King Mohammed VI

Tunisia: Bill on Gender Equality in Inheritance in the Pipeline

Tunisian President Béji Caid Essebsi on Monday announced the introduction of a draft bill on equal inheritance for men and women, making Tunisia the first country in the Maghreb to offer this right to women. Beji Caid Essebsi made the announcement in a televised address marking the National Women’s Day—the anniversary of the 1956 Personal […]

Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi unveils initiative to solve political crisis

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s lawyer announced on Tuesday that his client had proposed an initiative to solve the political crisis in Libya, calling on all political figures to withdraw from the arena and to hold presidential and parliamentary elections that would produce new faces chosen by the Libyan people Al-Zaydi, in an interview with Al-Arabiya channel, […]

Spain Scraps Sale of 400 Laser-guided Bombs to KSA

Madrid has cancelled the sale of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia for fear that the arsenal could be used in the ongoing conflict in Yemen. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Spanish Ministry of Defense, which said that the government decided to halt a military deal under which Spain was to supply 400 […]