Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser Al-Rahawi, who was appointed last year, was killed along with other officials in the Israeli attack on...
- Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday called on the government to begin annexing parts of the Gaza Strip if...
The UN's top tribunal said on Wednesday that Iran has taken Canada to the International Court of Justice for allowing...Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was downed shortly after take-off from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people aboard
Canada broke diplomatic ties with Iran in 2012 as relations frayed over Tehran's support for Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, its nuclear program
The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates that 1,724 migrants had disappeared trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so...Spokesman for the charity said that most of the migrants were minors, trying to cross the Mediterranean on their own, without family
Italian authorities said the passengers can disembark at its port of Bari, which the charity said was still a three-day voyage away
Paris, France - Kuwait and France discuss bilateral relationship and cooperation on regional and global issues of shared interests on Tuesday. ...Kuwaiti foreign minister Sheikh Salem emphasized the close ties between the two nations, and the high level of cooperation they have achieved across various fields
The discussions also covered a wide range of topics, including the historical links between the two countries and strategies for strengthening their ties
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA- If a landmark reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran has eased tensions in the Gulf, clouds have also...An Iranian tour operator who has joined the hajj on several occasions said he was feeling "comfort and safety" in Saudi Arabia.
More than 86,000 Iranians, including 300 aged over 80, are on this year's hajj, according to Iranian media reports.
- Copenhagen, Denmark - The World Health Organization's European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying...
"Whilst it may not be a global public health emergency, however, Covid-19 has not gone away," WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said
"Unless we develop comprehensive diagnostics and treatment for long Covid, we will never truly recover from the pandemic," Kluge said
The data showed most of the faithful came from abroad. The Kingdom's officials had predicted more than 2.5 million pilgrims,...The ritual at Arafat is the high point of Hajj. The pilgrims recited Koranic verses on the hill, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon.
Helicopters hovered low overhead, monitoring crowds at the event which has a tragic history of deadly stampedes and fires.
ROME, ITALY - Building on growing momentum to tackle environmental problems by addressing the ways in which our food and...With these new projects, FAO's partnership with the GEF will have helped countries access over $1.4 billion in financing.
These 26 projects will support countries to create or improve the management of nearly 17.9 million hectares of protected areas on land and sea
PARIS, FRANCE - More than 6,500 people have been arrested following the 2020 dismantling of EncroChat, an encrypted communications tool used...Close to 200 arrests were of "high-value targets", said Europol, which assists EU members in international investigations.
Since 2020, investigators had managed to intercept, share and analyze over 115 million criminal conversations.
- On Sunday, the Ukrainian embassy charged that "the current Israeli government" had "opted for a path of close cooperation with...
Israel has adopted a cautious approach since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February last year, seeking to maintain neutrality between the warring sides
In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, Benjamin Netanyahu said that weaponry handed to Ukraine could fall into Iranian hands and be turned against Israel
Abu Dhabi, UAE--The International Security Alliance (ISA) has seized narcotics estimated to be worth US$750 million from a large transnational...Led by the ISA and Ameripol, the operation saw the participation of 22 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America
Founded in 2017 by the UAE and France, the ISA coordinated the operation from its secretariat in the UAE with the aim of fighting organized crime
