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China is reportedly negotiating major arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Egypt as both countries look to become less reliant on the US and Russia for their defence needs....
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May 25, 2023
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Omar Ahmed
The latest diplomatic developments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are looking positive for peace and prosperity. Iran and Saudi Arabia have re-established relations as part...
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May 22, 2023
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Eman Abusidu
Since its formation in 2006, the BRICS group has only accepted one new member in 2010. Now, 19 countries have formally or informally approached the body to become members...
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Yemen's de facto, Houthi-led government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China's Anton Oilfield Services Group (AntonOil) and a representative of the Chinese government to invest in...
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Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to steal the spotlight at Friday's Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia, where he will rub shoulders...
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May 17, 2023
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Cagdas Yuksel
Following his 2020 US presidential election defeat, a new chapter has unfolded for Donald Trump as the former president finds himself embroiled in multiple investigations and legal challenges. Notably,...
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Welcoming the expansion of aid to all affected populations in conflict-hit Ukraine, China has put its weight behind the "full implementation" of the Black Sea grain deal, Anadolu News...
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Kuwait, Afghanistan and Palestine returned to using the death penalty after years of not implementing the punishment
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The Kremlin said, on Monday, that Russia expects cooperation with Turkiye to continue, deepen and expand amid the country's presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, Anadolu...
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953 Palestinian respondents were asked their opinions on a range of topics from the economy to political leadership
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May 12, 2023
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council talks on reforming the inherently archaic and dysfunctional political body, China's Foreign Policy chief, Yang Yi stated his country's demands....
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Many Israelis believe that a confrontation with Lebanon's Hezbollah would be devastating. Tension on the border continues, though, with a number of incidents in recent weeks. Hezbollah has been...
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Police in the Xinjiang region of China rely on a master list of 50,000 multimedia files they deem "violent and terrorist" to flag Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim residents...
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Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a powerful regional bloc led by China and Russia, Anadolu reports. The document was...
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Palestinian Resistance in the Gaza Strip decided to retaliate to the Israeli "assassination" of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike inside Israeli occupation jails. They said,...
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Police in China's Shanghai province are building a huge surveillance system which is able to alert and notify authorities when foreign journalists travel to Xinjiang province and when Uyghurs...
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Everyone who watched the American disaster thriller movie called 'The China Syndrome', directed by James Bridges in 1979, remembers that the events leading up to the "accident" in 'The...
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The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other Arab states agreed last month in Jeddah that the Arab world must play a leading role in efforts to...
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April 30, 2023
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long preceded the Russian-Ukraine war, and the recent US-Chinese tensions in the Taiwan Strait. In fact, the...
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China has resumed construction work on a military base in the United Arab Emirates in defiance of displeasure by the United States, leaked intelligence documents have revealed. According to...
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Five Arab countries are among 19 who have expressed their interest in joining the BRICS group, Bloomberg reported. Anil Sooklal, South Africa's ambassador to the group, said that the...
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Less than two months after Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties, the two Persian Gulf neighbours have resumed their bilateral trade, according to officials on Tuesday,...
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After China's success in restoring relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, political and diplomatic circles in Israel are anticipating a Chinese attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, citing the...
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Russia's oil output this year is on course to top 480 million tonnes, or about 9.6 million barrels per day (bpd), a Russian government source familiar with the data...
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Russia will increase its pipeline gas supplies to China by "almost 50%" this year, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Anadolu reports. Russia's oil, gas and coal supplies to...
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Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Saudi Arabia could regret its rapprochement with Tehran as Iran is the reason for most of the problems in the Middle East,...
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China is ready to facilitate peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians based on the two-state solution, Xinhua reported on Tuesday. In a statement, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said he held separate...
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April 18, 2023
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Dr Adnan Abu Amer
The deteriorating security situation has given Israelis a great opportunity to list the failures of the new government 100 days after its formation. Members of the current coalition admit that many...
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Iran and Saudi Arabia will reopen their embassies in each other's countries by 9 May, a senior Iranian diplomat said yesterday. Alireza Enayati, director for Persian Gulf affairs at...
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Iran has officially invited Saudi Arabia's King to visit the country, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of...
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April 15, 2023
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Burak Elmalı
China's rise has been the talk of the global village, with its impressive economic performance, ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and frenzied diplomacy, ranging from the Ukraine conflict...
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Chinese oil giant, Sinopec, on Wednesday became the first Asian firm to get a stake in Qatar's expansion of North Field East, the Gulf country's energy company announced. QatarEnergy...