Blinken meets Sisi in Cairo at start of Mideast tour
Blinken said his message to regional governments was that "if you want a ceasefire, press Hamas to say yes" to...Geostrategy
Gaza hospital says 37 dead in strike on UN school Israel says used by Hamas
"The government of Israel has said that they are going to release more information about this strike, including the names...Geostrategy
Iran offers to solve Lebanon’s electricity shortage
Tehran, Iran - Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has offered to solve Lebanon's electricity shortage issue through bilateral cooperation despite...Iran had previously supplied fuel to Lebanon via Syria last year, in response to a request from Hezbollah
Lebanon has been facing severe electricity crisis, with frequent power outages affecting households and businesses
Iraq president seeks to deepen partnership on his visit to Iran
Tehran, Iran--Accompanied by a large delegation, Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid arrived in Tehran to deepen economic, trade and political ties...The two presidents will hold talks on trade, climate change, security, stability at the Saadabad Cultural and Historical Complex
The Iraqi president has maintained that the two neighbors can contribute to strengthening of security and stability in the region
Turkish president, UN chief discuss grain deal over phone, Sudan situation
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday discussed over the phone with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...
Iranian president Raisi to visit Syria ‘in the near future’
Raisi's planned trip comes against the backdrop of a rapprochement between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, and increased Arab...The planned visit comes in the context of "multidimensional" cooperation between Tehran and Damascus
Iran is a major ally of President Bashar al-Assad and has given financial and military support to his regime
European probe officials to question Lebanon central bank audit firms
European investigators probing Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh's wealth will question officials from two international firms previously tasked with...Visiting European investigators plan to question officials from the Lebanon offices of Deloitte, Ernst and Young, and a local firm.
The European investigators arrived in Beirut this week on their third trip to Lebanon in connection with the probe.
Uzbekistan, IsDB ink pacts worth US$396.7m for infrastructure, education
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President and Group Chairman Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser and Uzbekistan Minister of Investments,...Under the agreement, IsDB will provide US$260 million in financing for the Integrated Rural Development Project.
The project will empower local communities, improve their access to quality and resilient infrastructure.
UAE to take part in meeting with Arab finance ministers, experts
ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE will participate in the Joint Annual Meeting of Arab Financial Institutions, which will be...UAE will participate in the 52nd annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
UAE will also take part in the 47th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Arab Bank for the Economic Development in Africa.
US slaps fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran for ‘hostage-taking’
The US is "showing that one cannot engage in this sort of awful behavior of using human beings as pawns,...The sanctions came a month after Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, charging him with spying
At least three US citizens are being held in Iranian prisons, including businessman Siamak Namazi, held in Tehran's Evin prison since 2015
‘Shots fired’ at vessel in waters south of Yemen, says British navy body
Previous attacks have been blamed on Somali pirates but they have fallen in recent years as a result of international...Shots were fired at the unidentified vessel in the Gulf of Aden, said UKMTO, which provides security alerts for the shipping trade
UKMTO report comes a day after Iran seized a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, another waterway bordering the Arabian Peninsula
NATO secretary general calls Jordan king, reaffirms strategic partnership
Amman, Jordan - Jordan King Abdullah on Wednesday received a phone call from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during which...They discussed “the deep-rooted cooperation and strategic partnership,” in military, training, and defence areas
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh met a delegation from the Republican Party of the US Congress
