BY: Hatice Karahan* The Washington-based Heritage Foundation has been publishing the global Index of Economic Freedom annually since 1995 and putting the countries in order in this respect. If you ask what economic freedom is, the [ More … ]
Two Iranian lawmakers urged the Foreign Ministry to take action against the UAE to end what they call the “occupation of two Iranian islands”, adding that they want to take the issue to international courts. [ More … ]
Iran expressed its satisfaction about the latest deal with OPEC that included cutting the oil production to support its international prices, giving reaffirms and hope about future cooperation. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries [ More … ]
Iran concluded its new naval drills, which took place at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, with testing new firepower systems amid increasing tension with the US and the regional powers. Tuesday marked [ More … ]
The United States hailed on Sunday Morocco’s announcement of a unilateral withdrawal from the Guergarate region in the Moroccan Sahara. “We welcome the Moroccan decision of a unilateral withdrawal of its personnel from the buffer [ More … ]
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hailed Monday, in Doha (Qatar), in an audience he granted to the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) Mohamed Larbi Ould [ More … ]
Surge in number of migrants attempting to reach Italy driven by nightmarish conditions Nightmarish conditions in Libya are helping to drive a surge in the numbers of migrants attempting to reach Italy in the depths [ 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 … ]
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, blasted on Sunday court officials during the first session of a re-trial on charges that claimed that he orchestrated a prison break during the 2011 revolution. Last Sunday, an [ More … ]
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani met Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Feb. 27 to discuss the struggle against the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISL) in Iraq and Syria, Turkey’s [ More … ]
Recent activities have been tracked between the United States and Egypt toward warmer relations with Al-Sisi’s regime. During his visit to Egypt on Sunday and shortly after he met with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top [ More … ]
The Saudi Ministry of Trade and Investment will assess a plan to amend regulations to allow expatriates to invest in the Kingdom within specific regulations and standards in addition to paying taxes. Majed Al-Qassabi, minister [ More … ]
Days after al-Sisi met US Jewish group, King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived in Cairo in an official one-day visit last Tuesday to discuss several regional issues and cooperation with Egypt. Following his arrival, Al-Sisi [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and Malaysia have signed four major agreements in Kuala Lumpur on Monday that will go a long way in cementing ties between the two countries. King Salman and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, [ More … ]
Uzbekistan hopes to cooperate with Turkish businesspeople in the petrochemicals industry, said a top Uzbek official in a joint meeting in Istanbul on Feb. 27. “We hope to work with our Turkish partners in petrochemicals. [ More … ]
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