Hamas chief says group to decide on post-war Gaza rule with Palestinian factions
Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday said the movement will be involved in deciding post-war rule in Gaza along with other Palestinian...Geostrategy
Lebanon resumes ‘voluntary’ repatriations of Syrians
Syrian state news agency SANA reported that an unspecified number of people had arrived from Lebanon as part of the...Geostrategy
More interest rate hikes may be needed, says ECB’s Lagarde
FRANKFURT, GERMANY - More interest rate increases may be needed beyond the one coming later this month, European Central Bank president...The ECB has lifted rates at an unprecedented pace in recent months to cool inflation.
ECB president said the pace of future hikes was "impossible" to predict and would be decided by the economic data available at the time.
UAE, Bahrain explore ways to boost collaboration in infrastructure, transport
ABU DHABI, UAE - UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei Thursday had a meeting...Bahrain’s Minister applauded the advanced processes at UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure , particularly the AI-enabled systems for planning new infrastructure projects.
The Bahrain’s Minister and his delegation toured the Road Control Center that was recently established at the ministry’s Sharjah offices.
US Secretary of Defense to visit Middle East to rally allies amid Iran threat
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the trip would "reaffirm the enduring US commitment to the Middle East...Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the trip would "reaffirm the enduring US commitment to the Middle East region."
Ryder said talks would also focus on ways to work closely to increase regional security and stability and deter potential threats
Israel police clash with protestors marching against judicial reform
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv blocked some streets, and police employed stun grenades, water cannon and officers on horseback in a...The rally in Tel Aviv came as lawmakers in Jerusalem passed in preliminary reading a bill limiting the chances of a prime minister being impeached
The judicial reform, announced in January, includes measures that critics argue are intended to hand politicians more power at the expense of the judiciary
Tunisian star Ons Jabeur calls for ‘dignity’ amid row over migrants
A week after President Kais Saied ordered "urgent measures" against irregular sub-Saharan migrants, Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur has spoken...Tunisian president Kais Saied last week accused sub-Saharan African migrants of bringing a wave of "violence and crime" to the North African country
According to figures from the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES), around 21,000 irregular migrants from other parts of Africa live in Tunisia
European Parliament bars TikTok on official devices for staff
Brussels, Belgium - The European Parliament has told staff to purge TikTok from devices used for work because of data protection...TikTok said the bans were "misguided and based on fundamental misconceptions" and called for "due process and equal treatment".
Last week, the company insisted it protects the data of its 125 million monthly users in the European Union.
WHO chief lands in rebel-held Syria for first time after quake
In the aftermath of the quake, activists and emergency teams in the rebel-held northwest decried the UN's slow response, contrasting...Tedros was the highest-ranking United Nations official to visit the rebel-held zones since the February 6 quake.
UN relief chief Martin Griffiths admitted on February 12 that the body had "so far failed the people in northwest Syria".
Iran has uranium particles enriched to nearly bomb grade: IAEA
The IAEA report said that during an inspection "on 22 January 2023, the agency took environmental samples... at Fordow (sic)...The IAEA report comes as the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, is expected to visit Tehran "in the coming days."
Iran's stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent stood at 87.5 kilogrammes, up from 62.3 kilogrammes, the report said
Nigeria gas fuels Morocco, Algeria pipeline power struggle
Morocco and Algeria have moved to revive long-stalled projects in light of a gas supply crunch following Russia's invasion of...Algeria is pushing to relaunch plans for a Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline linking Nigeria to Algeria's Mediterranean coast via Niger
Morocco's deal with Nigeria and their West African neighbors is set to cost 23 billion euros but the project would involve complex negotiations
After attack from settlers, envoy urges Security Council to protect Palestinians
The Security Council has an obligation to find ways to "provide protection" for Palestinian civilians, the Palestinian ambassador to the...Mansour said it would have been helpful for Security Council representatives to visit Huwara so they could "see with their own eyes (and) feel the horror in the minds."
Last week, for the first time in six years, the Security Council denounced the building of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, in a statement approved by the US
