arab reform initiative

Riyadh wins bid to host 2030 World Expo

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh was chosen to host the 2030 World Expo, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) announced on Tuesday. Riyadh needed only one round of voting and secured the necessary two-thirds majority of member States at the general assembly of Paris-based BIE. Riyadh won 119 votes, South Korea’s Busan 29, and Italian capital Rome […]

Turkey: AKP to cruise to power with single-party government

Erdogan-backed Justice and Development Party (AKP) stunned Turkish political circles as it secured Sunday a parliamentary majority in the November 1 election after it lost outright victory in the June 7 polls. AKP succeeded in clinching nearly 49 per cent of the total votes and thus secured more than 300 seats in the 550-seat Turkish […]

Libya: UN Envoy holds talks with MPs in Benghazi to break political deadlock

The Acting UN Special Envoy to Libya, Stephanie Koury, visited on January 20 the House of Representatives headquarters in Benghazi, where she met with several Libyan Members of Parliament to discuss the political process. Mrs Koury outlined the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s (UNSMIL) efforts to break the ongoing political deadlock, facilitate elections, and […]