- Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a "trump card" in its drive to...
That's despite rising project costs and fears over inadequate infrastructure to produce turbines en masse.
Floating turbines are particularly well suited to Japan as its deep coastal waters make fixing them to seabeds tricky.
- Saudi Arabia has spent months courting Syria's new leaders, aiming to draw closer a country long dominated by Iran and...
Syria was a battleground for outside powers throughout the conflict, with Iran and Russia backing Assad, and Turkey and the United States supporting various armed groups.
In May, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman convinced visiting US President Donald Trump to promise to lift Syria sanctions.
- Hamas' armed wing published Saturday "farewell" photographs of most of the remaining hostages in Gaza, warning that Israel's assault on...
Of the 251 people seized by Palestinian militants during their attack on Israel in October 2023, 47 remain in Gaza, including 25 the Israeli military says are dead
Israel launched a ground assault on Gaza City on Tuesday, following weeks of heavy air strikes that continue on the territory's largest urban centre
- France and the UK will be the first permanent UN Security Council members to recognise a Palestinian state and, along...
The recognition marks the growing international frustration with Israel over its assault and aid blockades on the Gaza Strip launched in October 2023
France and the UK will be the first permanent UN Security Council members to recognise a Palestinian state and, along with Canada, the first G7 members to do so
- US President Donald Trump hailed Friday what he called progress with Chinese President Xi Jinping including on selling blockbuster app...
The leaders of the world's two largest economies spoke by telephone for the second time since the return to the White House of Trump
Trump told reporters ahead of the call that he hoped it would finalize a deal to take out of Chinese hands TikTok, the social media hugely popular with young Americans
- Britain, France and Germany are signatories to a 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) intended...
Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's envoy to the UN, told the UN Security Council described the vote as the "politics of coercion."
"Today's action is hasty, unnecessary and unlawful. Iran recognizes no obligation to implement it," he said.
- Israel has pummeled Gaza City with air strikes and tank fire in its bid to seize it, nearly two years...
The assault comes ahead of a planned move by several Western governments, including Britain and France, to recognize a Palestinian state at a UN summit next week.
Israeli fire killed at least 33 people across the territory on Friday, 18 of them in Gaza City, according to a tally of figures given by Gaza hospitals contacted by AFP.
- The United States on Thursday again wielded its veto and thwarted a UN Security Council call for a ceasefire in...
The 14 other members of the Council backed the resolution, initiated in August in response to the UN's official declaration of famine after nearly two years of Israel's war
The vote came as Israeli tanks and jets pounded Gaza City, the target of a major new ground offensive, forcing Palestinians to flee south
- Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which...
Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which aims to see both sides existing alongside
One world leader who will miss the gathering is Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president who Washington denied US visas to attend, along with his officials
- Doha, Qatar -- Qatar has met with the president of the International Criminal Court as it seeks legal action against...
Last week's deadly Israeli strike targeted Qatar-based leaders of Hamas and sent shock waves through the Gulf states that have long depended on the US for their security.
Qatar, as an observer state at the ICC, cannot itself refer cases to the court.




















