With great sadness and [ More … ]
The United States will unilaterally declare that United Nations sanctions targeting Iran are once again in force, breaking with almost every other UN Security Council (UNSC) member, including longtime allies! Virtually all UN sanctions on Iran [ More … ]
A committee specialising in the seizure of assets belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has filed a lawsuit to nationalise the funds of 89 members of the group, including the heirs of the deceased [ More … ]
Greece said it will bolster its military with new weapons, troops, and the development of its defence industry as a tense standoff with neighbouring Turkey has sparked concerns of open conflict between the two NATO [ More … ]
Security and Defence Council of Sudan has declared a national state of emergency for three months because of floods that have killed 99 people this year. The council also designated Sudan a natural disaster zone, [ More … ]
Tensions between NATO members Greece and Turkey escalated again. Both sides are staging navy drills. In a message on NAVTEX, the international maritime navigational system, Turkey said it would carry out “gunnery exercises” from Saturday [ More … ]
President Erdogan says 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves found by drillship Fatih in the Black Sea. Turkey’s president on Friday announced the discovery of major natural gas reserves in the Black Sea, [ More … ]
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it [ More … ]
Dozens of people are feared dead and hundreds have been wounded in a massive explosion at the port in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The exact cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Mohammed Fahmi, Lebanon’s [ More … ]
Syria’s civil war is in its tenth year with no end in sight. UN-brokered talks in Geneva have failed to emerge with tangible results; the Astana process, led by Russia, Iran, and Turkey, has also [ More … ]
After just five months in office, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has called it a day. His resignation came on the heels of a political scandal that has seen critics. Most notably the Ennahdha party accuse [ More … ]
For the first time since September, the three key players in the conflict hold a virtual meeting to map the way forward. Opposing sides in Syria’s war Iran, Russia, and Turkey have held talks reflecting “harmonized” [ More … ]
The loan will focus first on health and social spending The IMF noted Cairo had ‘a strong track record’ of implementing economic reforms! The IMF board on Friday approved a one-year, $5.2 billion financing package [ More … ]
A senior Turkish delegation headed by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has arrived in the Libyan capital Tripoli to hold talks with Libya’s UN recognised government. Cavusoglu was accompanied by Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and intelligence [ More … ]
Ethiopia has been accused of ‘intransigence’ which has to lead to the stalling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation said. Mohamed Abdel Ati ruled out a [ More … ]
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