Paris, France -- French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other top...
The SCO comprises China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus -- with 16 more countries affiliated...
Moscow, Russia - Moscow on Thursday reiterated the need to fully implement the provisions of the Russia-UN memorandum for the...The implementation of the grain deal, an agreement on a corridor for ships with Ukrainian grain concluded in July 2022, was terminated on July 17
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted that the terms of the deal with regard to Russia were not met, despite the efforts of the UN
Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's army on Thursday retrieved the bodies of two shepherds killed by Israeli fire, official media said, raising...The two shepherds, aged 20 and 22, had been reported missing on Wednesday as they herded their flock through Wazzani, their home village near the border.
"They were found dead after the (Israeli) occupation forces opened fire in their direction," Lebanese state media reported.
Baghdad, Iraq - An international summit in Baghdad on "regional stability" planned for late November has been postponed due to the...The event "is postponed until further notice due to the regional events" in the Middle East, said Farhad Alaaldin, an Iraqi official.
Alaaldin noted "in particular what is happening in Palestine", referring to war that erupted after the October 7 attacks by Hamas members.
Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia's parliament on Thursday began debating a bill that would criminalize any normalization of ties with Israel as...The draft bill defines "normalization" as "recognition of the Zionist entity or the establishment of direct or indirect ties"
The legislation was drawn up and approved in late October by a group of lawmakers who back President Kais Saied
DUBAI, UAE - Bahrain has recalled its Ambassador from Israel and decided to suspend economic relations with Tel Aviv in...Bahrain took the decision to recall the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Israel back to the country, the Council of Representatives said.
It also demanded taking measures to preserve lives of people in the Gaza Strip and other regions of Palestine.
- During parliamentary hearings, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the move to revoke the treaty was a response to the...
The 1996 treaty outlaws all nuclear explosions, including live tests of nuclear weapons, though it never came into force.
The West has accused Russia of using reckless nuclear rhetoric since it launched its offensive on Ukraine last February.
"Russia is dependent on willing third-country individuals and entities to resupply its military and perpetuate its heinous war against Ukraine...The latest sanctions involve 130 new targets. Among them are Turkish national Berk Turken for his role in a procurement network with ties to Russian intelligence services
A UAE-based network has been sanctioned for alleged involvement in Russian illicit finance, the department said.
- London, United Kingdom – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hosts political and tech leaders at the inaugural global...
The United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union and China have agreed to cooperate to ensure the safe use and deployment of AI technologies.
The summit identified an agenda of three key points: identifying risks, building risk-based policies in different countries.
- For the first time after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants since the Hamas attacks of October...
Egyptian officials said 76 wounded Palestinians and 335 foreign passport holders had crossed into Egypt on Wednesday
Among those who crossed were 31 Austrians, four Italians, five French nationals and some Germans, their governments said
- The 80-year-old Democrat was delivering remarks to some 200 supporters in the northern US state when a member of the...
"I think we need a pause. A pause means giving time to get the prisoners out", Biden responded to a Jewish Rabbi who asked him to call for ceasefire
Asked about Joe Biden's remarks, the White House later clarified that by "prisoners" the president was referring to hostages held by Hamas
