Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is to ask the Parliament’s permission to redeploy troops currently stationed in Iraq to Niger where terrorist groups are increasingly engaging in human trafficking, contributing to the surge of illegal immigration in the Mediterranean region. Gentiloni said Italy’s 1,400-strong military force, present in Iraq, could now be reduced after victories […]
The Council of the Moroccan community abroad condemned, on Sunday, the actions of the individuals who burned the national flag during a demonstration staged Saturday in Paris, stressing that this “childish and coward” act is a “serious attack on “one of the symbols of national sovereignty”. “The desecration of the national flag is a criminal […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will loan Egypt by year’s end €1.1 billion in form of financing package for the implementation of three transport projects in the Arab country. The package will come in two installments. The first tranche will take place in December and valued at €600 million, the Egyptian cabinet said in a […]
