- Cairo, Egypt -- Egypt and Qatar are sponsoring a new round of negotiations to start Thursday in Cairo aimed at achieving...
A Hamas source with knowledge of the matter confirmed the Palestinian group had agreed to the talks, with the goal of "a ceasefire, an end to the war and a prisoner exchange deal".
The Egyptian official said Cairo was urging "both parties to show the necessary flexibility" to achieve a truce in Hamas-run Gaza.
- As customers in the Middle East shun international restaurants, local businesses report they have benefited from the boycott.
Starbucks sales grew at their slowest pace in a year, and profits fell short of Wall Street estimates as a spending slowdown took its toll.
McDonald's shares declined for the second day after the company failed to achieve targeted sales for the first time since 2020 due to the war in the Middle East.
- Republicans in the House of Representatives scheduled the vote after the Democratic-led Senate released a bipartisan bill Sunday pairing billions of dollars for...
The standalone Israel bill would have provided $17.6bn in military aid for the country
167 Democrats voted no after Biden had threatened to wield his veto
- The move comes two weeks after Britain and the United States unveiled new coordinated asset freezes and travel bans on...
The 11 individuals targeted by the Canadian measures include Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and its military chief Mohammed Deif
All the sanctioned individuals were said in a statement to be "integral to the planning, funding and execution of the October 7 attacks
- Last week, a Hamas source said the truce deal calls for a six-week pause to fighting as Hamas frees hostages...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his fifth tour of the region since the war broke out, arrived in Israel to discuss an "essential" agreement
Hamas confirmed it delivered its response to proposals hammered out a week ago in Paris between Qatar and other mediators
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday explicitly conveyed to the United States its stance on diplomatic relations with...
The announcement comes amidst ongoing discussions between Saudi Arabia and the US regarding the Arab-Israeli peace process
The spokesperson for the US National Security Council had recently commented on these discussions, further emphasizing their significance
- Strasbourg, France - The EU on Tuesday urged a 90-percent cut to its greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, even as the...
The 27-nation European Union is already working towards an interim target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030.
However, rising discontent could deal it a tougher time in trying to get the 2040 goal of 90 percent cuts adopted.
- TEHRAN, IRAN – The country has exported more than 6.7 million tons of agricultural and food products worth US$4.8 billion...
Of this amount, 4,944,481 tons worth $2,930,585,728 were dedicated to the export of agricultural products.
While 1,133,710 tons worth US$931,961,158 were dedicated to the export of food products.
- RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Defense Force Lieutenant-General Mazyad bin Suleiman Al-Amr has inspected...
The Royal Saudi Air Defense Force Commander saw various radars from the Almaz-Antey air defense concern.
The commander visited the stands of Russian defense industry companies and paid special attention to the air defense systems.





















