Iran, Israel appear to pull back from brink as US approves military aid
Iran downplayed Israel's reported retaliation for its unprecedented drone and missile attack, tamping down fears that escalating attacks between the...Geostrategy
UN Security Council to vote this Thursday on full Palestinian membership
Against the backdrop of the grinding conflict in Gaza, a city largely devastated by more than six months of war...Geostrategy
Jordan imported 3.65m barrels of Iraqi oil from September 2021 to December 2022
AMMAN, JORDAN -Â Jordan's total imports of Iraqi oil between September 2021 to December 2022 amounted to 3.65 million barrels,...The Jordanian Minister said that the Kingdom purchases Iraqi crude oil to meet part of its annual oil needs at a rate of 10,000 barrels per day.
As per the MoU, the Kingdom provides basin tanks for transporting crude oil from the Kirkuk depot in Iraq to the Jordanian oil refinery in Zarqa.
Ronaldo must serve two-match ban before Al Nassr debut: Official
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to serve a two-match English Football Association ban before making his Al Nassr...Ronaldo was slapped with the ban in November for hitting a mobile phone out of a teenage fan's hand after Manchester United, his club at the time, lost to Everton.
Al Nassr has not yet registered Ronaldo because the Saudi club have exceeded their quota for foreign players.
Bayern head to Doha promising to review Qatar Airways deal
Berlin, Germany--Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn said on Friday the side was reviewing whether to renew its sponsorship arrangements with Qatar...Bayern have come under criticism for their ties to Doha and the state-owned carrier in relation to alleged human rights issues in Qatar.
In Qatar, the German national side backtracked on a promise to wear a 'One Love' armband in support of human rights and diversity.
Iran arrests journalist who interviewed inmates’ families, says media
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iranian authorities have arrested a journalist who published interviews with families of death row inmates sentenced in connection...14 Iranians have been sentenced to death in connection with the unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini's death in custody on September 16.
Foreign-based rights groups and campaigners say dozens more protesters face charges punishable by death.
EU top diplomat, in Morocco, vows ‘zero tolerance’ for graft
"The position of the EU is clear: There can be no impunity for corruption. Zero tolerance," EU foreign policy chief...Borrell's visit comes weeks after Belgian police raided several addresses used by European lawmakers and other officials, finding $1.6 million in cash
Morocco is "the EU's top economic and trade partner on the African continent," Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said in a statement Thursday
US diplomats go cold turkey on Turkey name, switch to Turkiye
In a statement announcing measures to disrupt financiers of the Islamic State group, the State Department wrote of joint action...The embassy websites in Ankara of Australia, Canada, India and New Zealand write Turkiye, while the British, Irish and South African embassies use Turkey
Turks have long been upset by cartoons and other references that associate their country's name in English with the bird
Erdogan asks Putin to announce ‘unilateral’ ceasefire in Ukraine
Erdogan's call for a ceasefire followed a proposal earlier Thursday by Russia's spiritual leader Patriarch Kirill for an Orthodox Christmas...The Turkish leader has used his good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and mediate an end to the war.
Erdogan has been able to maintain good relations with Putin by refusing to join Western sanction on Russia.
UAE leads arrest of the ‘most wanted’ Eritrean trafficker
Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam has been accused of being a smuggling kingpin, running a camp in Libya where hundreds of East...The Eritrean, on Interpol's radar since 2019, earned a reputation for "particularly cruel and violent treatment of migrants", Interpol said.
Habtemariam was arrested in Ethiopia in 2020 but escaped custody after one year and was later sentenced in absentia to life in prison.
Arab-Israeli released after 40-year prison term for killing soldier
With a black and white keffiyeh around his shoulders, 64-year-old Younis was met by a crowd singing the Palestinian national...The 64-year-old Karim Younis was convicted in 1983 of the murder three years earlier of an Israeli soldier.
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri wrote to the state prosecutor on Tuesday requesting a legal opinion on revoking the citizenship of the two men.
Lebanon charges seven for Irish UN peacekeeper killing
Lebanon has charged seven people for participating in an attack against United Nations peacekeepers that killed one Irish soldier in...UNIFIL urged Lebanon to ensure a swift investigation, the first violent death of one of its peacekeepers in nearly eight years.
UNIFIL, made up of some 10,000 peacekeepers, has been deployed since 1978 to act as a buffer between Lebanon and Israel.
