Egypt’s annual core inflation rose to 40.3% in May from 38.6% in April, data from the central bank showed on Sunday, reported Reuters. Inflation has risen sharply over the last year in Egypt after a [ More … ]
Israeli rights group Adalah released a statement on Wednesday, calling Israel’s ban on residents of the Palestinian majority town of Umm al-Fahm in Israel from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem “illegal” and “irrational.” [ More … ]
‘This committee will receive all claims, whether from the public sector, private sector or individuals’ Qatar on Sunday announced it was establishing a committee to pursue compensation claims potentially worth billions of dollars over the [ More … ]
– ‘It is the fundamental right of all citizens to live in accordance with their own religion freely,’ Turkish president says – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has highlighted the guaranteed right of all Turkish citizens [ More … ]
– Despite promises by EU member states last year, only 5,000 of 160,000 refugees are relocated from Greece and Italy – European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Thursday criticized EU member states for failing to [ More … ]
In a statement on his website, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Saudi Arabian authorities “murdered” Muslim pilgrims who were injured during last year’s hajj stampede, as Mecca prepares to host the [ More … ]
Scores of Palestinian citizens and national figures participated in a rally at the Aqsa Mosque to express their solidarity with Turkey and to condemn the failed coup attempt against its leadership. The Turkish consul said [ More … ]
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