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The death toll of the twin bomb attack on Thursday in Beirut claimed by the Islamic State group increased to 41 with more than 200 people injured. The attack took place in a Shia neighborhood where Hezbollah is influential but the statement of responsibility made by IS did not cite that it was motivated by […]
Dallas-based Kosmos Energy’s oil search in Mauritania once again led to the discovery of an offshore gas reservoir in a well located 60km north of the Tortue-1 gas discovery that opened the basin. The latest discovered field, described as “a large gas resource,” is preliminary estimated to have 5 trillion cubic feet of gross resources […]
UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar has been appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Special Adviser, at the level of Under-Secretary-General. “Mr. Benomar is a veteran United Nations senior leader who brings to this position a deep understanding of political dialogue processes and international peace-building efforts,” said Ban in a statement issued by his […]
A group of 17 NGOs including Amnesty International Wednesday called for the immediate release of two Mauritanian anti-slavery activists arrested one year ago and handed a two-year prison sentence by a Mauritanian court. “Mauritania must immediately set free the two anti-slavery activists who have been in custody for one year while one of them is […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday urged Israelis to consider the two-state solution to end the historic conflict with Palestinians while saying that he knows the move will require courage. Kerry was addressing an Israeli gathering at UN, in commemoration of the 1975 speech delivered by Israeli ambassador Chaim Herzog denouncing a UN “resolution […]
Tripoli Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday that an Emirati has been nabbed for spying for the United Arab Emirates in the aftermath of the Leon-gate which revealed that former UN mediator collided with the Emiratis against the Tripoli-based Libyan administration in the Libyan peace Dialogue Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, head of the Investigations Bureau at the Office […]
Unknown militants raided a house in the city of Arish Wednesday, killing nine family members including a three-year old child and severely wounding one person, Sinai governor, Abdel Fatah Harhor, said. “A group of masked men raided a house nearby Arish police station and planted a bomb in the house’s car parking. The bomb exploded […]
Morocco, which will host the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) next year, has adopted a major green move translating its attachment to the protection of the environment. Six years ago, the North African country banned black plastic bags. Now the Moroccan House of Representatives (Parliament) has […]
Following the Moroccan Monarch’s speech on the occasion of the Green March, a recurrent spat sparked in the Moroccan and Algerian press reflecting the increasing tension between the two countries. Yet, the causes of the Morocco-Algerian discord remain largely misunderstood, because most analyses on the issue focus on the symptoms rather than on the deep […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has to cancel all official activities for a couple of weeks at the advice of his physician who diagnosed him with a severe influenza syndrome. The King contracted the flu during his recent visit to India but the syndrome became more severe with bronchopulmonary and oropharyngeal symptoms and a voice […]