US President Donald Trump has approved a Pentagon request to allow US special operations forces to accompany Somali troops and call in airstrikes against al-Shabaab without higher level approval. US President Donald Trump has approved [ More … ]
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved on Sunday an amendment to the contested “Muezzin bill,” which seeks to impose limits on the Muslim call to prayer in Israel and in occupied East Jerusalem, paving the [ More … ]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan approved on Feb. 10 constitutional amendments that will bring drastic changes to the country’s political system, including a shift to an executive presidential system from the current parliamentary system. The package [ More … ]
Israel reportedly approved the construction of 1,162 settlement units on Wednesday, to be built in the occupied West Bank, according to Hebrew news website Walla. Walla reported that Israel’s higher planning council on settlement activity, [ More … ]
Israeli inner cabinet has approved the building of housing units in West Bank, and advanced plans to build in area E1, in response to Palestinian UN move; Palestinian Authority: Israel destroying the two-state solution. Israel [ 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 … ]
Turkish PM congratulates deputies for passing Constitution; says ‘people will have the final say’ Turkish lawmakers approved a new Constitution early Saturday as deputies completed voting on 18 articles. A total of 339 MPs voted [ More … ]
The agreements cover bilateral cooperation in the areas of road transport, small and medium enterprises, innovation, agriculture and institutional cooperation in maritime transport The Indian cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for the signing of five [ More … ]
-The bill sets a 4-month timeframe for approving an application for building a church The Egyptian government on Thursday approved a bill for the construction and renovation of churches in the Arab country, reported Anadolu [ More … ]
The Israeli government is expected to approve the allocation of an additional 60 million shekels (about $15.5 million) to settlements in the occupied West Bank due to the “worsening security situation” in the territory, according [ More … ]
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