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Following reports of Iranian concessions on its controversial nuclear program, a member of Iranian delegation has refuted such claims as “mere hallucinations” by some foreign media houses with hidden agendas. Iran is involved in negotiations with the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany regarding its nuclear ambitions. Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, a senior […]
Two of the World Cup’s Round of 16 teams received the homecoming reserved for champions, even though they exited with the final week of the tournament remaining be played. Algeria’s Desert Foxes and Team USA shook the international soccer landscape with their unexpected performances before leaving, though. American team leader Tim Howard tweeted: “We’re playing […]
Morocco has highlighted the key role south-south cooperation can play in promoting stability and progress in Africa and pointed that the continent’s natural resources and human potential can create an “African miracle.” This came in a message that Morocco’s King Mohammed VI sent to the 25th annual meeting of the Crans Montana Forum, held in […]
Morocco has integrated the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a capstone global initiative meant to help regions accelerate economic growth and job creation through innovation-driven entrepreneurship (IDE). Morocco is thus part of a short list that does not include more than six countries from all over […]
The advancement of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Iraq has achieved another major turning point as its militants take over one of the biggest city in Northern Iraq, Mosul. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is desperate to put an end to the ISIS by arming civilians willing to fight against the […]
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom was at the head of his country’s delegation which attended the swearing-in ceremony of Egypt’s newly elected President, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. The Minister took the opportunity to discuss their differences with Egypt with regards to the construction of the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile. Egypt fears that the dam will […]
Israel will be associated to Horizon 2020, the new EU research and innovation program, under an agreement signed on Sunday in the presence of visiting European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The agreement will boost cooperation between Israeli and EU researchers and innovators and will enable hi-tech companies and […]
Talks over the controversial nuclear program are set to begin on Monday between Iran, the European Union (EU), permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. This week’s meeting will also discuss U.S economic sanctions. Iran has shown that it is dedicated to its plans of having a peaceful nuclear plant amid growing fears […]
Shortly after Palestine formed a unity government of which Israel is against, tensions quickly rose. Tel Aviv has decided to accept biddings for more than a thousand homes in the occupied territories much to the dismay of the Palestinians. Hanan Ashrawi of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has vowed that they will be taking the […]
Narendra Modi’s landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party against the incumbent National Congress in India’s national elections has bought a new political dynamic to south Asia’s key strategic actor. India hopes that Modi, a former tea seller and advert for the country’s social mobility, will begin an overdue purge of corruption and elitism. However […]