Tehran, Baghdad to launch maritime passenger transport line
TEHRAN, IRAN – Iran and Iraq will launch the first maritime passenger transport line within the next two months, an...Business Geostrategy Tourism
Israeli strikes target eastern Lebanon: source close to Hizbollah
Israel and Hizbollah have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian group Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern...Geostrategy
UAE, Turkmen presidents’ meet, witness signing of MoUs, pacts
The agreements included one between the foreign affairs ministries of the two countries and an MoU in the agricultural and...The agreements included one between the foreign affairs ministries of the two countries and an MoU in the agricultural and food security sector
The two leaders also exchanged views on several regional and international issues of mutual concern
Turkish president threatens ground operation into Syria
Overnight, Turkey hit dozens of targets in northern Syria as well as northern Iraq, a week after a bomb attack...Rocket fire from Syrian territory on Monday killed at least two people, including a child, in Turkey's border town of Karkamis, top officials said
Erdogan said "70 planes and drones" that "penetrated 140 kilometers into northern Iraq and 20 kilometers into northern Syria" carried out the weekend strikes
Egypt warms up to Turkey, lauds new ‘beginning’ in ties
Nearly ten years after their relations broke down, Egypt and Turkey are working to rebuild the ties as the Egyptian...Relations between Cairo and Ankara turned frosty in 2013 after Sisi deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and outlawed his Muslim Brotherhood
Long-standing disagreements over the countries' opposing roles in war-scarred Libya impeded moves towards a full rapprochement, until now
Fearing FIFA censure, European teams won’t wear ‘OneLove’ armband
England, Germany and five other European teams at the World Cup on Monday abandoned plans to wear a rainbow-themed armband...The "OneLove" armband due to be warn by the likes of England captain Harry Kane and Germany counterpart Manuel Neuer is designed as part of a campaign to promote inclusivity.
The armbands had widely been viewed as a protest against laws in host nation Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.
UN nuclear chief denounces strikes on Ukraine power plant
There were more than a dozen blasts overnight Saturday to Sunday, some of which a team of experts from the...A planned campaign by Kyiv targeting logistics networks, bridges and pontoon crossings battered Russian supply lines and forced their troops to abandon Kherson
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his daily address, said there had been nearly 400 Russian attacks in the east of the country alone on Sunday
Blinken to arrive in Qatar for strategic dialogue, World Cup
Washington, US— US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to arrive in Doha on Monday to support Team USA...Blinken will be in Qatar between 21 and 22 November, where he is scheduled to meet senior Qatari officials
The Qatar-US Strategic Dialogue, which will be held on Tuesday, is expected to address security cooperation, trade and investment, humanitarian assistance and human rights
Iran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq, second attack in week
Carrying out a second attack in a week, Iran has launched a fresh wave of strikes against Kurdish opposition groups...The counter-terrorism department of Iraqi Kurdistan said that Iran's "Revolutionary Guard Corps have again bombarded Iranian Kurdish parties"
The Iraqi state news agency INA early Monday also reported on the attacks, referring to "Iranian missile and drone strikes" against "three Iranian opposition parties"
Abu Dhabi launches smart manufacturing index
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has launched the 'Abu Dhabi Smart Manufacturing Index',...The Index empowers manufacturers with the necessary knowledge and training to initiate an Industry 4.0 transformation journey.
It breaks down sophisticated concepts into six building blocks to provide a clear and easy-to-follow roadmap.
Bahrain picks record eight women lawmakers in Parliament
Two major opposition groups, the Shiite Al-Wefaq and the secular Waad, were prevented from presenting candidates. These parties were dissolved...The Bahrain News Agency published the list of 34 candidates who won seats in the second round of parliamentary elections on Saturday.
More than 330 candidates, including a record 73 women, ran for a seat on the council of representatives -- the lower house of parliament.
Ukraine, Russia trade blame over nuclear plant shelling
Kyiv and Moscow traded accusations of shelling on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russia controls in...The Russian army said missiles exploded around a power line that feeds the plant, the fourth and fifth power units and "special building number 2".
Renat Karchaa, an advisor to the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, told state-run agency TASS that the "special building" contained nuclear fuel.
