The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative and the World Economic Forum have signed a partnership to accelerate water innovation and...
Oman, meanwhile, postpones meeting with Gulf states and Iran on possible Strait of Hormuz agreements, Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said,...
As part of the deal's first phase, Hama will free the captives, 20 of whom Israel believes are still alive,...Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will then chair a summit of more than 20 countries in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday afternoon.
The meeting will aim "to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability
The weekend pause was "a strategic step to strengthen organisation and coordination, so the next phase of the movement is...GenZ 212 said its demands were unchanged, citing "accountability for the corrupt" and government responsibility for worsening social and economic conditions
Formed in late September, GenZ 212 has built a large online following, with more than 200,000 members on the Discord platform
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in London on Saturday, expressing scepticism and cautious hope as a ceasefire between...A sea or red and green, the colours of the Palestinian flag, formed along the embankment of the River Thames in central London, where the largely peaceful march began
Protesters donned black-and-white keffiyeh scarves, carrying signs of "Stop Starving Gaza" and "Stop the genocide" and chanting "Free Palestine."
- Washington, United States - US President Donald Trump has undeniably scored a diplomatic victory by helping to broker a truce...
The Israeli army said its troops had ceased fire at 0900 GMT Friday in the Gaza Strip, in anticipation of the release of all Israeli hostages, dead and alive, in the 72 hours
Observers agree that Trump deftly used a mix of carrot and stick -- publicly and privately, and especially with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- to get the deal done
The announcement comes soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order vowing to defend the Gulf Arab state against...The announcement comes soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order vowing to defend the Gulf Arab state against attacks
Hegseth also thanked Qatar for its "substantial role" as a mediator in the talks that led to a truce and hostage-prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas
- Lebanon and Syria on Friday committed to turning a new page on ties as Damascus's foreign minister visited Beirut, with...
The family of Bashar al-Assad, ousted in December, exercised control over Lebanese affairs for decades and was accused of assassinating numerous officials in Lebanon
"Today we have opened a bright new page in relations between Syria and Lebanon," said Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, the first senior Syrian official to visit Lebanon
- After two years of brutal war, the families of Israel's remaining hostages in the territory were also hoping the truce...
The US Pentagon confirmed Israel had completed the first phase of a pullback laid out in Trump's peace plan.
The withdrawal set the clock running on a 72-hour deadline for Hamas to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
- Caracas, Venezuela -- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to the people of...
Machado has been in hiding in Venezuela for the past year since elections that authoritarian leftist President Nicolas Maduro is accused of stealing.
Machado, who was barred  from contesting the election, campaigned instead for her stand-in, ex-diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- The world's top conservation body kicked off its world congress Thursday in the Emirati...
The congress, held every four years, sheds light on the dire state of the world's biodiversity.
According to the United Nations's expert scientific panel on biodiversity (IPBES), biodiversity has declined every decade in the past 30 to 50 years.
- The study, the most detailed look so far at child hunger in Gaza, analysed data on more than 200,000 children...
The study, published in medical journal The Lancet, comes after the United Nations in August declared a famine in parts of the Gaza Strip -- a finding rejected by Israel
The study, the most detailed look at child hunger in Gaza, analysed data on over 200,000 children under five examined between January 2024 and August 2025 at UNRWA facilities
