clear

Creating new perspectives since 2009

All Stories Archive

  • December 21, 2016

    Convicted rapist and former Israeli President Katsav freed early

    Disgraced former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was released on parole today after serving five years of a seven-year jail sentence for rape, in a case that stirred deep emotions...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Arab League: ‘Atrocities in Syria threaten global stability’

    The tragic situation in Syria poses a threat to Arab and global stability, Arab foreign ministers warned. Foreign ministers of the Arab League countries expressed their concern during an...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Egyptian MP calls for alliance with Gulf States to confront Iran

    The Chairman of the Arab Affairs Committee in the Egyptian Parliament has called for an alliance between Egypt and the Gulf States to confront what he called Iran’s regional...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Saudi visit to Ethiopia angers Egypt

    A senior Saudi delegation recently visited the Ethiopian dam, further straining relations between the Gulf kingdom and Egypt, Press TV reported yesterday. Press TV reported Egyptian media describing the...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Iran blamed for blast targeting Kurds in Iraq

    An Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group accused Iran today of a bombing that killed five of its fighters and an Iraqi Kurdish policeman in northern Iraq. A twin explosion...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Algeria to open first border crossing with Mauritania

    Algerian Prime Minister Abdel-Malik Sallal announced on Tuesday that his government is going to open a border crossing with Mauritania in order to facilitate the movement of people and...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Is Fatah heading towards a split?

    Days after the end of Fatah’s Seventh Conference, and Mahmoud Abbas’ success in excluding the team of his nemesis Mohammed Dahlan, there have been increasing rumours that the latter...

    Article
  • December 21, 2016

    Netanyahu compares Berlin attack to Palestinian resistance

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the attack in Berlin to the Palestinian resistance, saying that both are “forms of terror”, Arab48.com reported yesterday. Germany and Israel face “terror”...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Saudi begins building military aircraft

    Saudi Arabia yesterday announced that it plans to expand into the field of building military aircraft, AlKhaleejOnline reported. This comes after Ukraine rolled out its new AN-132 aircraft, which...

    News
  • December 21, 2016

    Russia, Turkey, Iran agree on principals for Syria peace talks

    Russia, Iran and Turkey have agreed to help broker a Syrian peace deal after they held talks in Moscow yesterday. The three countries adopted a declaration setting out the...

    News