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  • January 13, 2021

    UAE, Cyprus sign military cooperation deal

    The United Arab Emirates and Cyprus yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen mutual cooperation on the military and defence levels. UAE Minister of State for Defence,...

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  • January 13, 2021

    Sudan: 6 killed on Ethiopia border

    At least six people in eastern Sudan were killed in an attack by an Ethiopian militia, authorities said in a statement Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. “An attack on Algiraish...

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  • January 13, 2021

    Former judge elected as Egypt’s new parliament speaker

    The former head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court was elected Tuesday as the country’s new parliament speaker, reports Anadolu Agency. Farida Shobashi, who was chairman of the session as...

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  • January 13, 2021

    Assad regime claims Israel struck areas in Deir-Ez-Zor

    The Assad regime claimed that Israel carried out airstrikes on a number of sites in Syria’s eastern Deir-Ez-Zor province, state media reported early Wednesday, reports Anadolu Agency. The Israeli...

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  • January 13, 2021

    Pakistan gives Turkey’s FM high honor

    Pakistan on Wednesday conferred its highest civilian award to visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, reports Anadolu Agency. At a ceremony at the President House in the capital Islamabad...

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  • January 12, 2021

    Tunisia to lock down for four days from Thursday

    Tunisia will impose a four-day national lockdown from Thursday along with lesser measures lasting until January 24 to combat a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Fouzi Mehdi...

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  • January 12, 2021

    Iran denies Pompeo’s assertion it has ties with al Qaeda

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday rejected as “warmongering lies” an assertion by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Iran has ties to the Islamist militant...

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  • January 12, 2021

    Kuwait government resigns en masse in challenge for new emir

    Kuwaiti ministers handed in their resignations to the prime minister on Tuesday, the government communications office (CGC) said, days after lawmakers submitted a motion asking to question the premier...

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  • January 12, 2021

    Number of Tunisian migrants landing in Italy rose fivefold in 2020

    The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores soared fivefold to 13,000 in 2020, a rights group said on Tuesday, citing economic privations in Tunisia that fuel migration...

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  • January 12, 2021

    Pompeo says al Qaeda has new home in Iran, gives no hard evidence

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, without providing hard evidence, that al Qaeda had established a new home base in Iran and the United States had...

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