Trump rewarded Cambodia and Thailand with trade deals after co-signing their ceasefire pact, and saying he was confident of a...
The central bank's second-to-last rate meeting of the year is taking place against the backdrop of a weeks-long standoff between...
Beirut, Lebanon - Shelling by government forces targeting several locations in rebel-held northwest Syria killed seven civilians including four children...The Damascus regime has been bombing opposition-held areas in apparent retaliation for an attack on a military academy graduation ceremony.
"Seven civilians, including four children, were killed in ground bombardment by regime forces on several locations" on Saturday, a war monitor said.
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has signalled its willingness to increase oil production to earn goodwill for a historic...
Saudi officials have reportedly informed the White House that they are open to raising oil production if crude prices remain high, the WSJ reported
Saudi Arabia's offer to increase oil production in 2024 represents a shift from its stance last year when it rejected a US request to raise production to lower oil price
Dubai, UAE - The majority of Arab youth are against the normalization of relations with Israel, with Palestinians and Iraqis...The normalization is opposed by the 98% of youth in Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab power which is currently engaged in talks to normalize relations with Israel
Other Arab countries with most opposition among youth to any normalization with Israel include Libya (98%) followed by Sudan (97%), Jordan (97%), Kuwait (86%) and others
- Hamas militants fired barrages of rockets at Israel from multiple locations across the Palestinian territory, according to the accounts of...
Hundreds of residents fled their homes in eastern Gaza to move away from the border with Israel.
Hamas appealed to fighters in the West Bank and "our Arab and Islamic nations" to join the battle.
Slamming the Nobel Committee for what he called as "false claims", Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said the committee awarded the...The spokesperson said the prize was a "deviation from its initial objectives"
Nobel committee chairwoman hailed Mohammadi for her "brave struggle"
- Abu Dhabi, UAE--UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed discussed how to deepen strategic alliance with the US in a meeting...
The meeting saw the two countries reiterating their commitment to promoting development and reinforcing stability across the Middle East and beyond
The two leaders talked at length on regional and international developments and discussed efforts by the UAE and US to strengthen global peace and stability
DUBAI, UAE - A total of 1,445 real estate transactions worth over US$2.5 billion (AED 9.5 billion) were conducted during...The Dubai Land Department report showed that 248 plots were sold for US$476 million.
The DLS report said 1,197 apartments and villas were purchased for US$865 million.
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Some 150 cats have been found left for dead in the desert in the United Arab...
Emirati authorities announced they had opened an "investigation into the incident of abandoned cats" in the Abu Dhabi desert.
All "administrative and legal measures" would be used against the perpetrators of this "inhumane" act, the authorities said.
Moscow, Russia - Russia will soon discuss revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the speaker of the...Russian official Vyacheslav Volodin made the announcement a day after President Vladimir Putin evoked the possibility of such a move.
"This is in line with the national interests of our state. And it will be a mirror response to the United States which has not yet ratified the treaty," he said.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Dry conditions, particularly in China, caused a "historic" global drop in hydropower in the first half of 2023,...Wind and solar generation grew more slowly in the first half of this year than in the same period last year.
The chief of this year's COP climate meeting has called for a global tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
