News 25 Jul 2018 Egypt goes against IMF advice, boosting public investments The International Monetary Fund is keen to reduce Egypt's investments in the country in favor of private investment, but the new government has decided to increase the amount it will… Meet the Middle East
News 26 Jul 2018 Man sentenced for hate crime for antisemitic scrawl James Rizzo Jr., 38, has already served the jail time while awaiting the case's disposition. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Man sentenced for hate crime for antisemitic scrawl Meet the Middle East
News 25 Jul 2018 Egypt gives green light to rice imports amid water shortages Farmers in Egypt were appalled by the government’s decision to start importing rice as part of its strategy to contain the water crisis. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Egypt gives… Meet the Middle East
News 26 Jul 2018 Romanian minister compares killing sick pigs to Auschwitz "I only wanted to present the particularly difficult situation facing pig breeders from African swine fever," Romanian Agriculture Minister Petre Daea explained. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Romanian minister compares… Meet the Middle East
News 26 Jul 2018 Yemen’s army: 25 Houthis killed in an offensive in al-Bayda The Yemeni National Army launched an offensive to complete the liberation of al-Malajim district in al-Bayda early Thursday. According to General Moufreeh Bouhailh, leader of Bayhan brigade in western Source:… Meet the Middle East
News 26 Jul 2018 PLO to discuss calls for severing ties with Israel Saturday's "important" meeting will be chaired by PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Saleh Ra'fat, member of the PLO Executive Committee, told the PA's Voice of Palestine radio station on Thursday. Source:… Meet the Middle East
News 27 Jul 2018 Pakistan’s Imran Khan: Once a cricket star, now pious, anti-poverty reformer Former cricket star Imran Khan, whose political party was formally declared the winner Friday in Pakistan’s parliamentary election, has promised to fight corruption and help millions of Source: Al Arabiya… Meet the Middle East
News 27 Jul 2018 Migration to US: Why are 700 children still separated from their families The Trump administration said Thursday that more than 1,800 children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited with parents and sponsors but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially Source:… Meet the Middle East
News 27 Jul 2018 Syrian Kurdish-backed council holds talks in Damascus for the first time A top Syrian Kurdish official is in Damascus this week for talks with Syrian government officials at the head of a delegation including members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces,… Meet the Middle East
News 27 Jul 2018 As protests mount in Iraq, top cleric Sistani warns politicians Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistan said on Friday that if the Iraqi government does not abide by its commitments, people will develop other peaceful means of protests to… Meet the Middle East