On Saturday, Qatar announced its support for educational institutions. The tiny-rich Gulf country signed a deal through Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) to present a $5million grant to the government of Albania for the purposes of rebuilding two secondary schools and one kindergarten in its capital Tirana. The agreement was …

It is going to be a wonderful change and true end to racial discrimination if the World Trade Organisation is able to zero down on an African director general for the coming term. There is now a growing feeling within the diplomatic fraternity that indeed, there someone from the African …

New reports confirm the risk that in Somalia local Al-Shabaab militants will influence upcoming elections. A statement of the former intelligence chief is raising further doubts about the credibility of the Horn of Africa nation’s electoral model, which has divided more the opinions of stakeholders. Politicians in Somalia are fighting …

European politicians call for an immediate crackdown on Qatar’s alleged support for financing international terrorism and, in particular, for the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah. Fox News’ report revealed on Wednesday, after obtaining an overwhelming dossier on the royal family of Qatar and its arms deliveries to Hezbollah militants. A private …

The number of coronavirus deaths in Iran would be almost three times as high as the Iranian government says: this is what the BBC’s Persian news channel writes that cites official and confidential documents, sent to the British broadcaster by an anonymous source. The government figures are quite different from …

Greece hopes that EU and Ankara talks will help sooth the border tensions since Turkey’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, pronounced he had “opened the doors” to Europe for refugees and migrants, the Guardian provided details on Monday.  The border crisis led the Greek police to fire tear gas at refugees as they …

While Turkish President Erdogan is busy letting off harried migrants towards Greece, it also attacks the latter by calling it ‘Nazis’ after a secret migrant camp was exposed in its premises. Erdogan has gone all out to call Athens barbarian after reports disclosed the presence of a certain kind of …

AK Party spokesperson, Justice and Development Party Omer Celik said Turkey is no longer able to detain refugees wishing to travel to Europe. Celik has made statements regarding the cowardly attack that killed 29 Turkish soldiers who died as martyrs. “Our migration policy has not changed, but we are no …

Qatar’s charitable foundations were suspected of supporting terrorism. The list of “suspicious” organizations included Sheikh Ida Al Thani’s charitable organization, which has been operating since 1995, as well as one of the five largest charitable foundations in the world, Sheikh Tani bin Abdallah’s Humanitarian Services Organization (RAF). The authorities of …

Iran ended cooperation with Ukraine in its investigation of the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane “PS 752” with missiles, on January 8. This comes after a leaked Ukrainian television broadcast between an Iranian pilot and the Air Traffic Control Room showing that it was recorded at that time. The …

A Swedish website has revealed that Turkey is preparing to deploy police forces in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and other major events. Nordic Monitor said, “Ankara and Doha signed a security protocol to deploy Turkish police units in the small Gulf state during the tournament, which will …

Iranian authorities have denied issuing new identity cards to its Baha’i minority. As per the report submitted by UN special rapporteur to Iran, Javaid Rehman, Iranian law acknowledges only Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians as the country’s religious minorities. Rehman mentioned in his July 2019 report that Iran considered Baha’is as …

Afterwords of wisdom spilled over by Iraq’s cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, thousands of civilians have marched onto roads in Baghdad demanding that the US forces be retracted from Iraq. In a request over the phone, the Iraqi lawmakers had urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the 5000 plus force be …

On Monday, Iran threatened to pull back from the atomic Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and to get ready to build a nuclear bomb. The danger is Iran’s most recent plan is to maintain the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 treaty to control Tehran’s atomic program as a byproduct …

Iran fired missiles at Iraqi airbase, targeting US forces, on Wednesday in an attempt to threaten the US of ‘more crushing responses’, if Pentagon carried out further strikes. Iranian state media confirmed the country’s act of vengeance, stating that Tehran launched “tens of missiles” just after midnight targeting Ain al-Asad …

The White House might feel it has a well-thought-out strategy at work when it comes to tackling Iran. But it hasn’t. Trump’s strategy started with putting economic pressure of Tehran where it continued to sanction the country. It was later to be met by a severe threat of deterrence as …

The top official in the United Nations has communicated to the Security Council that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are going to suck the warn- torn Yemen into a deeper conflict. Media has confirmed that Special Envoy Martin Griffiths has warned that there is “no time to waste” …

A massive explosion at a military weapons depot in northern Cyprus wounded 12 people while the fires ignited by the impact of the explosion was brought under control, the authorities stated on Thursday, the National reported. The Turkish defense minister stated that the blast happened at a depot under the …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has the mind to go against the Oslo Accords, International Laws and Norms as well as the Charter of the United Nations to annex large parts of occupied West Bank if re-elected. Netanyahu’s declaration has left many in the international community worried and fearing another …

All eyes are now turned on Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman who becomes the first individual from Saudi royalty to be appointed on a strategic post on the Saudi cabinet as the head of the Oil Ministry. It s a surprising but well thought out move by the current King …

Syrian migrants are not welcome in Turkey anymore. Media reports confirm that they are being systematically deported, forcing to sign papers in the Turkish language, which most do not comprehend. They are now finding themselves returning to a place, which has been long forgotten by most migrant Syrians as home. …

A secret study on Egyptian affairs by the CIA found the growing power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to be a far-reaching threat to US interests but warned that targeting the group was more dangerous. The vacuum expected to be left could be occupied by more radical and less …

Four people killed and 33 injured when a car bomb hit a funeral service of a former senior military officer in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. Eastern administration’s interior ministry spokesperson told media. The funeral service at Benghazi’s Huwari burial ground was for Khalifa Mismari, the associate administrator of …

Greece and Turkey are on loggerheads again. This time it issues over undertaking gas drilling operations. Greece has just received its new Prime Minister and President as Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Under his leadership, Greece is being called a ‘spoilt child’ by going against international laws and indulging in illegal drilling. Maybe, …

When the summer begins in the Middle East, environmental terrorism continues to shoot, dig and land many countries, including Israel, Syria, and Iraq. When Saddam Hussein ordered the withdrawal of troops to Iraq during the First Gulf War in 1991, more than 700 Kuwaiti oil wells exploded, and the flames …

Iran needs to use proxies to attack Saudi Arabia and destabilize the region. He told reporters on Friday that the US special representative in Iran, Brian Hook, said.“If we fail to fight Iran in Yemen, there will be a greater risk of conflict in the region,” he said. The US …

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, between local protests and growing international condemnation of the events of Istanbul, took a controversial decision to restart the mayoral election. Thousands of people gathered in the most populous city after the election authorities of the country decided to cancel the vote of the Istanbul …