- One Dane and two Austrian-Iranian citizens released from detention by Tehran arrived in their home countries, after the latest in...
Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib welcomed them at the airport along with Danish and Austrian diplomats.
The trio's release, as well as that of a Belgian aid worker a week earlier, were part of a prisoner swap.
- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has declared the formation of a new naval coalition. This alliance, encompassing regional...
The move reflects the region's understanding of the need for synergy and cooperation in establishing security
Iran, Russia, and China's annual naval exercises pointed to as a model for this regional coalition
- Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in for a third term as president, promising to serve "impartially" after winning...
Despite the devastating February earthquake and economic crisis, Erdogan secures 52.18 percent of the vote
Erdogan's economic policy, including his unconventional approach to interest rates, is under scrutiny
- The UAE will host three high-level Council meetings in June, aiming to promote interfaith dialogue, address climate change impacts on...
The UAE will host three high-level Council meetings in June, aiming to promote interfaith dialogue, address climate change impacts on worldwide conflicts
The UAE also seeks to host a high-level briefing on cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States will take place on June 8
- Cape Town, South Africa -- Saudi Arabia Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, met Friday with...
The two ministers reviewed bilateral relations in various fields, in addition to following up the steps to implement the agreement between the two countries signed in Beijing
Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates foreign ministers attended the BRICS meeting in South Africa this week, as the bloc seeks to expand its membership
- Blinken's June 6-8 trip comes as both the United States and Saudi Arabia are seeking to broker a durable cease...
He will participate in a ministerial meeting on Wednesday with the Gulf Cooperation Council, and on Thursday in a meeting in Riyadh of the coalition of countries fighting the ISIS.
Blinken's trip follows a recent visit to Saudi Arabia by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and nearly a year after President Joe Biden visited the country.
- Iran released one Danish and two Austrian-Iranian citizens it had been holding after mediation by Oman, and they are being...
Thanking Belgium, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said, "Our years of diplomatic efforts to secure their release have borne fruit."
The Danish man, who was not immediately identified, had been arrested in Iran in November 2022 on the sidelines of a demonstration for women's rights.
- "In May, 33 vessels departed Ukrainian ports, half of the number compared to April. Only three of those departed from...
UN says Russia "has informed of its decision to limit registrations to the port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi as long as ammonia is not exported"
Moscow is calling in particular for a resumption of operations on the Togliatti-Odessa pipeline for deliveries of ammonia
- Morocco has the largest population of Berbers in North Africa, and Thursday's decision responds to a long-standing demand by activists...
The decision will affect some four million children in 12,000 schools between now and the end of the decade, Chakib Benmoussa told reporters
Last month, King Mohamed VI declared that the Berber new year's day on January 13 would be an official public holiday from next year
- Despite reaching an agreement in principle last October on a bailout package worth nearly $2 billion, talks with the IMF...
"Instead of lifting subsidies in the name of rationalisation, it would be possible to introduce additional taxes on those who benefit from them without needing them," Saied said
Tunisian president did not say how such a plan might operate as employees' taxes are deducted at source and many Tunisians in the private sector do not declare their full income





















