middleeast

By:BLOOMBERG The Red Sea state of Eritrea contracted DP World Ltd. to upgrade its ports as regional peace brings increased business to its shores. Formerly isolated Eritrea is normalizing foreign relations after signing an historic peace deal in July 2018 with neighboring Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous...

The Peninsula Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the State of Qatar, Omar Sheikh Ali Idris, on the occasion of ending his tenure in the State. The...

The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the demand by four Arab states to shut down Al Jazeera. In an exclusive interview, he also said the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen amounts to an invasion. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...

The diplomatic crisis in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has interfered with Qatar's political and economic activities since it erupted in late May. But now it's threatening to interfere with the country's religious practices as well. As Eid al-Adha, one of Islam's most important...

The present Yemen, whose formation dates back to 1990, has had two different historical and political experiences. The northern part of the country was under the Ottoman Empire and gained its independence in 1918; while the southern regions remained under the British rule known...

Elected for a second term, Iran's president says people 'interaction with the world' over violence and extremism. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, after securing a decisive re-election, has pledged to open the country to the world and deliver freedom its people have yearned for. Rouhani sealed a...

By: The National Relatives of 23 hostages on a cargo ship seized by armed Somali pirates have expressed relief and happiness that the men were released after more than a month in captivity. The freed...

The Ethio-UAE Business Forum opened in Addis Ababa today (March 20) in the attendance of representatives of more than 60 business and government delegations, who seek to invest in various investment areas in Ethiopia. In his opening remarks, State Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr....

By:Horndiplomat, Ahram Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh begins a 48-hour official visit to Egypt at the invitation of his counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi. Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received on Sunday his Djiboutian counterpart, President Ismail Omar Guelleh, at Cairo International Airport. El-Sisi and Guelleh will hold a...

Suspected Somali pirates have again hijacked a vessel on one of the world's crucial trade routes, authorities said Saturday night, the latest in a string of attacks after several years of silence. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations piracy watchdog said on its website it...