- Yemen's finance minister and central bank governor as well as the Saudi ambassador were expected to disclose details of the...
Fighting has dropped off sharply since a UN-brokered truce took effect in April last year, even though it lapsed in October.
However more than two-thirds of Yemenis depend on aid to survive amid a grinding economic crisis marked by a collapsed currency and import bans.
- The closed-door meeting was one of the highest-level known gatherings of US and Afghan government officials in months, with the...
The American delegation also expressed "deep concern" regarding the humanitarian crisis and the need to continue supporting aid organizations delivering assistance
During the meeting Kabul "emphasized once again that to build trust, it is important to remove blacklists and release the bank reserves so Afghans can develop their economy
- In the midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed on...
By the time they reach Libya, the migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are ready to drop from exhaustion, in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
Libyan border guards said that, over the past two weeks, they have rescued hundreds of migrants who said they were left by Tunisian authorities.
- "It is unfortunate that the concerned authorities claiming freedom of expression continue to provide licenses to repeat these acts contrary...
Saudi Arabia has in recent weeks summoned Swedish and Danish diplomats to deliver protest notes denouncing "disgraceful" acts against the Quran.
On Thursday, Taha received a phone call from Sweden's foreign minister, Tobias Billstrom, who said Stockholm rejects acts that insult the Quran.
- The announcement has angered environmental groups and comes amid an internal debate within the ruling Conservative party on green policies....
"Investment in the North Sea will continue to unlock new projects, protect jobs, reduce emissions and boost UK energy independence," PM Rishi Sunak's office said.
"The government is taking steps to slow the rapid decline in domestic production of oil and gas, which will secure our domestic energy supply," it said.
- ADNOC "is accelerating its decarbonization plan to advance its net-zero ambition to 2045, compared to its previous target of 2050,"...
ADNOC said it has "reduced its greenhouse gas emissions" by about 5m tons in 2022, mostly through the use of solar and nuclear energy, to power all of its onshore operations.
ADNOC CEO Sultan Al Jaber, who will head up COP28, has argued that fossil fuels will continue to play a key role, and that carbon capture technologies will contain emissions.
- Two men set the Quran alight outside parliament in Stockholm at a protest similar to previous ones that have sparked...
Sweden has already seen its diplomatic relations with several Middle Eastern nations strained over previous protests involving Quran desecrations.
Swedish police have previously stressed they only grant permits for people to hold public gatherings and not for the activities conducted during the events.
- Lebanon's deeply divided political class has failed to agree on a replacement for Salameh, 73, creating another power vacuum in...
Salameh has for two years been the subject of judicial investigations at home and abroad into allegations including embezzlement and money laundering, charges which he denies
Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salam is wanted in France and Germany, and Interpol has issued a Red Notice for his arrest, but Lebanon does not extradite its nationals
- Earlier this month, Kuwait had invited Iran for another round of maritime border talks after Tehran said it was ready...
The offshore zone of the resource-rich Gulf, known as Arash in Iran and Dorra in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, has long been a focal point of contention between the three countries
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, who share some maritime gas and oil resources, last year signed an agreement to jointly develop the field despite objections from Iran





















