The Israeli military, however, is gearing up to expand the fighting and seize Gaza City, with its Arabic-language spokesman saying:...
- On the ground, Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 38 people on Wednesday, including...
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's visit to the UAE followed stops in Qatar, Kuwait and Oman -- the latest in a flurry of...Gulf Arab countries are seeking to ease tensions with Iran, fuelled in recent years by the conflicts in Yemen and Syria.
In a dramatic shift, China brokered an agreement in March between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties after a years-long rupture.
More than 110 million people have been forced from their homes, while more than 260 million face daily difficulties getting...Worldwide demand for humanitarian aid rises by 30 percent since early 2022
Over 110 million people displaced and 260 million face daily food insecurity
Dubai, UAE-- The UAE and France have reiterated their commitment to widening cooperation in important fields and sectors. The resolve...The two sides reviewed the status of the bilateral investment partnerships signed in December 2021 and praised Etihad Rail's collaboration with French companies
In the energy sector both noted with satisfaction the continuing engagement under the Comprehensive Strategic Energy Partnership to deepen bilateral cooperation
- Amid continuous divisions plaguing the country, France's new envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, landed in Beirut to hold talks...
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed the former foreign minister as special envoy to Lebanon earlier this month
For months, the international coomunity has exhorted Beirut to elect a new leader capable of enacting reforms
- The probe was launched in December by the current government of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani after The Washington Post...
The alleged perpetrators had a free rein in 2020 to interrogate senior officials suspected of having a hand in Iraq's endemic corruption.
Among the high-profile arrests by Committee 29 were the former director of the Iraqi pension fund, the former president of the Baghdad Investment Commission.
- ran said last week it had been engaged in indirect negotiations with the United States through Oman, with nuclear issues,...
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is also making stops later in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates during his tour of the Gulf.
On Wednesday, he met Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, minister of Oman's royal office, for talks on ties between their countries and "several areas of cooperation".
- Saudi Arabia has seen an influx of the addictive amphetamine captagon flooding in from war-torn Syria and Lebanon. After becoming...
The result is at least 20 executions for drug offences since last year, according to an AFP tally, and a sharp rise in arrests.
At least two Saudi security officers have been killed in drug raids, including one last week, according to state media.
- "Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (remotely operated vehicle) operations were relocated...
US and Canadian coast guard ships and planes are scouring 7,600 square miles (20,000 square kilometers) of ocean for the vessel
Submersible was carrying three fee-paying passengers: billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman
The peace deal has ignited debates on its potential to transform Middle East from a region hit by conflicts to...The bilateral peace agreement has sparked intensified debates about its potential to transform the Middle East from a conflict-ridden region to peaceful and prosperous place
Despite government-level reconciliation, Saudi-Iran ties face early-stage challenges, including Iranian aggression, and businesses in both countries risk political uncertainties
A day after the Israeli army killed six Palestinians, four people were killed on Tuesday near a settlement in the...There were reports of other settler attacks in the evening in Al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, near Eli, and in Beit Furik, another town in the north of the West Bank
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces were "working on the ground in order to settle accounts with the murderers"
