Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday held a phone call with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud over means to promote bilateral ties and cooperation in various fields, Abdul Mahdi’s office said. The office said ...
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New Delhi : The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the signing of three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Saudi Arabia for strengthening cooperation in the fields of tourism, customs and investment. The MoU would ...
Read More »UNRWA appeals for $1.2 billion to fund vital services for Palestine refugees
Geneva : The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) has launched an appeal for $1.2 billion to fund vital services and life-saving aid for 5.4 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, West Bank and across the Middle ...
Read More »Russia not to attend Mideast conference over failure to cover Palestine issue
Moscow : Russia will not attend the Warsaw Conference on the Middle East, to be organized by the United States and Poland on February 13-14, as the event agenda failed to cover all problems of the region, particularly the Palestinian ...
Read More »Arab League discussing establishing Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons
Cairo : The 49th meeting of the Committee of Senior Arab Officials on Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction started at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo on Wednesday. The two-day meeting will discuss a number of ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia will play leading role in countering extremism and terrorism
By Dr. Saud Mohammed Al Sati, On September 23, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will celebrate its 88th National Day. It marks the day the Kingdom was unified under the founding King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud in 1932. On ...
Read More »Spain urges EU to fill the void in UNRWA after US fund halting
Madrid : Following the US decision to end financing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Spain urged the European Union and its member states for “supplementary” efforts to bridge the ensuing void. In a press ...
Read More »Terrorism not a clash between Christian West and Islam: David Cameron
Kolkata : Former British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said terrorism should not be seen as a battle between the Christian countries of the West and the Islamic countries in the Middle East. It is all about identifying and ...
Read More »China to increase influence in Middle East: Experts
By Dildar Baykan, Ankara: Political analysts interpreted China’s pledge to send more than $23 billion in loans and humanitarian aid to Arab countries as a step to increase Chinese influence in the region. Dr. Altay Atli, a lecturer at Koc ...
Read More »Iran vows to overcome US sanction pressures
Tehran : Iran will overcome the new wave of sanction pressures by the US, a senior Iranian official said on Friday. “The American officials believe that Iran would surrender under the pressure of sanctions, but it will become obvious soon ...
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