The Middle East Times

Donald Trump, Mike Pence ( Facebook/Mike Pence ) United States Vice President Michael Richard "Mike" Pence, 58, is set to visit the Middle East in late January 2018. Among the countries he will visit are Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Originally, Pence was scheduled to travel to the transcontinental region in December 2017 but it was postponed. He postponed the trip so he could preside over the vote on a tax overhaul favored by U.S. President Donald Trump. In the original itinerary, Pence was supposed to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb, the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar. The meetings were cancelled after Trump announced that his administration had decided to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6, 2017. Pence will leave Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2018. He will arrive in Egypt the next day to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Siss...

PRESS RELEASE Oman Ambassador Munther Mahfoodh Al-Mantheri, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Atty. Sal Panelo, Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana, Kuwait Ambassador Musaed Saleh Al-Thuwaikh, Morocco Ambassador Mohammed Rida El Fassi, Qatar Ambassador Ali Ibrahim Al Malki, Office of the Middle East & African Affairs Assistant Secretary Joy Quintana, Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano, Archbishop Gabriele Griordano Caccia, the new papal nuncio to the Philippines and Charge D'Affaires Mr. Ahmed Eddeb of Libya The FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar is  the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup and is the first edition of  the quadrennial international men's football championship  to be held in the Middle East. It is said to be working ahead of schedule and more Filipino workers will be needed. On December 11, 2017, t he State of Qatar celebrated its National Day a week in advance at Makati Shangri-La Hotel to commemorate its First Ruler, Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohamend Bin Thani, w...

PRESS RELEASE Brave Combat Federation (Brave CF) has announced that Jordan will host the tenth edition of the event on March 2, 2018. “Brave X: The Kingdom Rises” will be hosted in the Prince Hamzah Sport Hall at King Hussein Sports City, which is one of the special projects in Jordan and is the largest closed sporting hall in Jordan. Founded by His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and the President of Bahrain Athletics Association, Brave CF is the fastest growing mixed martial arts promotion in the world. The sports media, which is based in Bahrain, features athletes from the Philippines extensively and Stephen Loman is the current champion of the Bantamweight division. The sports promotion had been in the forefront featuring mixed martial artists from Jordan against international athletes. The country will be the first nation to host Brave CF in 2018. Within a year of commencemen...