Hamas negotiators held discussions Tuesday with Turkish, Egyptian and Qatari officials in Doha, the source said, requesting anonymity to discuss...
- The plan calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, a disarmament of Hamas and...
The tablet- whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet- bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king...The tablet arrived in the 1980s in Italy, where the police seized it, said LM Hussein, director of Baghdad's council of antiquities and heritage.
The Italian authorities handed it over to Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid during a visit to Bologna over the past week.
An Algerian court of appeal increased to seven years the prison term issued to a prominent media boss, but suspended...Ihsane El Kadi did not receive any money from "foreigners or a foreign" group as claimed by authorities, the defense attorney said.
The verdict adds two years to an initial sentence handed down to El Kadi in April by a lower court for "foreign financing of his business".
- Paris, France -- President Emmanuel Macron's new special envoy for Lebanon heads to Beirut in the coming week as France seeks...
Former foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, appointed by Macron to the role earlier this month, is to fly to Beirut on Wednesday, the source told AFP, asking not to be named.
Another source close to the issue also said Le Drian would leave on Wednesday but it was not clear how long he would stay in Beirut or who he would meet.
- DUBAI, UAE -  Yemen's government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels are locked in talks in Jordan to set the ground for a...
The fighting has since killed hundreds of thousands of people directly or indirectly.
A six-month truce brokered by the UN expired in October last year, but fighting has largely remained on hold.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government's proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers...
Opposition leaders suspended their participation in the talks, after parliament failed to elect a member of the coalition to committee to select judges
In Tel Aviv, where the largest rally took place, Ami Bluzer said that Prime Minister Netanyahu was stalling to wear down opposition, but "we'll stop him"
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Beijing for key discussions, marking the first top-level US visit in five...Both sides express cautious optimism about improving communication and avoiding conflict
The two powers are at odds over a range of issues from trade and technology to regional security.
- Several truces have been agreed and broken during the two-month war, including after the United States slapped sanctions on both...
Air strikes killed 17 civilians, including five children, in Khartoum Saturday, a citizens' group said, as medics in Chad reported hundreds of wounded from Darfur seeking treatment
Medics in Chad said Saturday they were overwhelmed by the hundreds of wounded fleeing Sudan's Darfur region, which has become an increasing focus of global concern
- A Yemenia Airways plane carrying 277 travelers departed at around 8 pm, seven years after Sanaa's international airport was blockaded...
The Jeddah-bound flight is the first to Saudi Arabia since Sanaa's airport was closed by the coalition blockade in August 2016
Thousands of pilgrims in Houthi-held areas travel by bus to Saudi Arabia, or to Aden where they can fly to the neighbouring country
- In a significant step towards reconciliation, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan conducted a landmark visit to Iran to hold...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan holds historic talks with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, focusing on regional security
The talks are part of a reconciliation process between Iran and Saudi Arabia, following a seven-year rupture that began in 2016
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Saqr Ghobash met with Morocco Speaker of the House...The two sides discussed ways to enhance their parliamentary cooperation, including the exchange of visits and sharing of best practices.
The meeting also highlighted the deep-rooted relations between the UAE and Morocco based on mutual respect and appreciation.
