Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to...
The UN Security Council voted Friday in favor of a resolution backing Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara as the...
Cairo, Egypt -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most..."We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the country of 105 million inhabitants which recorded nearly 2.2 million births in 2022.
Sisi intervened when his minister of health and population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, told a conference that "having children is a matter of complete freedom".
- Some 175 nations are working to reach a landmark agreement by end-2024 that will curb plastic pollution, which ends up...
Global plastic production has more than doubled since the start of the century to reach 460 million tons and could triple by 2060 if nothing is done. Only 9% is currently recycled.
The draft deal, published by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, will form the basis of fresh talks in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on November 13-19.
Beijing, China - President Xi Jinping's unexplained decision to snub the G20 summit underlines Beijing's frayed ties with other major powers...Beijing's foreign ministry said Monday that Premier Li Qiang would join the leaders of the world's biggest economies in New Delhi this weekend, effectively confirming Xi's absence
No reason was given why Xi will not attend the summit, which he has not skipped since coming to power, except Rome in 2021 when he participated by video link owing to pandemic
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - An Israeli sports delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to participate in the World Weightlifting...Three Israeli weightlifters are set to compete in different weight classes during the World Weightlifting Championships
Israeli athletes are expected to participate in a competition in Qatar in December, even though neither Saudi Arabia nor Qatar maintains diplomatic ties
- Trouble erupted on Saturday when a demonstration against an Eritrean government event turned violent, injuring nearly 140 people, including a...
The clashes between police and demonstrators began outside a south Tel Aviv venue that was set to host a pro-regime event organised by the Eritrean embassy in Israel
Hundreds of anti-government Eritreans came to prevent the event from taking place, Israeli police ordered the street to be emptied calling the gathering an illegal demonstration
A statement said he was "looking forward to conducting visits in the region and meetings, engaging all concerned ahead of the...UN said de Mistura's trip would focus on the prospects of constructively advancing the political process on Western Sahara in the course of these regional engagement
The Security Council called in October last year for all parties to the dispute to engage in talks to come up with a "lasting and mutually acceptable political solution"
- Tehran, Iran--Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has termed Saudi Arabia and Iran as the two most influential countries in the region...
Iranian president in his meeting with Alireza Enayati, the new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, spoke of strengthening relations between the two countries
In June, the Islamic republic reopened its embassy in Riyadh and then followed it up with the reopening of its consulate in Jeddah
- "Our collaboration with the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative provides carbon market buyers in the UAE and wider region with access...
The UAE Carbon Alliance has signed a Letter of Intent for a US$450 million purchase of African carbon credits by 2030
Collaboration with Africa Carbon Markets Initiative will provide UAE with access to high-quality carbon credits from Africa
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia--Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced the establishment of Global Water Organization in order to...The body will seek to exchange knowledge, expertise, the advance of water technology, innovation, and share research and development experiences
It will also press for the funding of high-priority projects to ensure the long-term sustainability of water resources while ensuring access to water for all
- Since pulling out of the deal, which aimed to ensure safe grain exports via the Black Sea, Russia has been...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara was against alternative proposals to last year's Ukraine grain agreement, which Moscow scuppered in July.
Erdogan said that Turkey and the UN had prepared new proposals aimed at addressing Russia's problems with the deal, adding that he hoped to reach a workable solution.
