Markets were also waiting for a key speech by the US Federal Reserve chief this week for clues on interest...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai police said on Monday they caught three thieves just hours after they stole a...
"Everybody is serious. Serious means everybody is looking for peace," Mohammed al-Jaber said in his first extensive comments after meeting...Jaber, Riyadh's ambassador to Yemen, travelled to Sanaa in April as part of a plan to "stabilize" the truce, which officially expired in October.
The Houthis see Saudi Arabia as a party to the conflict, whereas Jaber indicated that Riyadh sees itself as more of a mediator trying to facilitate a truce.
Iraqi Kurds are watching with anxiety the tightest electoral battle yet for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the outcome of which could...Iraq's Kurdish government scarcely reprimands Ankara, despite Turkey routinely bombarding its territory and causing civilian casualties
Kurdish leaders have built relationships with Erdogan, if the president changes, the whole relationship between Arbil and Ankara changes,
- Vienna, Austria - Austria said on Wednesday it will ban TikTok on federal employees' work phones, joining a growing list of...
"The federal government has decided to ban the private use and installation of TikTok on work devices of federal employees," said Austrian government.
Similar measures have recently been taken by the United States, Britain, Australia, France, the Netherlands and the European Commission.
The Occupational Heat Stress conference in Qatar, which focused on climate change and how rising temperatures threaten workers' health, heard...There is no international standard for temperatures for outdoor working, but climate change has forced new scrutiny.
Last year's World Cup in Qatar drew attention to workers toiling in temperatures that can top 50 degrees, prompting Qatar to ban outdoor working from 10am to 3.30pm.
Tehran, Iran-- Oman is keen to improve the military and defense ties with Iran in order to ensure the security...Sultan of Oman underscored the importance of developing military and defense industry cooperation between the two countries
The visiting Iranian Major General Mohammad Bagheri termed Tehran-Muscat relations as stable and positive
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was politically isolated in the region since the conflict began, but a flurry of diplomatic activity...The kingdom would seek to develop joint Arab action, Saudi foreign ministry said, two days after Syria was readmitted to the Arab League
The move comes weeks after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met in Damascus with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan
CUACOS, SPAIN - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said peace negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine were "not possible at this...UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he hoped it was possible "in the future" to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table.
The UN chief's statement came as the leaders of Russia and Ukraine called for victory during events commemorating the end of World War II.
- Israel told the UN it was justified in carrying out strikes on Gaza, even as its overall human rights record...
The Israeli army said that in its Gaza air strikes, it had targeted three leaders of Islamic Jihad, which it considers legitimate target.
Gaza health ministry said four children were among those killed and 20 people were wounded, some of them in serious or critical condition.
The sides will "exchange views on the normalization of relations between Turkey and Syria, discuss humanitarian issues... and the voluntary,...The top diplomats of Russia and Iran will also be a part of the meeting in Moscow, Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Erdogan had turned into one of Assad's fiercest opponents when the violent repression of protests set off Syria's civil war in 2011.
MADRID, SPAIN - The World Tourism Barometer published its second report of the year, which showed that international tourism is...During Q1 2023, twice as many people traveled internationally than in the same period of 2022, with 235 million estimated tourists.
The report revealed that international arrivals have reached 80 percent of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2023.
