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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May joins other leaders for a family photo at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Manama, Bahrain December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Gulf Private Sector Looks Towards Greater Role in Relations with Britain

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Apr 17, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – The Gulf private sector is looking to have a greater role, along with the public sector, in partnerships with Britain, through a Gulf-British Conference on Partnership between the Public and Private Sectors, which will be held in London on Wednesday. In...

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Aya Hijazi and her husband, Mohamed Hassanein, in a holding cell at a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt, in March.CreditMohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

Cairo Court Drops Child Abuse Charges against 8 Defendants including US-Egyptian Woman

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Apr 17, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – A court in Egypt has acquitted eight persons, including a US-Egyptian citizen Aya Hijazi, after nearly three years of detention over accusations related to kidnapping children, sexually abusing them and using them in protests. The verdict came just under two...

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Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani holds a news conference in Istanbul January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Iran: Presidential Candidacy Applications Spark off Debate

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 17, 2017 | World

London – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani criticized registering candidacy for the presidential elections by individuals who lack required criteria – he considered what happened in the past days “here” as “a worldwide scandal and an a mockery of the...

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Participants of Syria peace talks attend a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Syrian Opposition Factions Agree to Discuss Landmines, Detainees

by Caroline Akoum | Apr 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Syrian opposition is setting the final touches on the documents it received from Russia during the Astana talks. Meanwhile, the opposition factions are yet to determine whether they will participate in the fourth round of talks during the next month in...

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King Salman holds talks with Russian Parliament Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in Riyadh on Sunday. (SPA)

Russian Parliament Chairman: Saudi Arabia is Our Main Partner

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Apr 17, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Chairman of Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko lauded the important role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al...