Author Archives: GCC Media Team

UN: Palestinian poverty rate doubles to 74.3 percent

The poverty rate across the Palestinian territories will almost double this year to 74.3 percent after months [...]

Israel police say seven East Jerusalem residents arrested over alleged Iran assassination plots

 Israeli police said Tuesday they had arrested seven residents of east Jerusalem on suspicion of planning [...]

Egypt bans high-profile political activist Hisham Kassem from travelling ‘without probable cause’

Egyptian airport authorities banned high-profile political activist Hisham Kassem from travelling last week as he was leaving [...]

Morocco, Polisario reject UN ‘unofficial’ proposal on partition plan for Western Sahara

Morocco has firmly rejected a proposal by the United Nations (UN) envoy to partition the disputed territory of Western [...]

Arzhang Pezhman’s London theatre play Ostan: On asylum seeking, profit over people and complicated Kurdishness

It’s a play that has been years in the making, but whose performance has arguably [...]

Saudi Arabia to divest from Super Mario game maker Nintendo

Saudi Arabia‘s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has scaled back its stake in Nintendo Co., just [...]