BY: Kemal Öztürk* Things have become mixed up in the U.S. Europe has also joined this great debate. There are ongoing harsh reactions toward President Donald Trump’s racist executive order that triggers hatred for Muslims and [ More … ]
The next round of United Nations-based peace talks on Syria have been scheduled for Feb. 20, after the previous Russian version of the talks was held in Astana on January 23. The talks had been [ More … ]
Iran’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that the Iranian missile program is not part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, refusing to comment on Iran’s latest ballistic missile test while France voices concern about [ More … ]
Iran-France joint economic commission’s meeting started in Tehran on Jan. 31, and witnessed signing new deals to boost the economic ties between the two powers and reassurances from France about more ease from the world [ More … ]
A Saudi patrol frigate was attacked by three Houthi suicide boats off the shore of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, killing two, the Arab coalition headquarters said Monday. A Saudi patrol frigate was patrolling the [ More … ]
A joint economic delegation from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia — their first visit to the Kingdom — on Monday pledged to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to promote bilateral relations at a meeting held at the headquarters [ More … ]
The Israeli army has ordered the evacuation of the settlers from the illegal Amona outpost in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah within 48 hours, an army spokesperson said. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported [ More … ]
Egypt extended the opening of the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip by one day, the Hamas-led Ministry of Interior in Gaza announced. The crossing initially opened on Saturday for three days, but [ More … ]
Sudan will inaugurate next Thursday its mega electricity project of Upper Atbara and Setit Dams complex, east Sudan, which is considered the largest project in the country to generate hydroelectric power with 320 megawatts, expected [ More … ]
Fitch rating downgrade move was described as ‘political’ by Turkish Labor Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu. Turkish Labor and Social Security Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu criticized ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday after it downgraded Turkey’s rating on Friday. [ More … ]
The HoR has condemned the London investment conference on Libya as having no legal standing The recently held conference in London on investment and the reconstruction of Libya is legally invalid and places no obligations [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is ready to implement a region-wide value added tax, the cabinet said on Monday, giving final approval to the measure which will take effect next year. Cabinet “decided to approve the Unified Agreement [ More … ]
The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), Libya’s state-owned monopoly company responsible for generating and distributing electricity, announced Sunday that Turkish construction company ENKA Teknik is to restart work on Obari power station. Obari is about 800 [ More … ]
Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Yuval Rotem to travel to Turkey for a series of diplomatic meetings with local officials. Yuval Rotem, Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, will travel to Turkey on Tuesday where he [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump’s US travel entry ban against seven Muslim-majority countries stranded transit passengers at Dubai International Airport on Sunday. However, Emiratis has been exempted from Trump’s ban. The UAE embassy in Washington on Tuesday [ More … ]
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