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UK: London may soon launch strikes against ISIS, official says

Prime Minister David Cameron is planning to ask lawmakers to consider launching attacks or joining the international coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria after the extremist group killed 38 people including 30 Britons last week in Sousse, Tunisia, said the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman on Thursday Even though public opinion has been largely against […]

Algeria Europe Headlines

Algeria: EU to lean on Algerian gas to escape Russian gas dependence

London based paper Financial Times revealed on Wednesday that the European Union is planning to lean on Algeria to increase its gas import, a way to reduce its dependence on the Russian gas sources. According to the paper, talks have been initiated by the EU energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete and a new importation plan […]

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Algeria: Sellal and Cameron agree on economic and security partnership

Algiers and London have renewed their will to build a long term economic partnership between them at the end of the Algeria-UK Investment Forum in London. Around 500 British businessmen attended it. A closed door meeting between the Prime Ministers of the two countries also dwelled on areas of mutual concern such as security, terrorism […]

Features Headlines Tunisia

Tunisia: Essebsi and Marzouki prepare for final showdown

December will be the clash of the Titans in Tunisian politics as Essebsi and Marzouki face each other in the second round of the presidential elections after claiming 36.46% and 33.43% respectively. Efforts to get extra votes have already begun as both candidates throw their first punches in the last and final bout. Essebsi of […]

Opinions

Islamic law and human rights: do they mix? (part I)

There is an ideological dichotomy between international human rights law and Islamic law, which may explain the numerous human rights abuses in the Muslim world. On August 19, the faculty of law of Buenos Aires University presented the first international code of human rights published by Thomson Reuters. It gathers all the rights, declarations and […]

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Morocco’s Aeronautics Industry Attracts New € 45 million FDIs

Morocco’s aeronautics industry sector which has constantly progressed since it was launched in the late nineties of the last century has attracted this week a € 45 million new investment. The investment will be injected by Aerolia, an Airbus Group subsidiary, and Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, which has reoriented its activity […]

Features Headlines Libya

Libya drags Goldman Sachs to court

A suit has been filed against Goldman Sachs in London’s high court, by Libya’s sovereign investment fund, for making a profit of $350 million from the creation of $1 billion in derivatives trades that became valueless. With the Libyan Investment Authority, a sovereign fund, seeking losses from the trade, a spokesman for Goldman Sachs said […]

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Odd One in the Pack: London, a New Hub for Islamic Finance?

New year 2014 will likely be very significant at least from the viewpoint of the London Stock Exchange, which stakes to become the world centre for Islamic finance. Earlier last year, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced the plan to issue sukuk – Islamic financial certificates often compared to Western bonds. The first sukuk certificate […]

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UK & Morocco have strong partnership (Foreign Office)

The United Kingdom and Morocco maintain “a strong partnership, based on shared values and a shared vision of a peaceful, secure and prosperous North Africa”, says the Foreign Office In a press release following the latest visit made to Morocco, foreign office minister Alistair Burt expressed UK support for Moroccan reforms, hailed the two countries […]