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Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi

June 16th, 2026 - 06:52 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi to visit White House in July

ALBAWABA - Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will be heading to the United States for an official visit in mid-July, according to a joint announcement by the Iraqi government and the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. AFP reported that U.S. President Donald Trump will host al-Zaidi at the White House next month. The announcement comes amid U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Iraq. He arrived on Monday to inform ...

Egyptian courts have banned all Muslim Brotherhood activities in the country, but will hear an appeal on this decision October 22nd (Courtesy of Crispian Balmer/Reuters)

October 1st, 2013 - 03:41 GMT

Egyptian courts to reconsider Muslim Brotherhood ban on October 22nd

Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed in the army's ongoing crackdown on militants in the Sinai peninsula. (AFP/File)

October 1st, 2013 - 08:22 GMT

Death toll rises in Sinai unrest

The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Suez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a military court. It seems likely that all those seen to be involved in the deadly clashes between the state and the Islamists in August will receive strict sentences. (AFP/File)

October 1st, 2013 - 07:16 GMT

Muslim Brotherhood official sentenced to 10 years in prison

Will Sisi run for president? (AFP/File)

October 1st, 2013 - 06:38 GMT

Egypt army chief Sisi 'likely to run for president'

Bahraini women hold a placard reading 'Stop dictatorship in Bahrain' as they take part in an anti-government protest.(Image credit: AFP)

September 30th, 2013 - 03:49 GMT

Bahrain jails 37 Shiites for up to 15 years

The Egyptian army is continuing with its crackdown on militants in the Sinai peninsula (AFP/File)

September 29th, 2013 - 09:08 GMT

Egyptian soldier shot in Sinai as crackdown on insurgents continues

Hacktivist group "Jordan Anonymous" attacked Jordan PM Abdullah Ensour's website late Saturday in response to rising taxes in the Kingdom (Courtesy of Jordan Times)

September 29th, 2013 - 08:51 GMT

Hackers attack Jordan PM website in protest of rising taxes

Tunisian President Marzouki has called on Egyptian authorities to release President Morsi from detention (Reuters)

September 29th, 2013 - 08:12 GMT

Egyptian ambassador recalled from Tunisia after Marzouki's pro-Morsi comments

Egypt's Nabil Fahmy says that the roadmap guiding the transition in the country has established "principles of justics, freedom and democracy as a basis of governance" (Courtesy of World Bulletin)

September 29th, 2013 - 06:51 GMT

Egypt's Fahmy says government transition to end by next spring

Iraq is experiencing its highest levels of violence since 2008 (Image credit: AFP)

September 28th, 2013 - 02:57 GMT

Deadly violence across Iraq claims eleven lives

Tunisian mediator and Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) Houcine Abbassi speaks during a press conference (Image credit: AFP)

September 28th, 2013 - 02:13 GMT

Tunisia's Islamist government agrees to step down

Following Obama's speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, analysts say that Egyptian-US relations are feeling unsettled. (AFP/File)

September 26th, 2013 - 09:02 GMT

Egyptian relations with US 'unsettled' following Obama UN speech