The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) has decided to hold local elections in the occupied West Bank on May 13 as scheduled, while excluding Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip from taking part. During the PA’s [ More … ]
The official visit of Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to Algeria has been postponed because President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is “temporarily unavailable” due to “acute bronchitis,” said Monday the Presidency of the Republic in a communique. [ More … ]
Egypt’s government defended its decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia at an appeals court hearing after Egypt’s Administrative court nullified the agreement. The chief government lawyer, Rafiq Omar said, “Successive [ More … ]
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