"The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about...
- New Delhi, India -- A blockbuster between India and Pakistan headlines the Asia Cup starting on Tuesday as they face...
Beijing has this year sought to play a greater role in the Middle East, facilitating a historic rapprochement between Saudi...Colonna's talks in Beijing come the same day that a truce between Israel and Hamas took effect, with the group set to release a first group of 13 hostages
"China is an actor with growing weight in the region" due to its "strong relationship" with Iran, a French diplomatic source said this week
- Weeks of talks involving Israel, Hamas, Qatar, Egypt and the US saw three girls and a boy, aged from two...
Israel is set to release three times as many Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails -- women and teenage boys.
A dozen Thai hostages kidnapped during Hamas's October 7 raids into Israel were also released on Friday, Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced.
DOHA, QATAR - The merchandise trade balance of Qatar (difference between total exports and imports) recorded a surplus of US$6.7...In Q3 2023, Asia was the principal destination of Qatar’s exports and imports, representing 74.9 percent and 36.3 percent respectively.
In Q3 2023, the European Union, accounting for 10.4 percent and 27.5 percent of Qatar's exports and imports respectively.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The Saudi-Algerian Business Forum concluded its activities with the two countries signing eight agreements aiming at...The agreements cover trade, investment, information technology, business incubators and accelerators, tourism services, elevators, and spare parts.
The pacts were signed by the Federation of Saudi Chambers, the Council for Algerian Economic Renewal and several Saudi and Algerian firms.
- Most foreign nations -- including India -- do not officially recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government but acknowledge them as the de...
New Delhi evacuated its entire mission from Kabul as Taliban closed in on Afghan capital in August 2021, but last year sent back a small team to reopen its sprawling embassy
Most foreign nations similarly withdrew diplomatic staff at the time and have not returned, although a handful of embassies including Pakistan, China and Russia never closed
Germany on November 2 banned Hamas and Samidoun. According to official figures, Germany hosts an estimated 450 members of Hamas,...Around 500 members of the security forces led the operation, with 13 places searched in the capital Berlin, the interior ministry said
Four other regions were targeted to a lesser extent as police seized smartphones, laptops and various writings, the ministry added
- An Egyptian security source told AFP that Israeli security officials, International Red Cross-Red Crescent staff and an Egyptian team would...
The deal, facilitated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, is to take effect in stages that can be extended and broadened.
The agreement follows weeks of war in the Gaza Strip after Hamas members attacked Israel on October 7.
- Hizbollah says it has been acting in support of Hamas since the Palestinian Islamist movement's October 7 attacks on Israel,...
Hizbollah said it carried out more than 20 attacks on Israeli military positions and claimed to have caused casualties
The violence between Israel and Hizbollah has claimed at least 109 lives in Lebanon, most of them Hizbollah fighters
Beirut, Lebanon - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has met with Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbollah, which has traded cross-border...Iran's foreign minister, who warned that the war could spiral out of control, left Beirut for Doha after his meeting with Hizbollah.
Hizbollah says it has been acting in support of Hamas since the Palestinian group's October 7 attacks on Israel.
- Cairo, Egypt - Tunisian film star Hend Sabri has resigned as World Food Program goodwill ambassador in protest at what she...
Sabri, a leading figure in Arab cinema, said that she had decided with "a heavy heart and deep sadness" to step down after 13 years with the United Nations agency.
Following her resignation, the WFP offered its "heartfelt gratitude" for Sabri's "unwavering support and dedication" as goodwill ambassador.
