US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday that Washington will control sales of Venezuelan oil "indefinitely," a day after President...
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Sunday created a commission to seek the release of president Nicolas Maduro and his...
Palestinian Territories - International efforts towards a new pause in the devastating Gaza war gathered pace Wednesday, as Israel bombarded...Hamas was reviewing a proposal for a six-week truce in its war with Israel, a source told AFP, after mediators gathered in Paris
While talks take place, the population of Gaza is starving to death due to constraints imposed on humanitarian aid
- Maritime security firm Ambrey said that a merchant ship had been targeted with a missile in southwest of Aden, Yemen....
The rebels have carried out some 30 attacks on commercial shipping and naval vessels
US forces on Wednesday destroyed a missile belonging to the Houthi rebels
Since the relentless Israeli aerial and ground assault, triggered by Hamas's deadly October 7 attacks inside Israel, the United Nations...UNCTAD said Gaza was in a dire state before the war erupted, with a 17-year blockade and repeated military operations leaving around 80% of the population dependent on aid.
It would take seven decades for the territory to return to just its 2022 GDP level even the reconstruction was started immediately.
- "We urge fellow donor countries to reflect on the wider consequences of cutting their funding to UNRWA," Norwegian Foreign Minister...
Thirteen countries, including major donors such as the United States, Germany, Britain and Sweden, have suspended funding to the UN agency
The funding is suspended over accusations that 12 on its staff members were involved in the October 7 attack by Hamas members against Israel
- Kyiv had accused Moscow of being a "terrorist state" whose support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was a harbinger...
But ICJ tossed out most of Ukraine's claims, ruling only that Russia was "failing to take measures to investigate facts... regarding persons who allegedly committed an offence".
This case predates Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The ICJ will decide on Friday whether it has jurisdiction to rule in a separate case over that war.
"Container shipping... has declined by almost 30 percent," said Jihad Azour, director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia...The Iran-backed Houthis have launched more than 30 attacks on commercial shipping and naval vessels since November 19, the Pentagon said on Tuesday
Houthi attacks have prompted some shipping companies to detour around southern Africa to avoid the Red Sea, a route that carries about 12 percent of global trade
The Houthis, part of the anti-Western, anti-Israel "axis of resistance" of Iranian-backed groups, have been harassing Red Sea shipping for..."Iranian-backed Houthi fighters fired one anti-ship cruise missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Red Sea," a Centcom statement said
The Houthis have launched more than 30 attacks on commercial shipping and naval vessels since November 19, the Pentagon said on Tuesday
- Several countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan, have suspended funding to the UNRWA agency, and the UN...
UNRWA said it has acted promptly over allegations by Israel
Israel accused UN Palestinian refugee agency of "hiring terrorists on a massive scale"
Since being ousted in 2022, Khan has been buried by court cases he claims have been triggered to prevent his...Khan and his wife were found guilty of graft in a case involving gifts he received while premier, after he was Tuesday handed 10 years in a case related to leaking state secrets
Pakistan goes to the polls next Thursday in a ballot already marred by allegations of rigging, with Khan barred from running and his party subject to a massive crackdown
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 38-year-old de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, greeted Sheikh Meshal at the airport in...Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, who is 83, was sworn in last month following the death of his predecessor and half-brother, Sheikh Nawaf
He is faced with the task of overcoming longstanding political paralysis and reforming a bloated public sector
