China and Russia at a Security Council session on Friday put forward a draft resolution, seen by AFP, that would...
Abbas, who addressed UN General Assembly by video after the US took the unusual step of denying him a visa...
Colonna nevertheless said Paris would not be changing its policy towards the Syrian ruler. "We have to remember who Bashar...Asked during a television interview if she wanted Assad to be tried, the French foreign minister Catherine Colonna said "the answer is yes"
Assad last week returned to the regional scene with an appearance at a summit of the Arab League, he had been banned from for a decade
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi Royal Guard and the Bahrain Royal Guard have started the joint security exercise “Haris”...The joint exercise is part of the continuous cooperation between the Saudi Royal Guard and the Bahrain Royal Guard.
The exercise was inaugurated by Major General Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Omari, Chief of Operations Department
The two countries have in recent years ramped up economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts, with their strategic partnership having only...The Russian PM will take part in a Russian-Chinese Business Forum and visit a petrochemical research institute in Shanghai
A number of sanctioned Russian tycoons, including from the key fertilizer, steel and mining sectors to take part in the forum
- “The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains, and the threat of another...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of potential future surges from new variants and the emergence of deadlier pathogens
The global health body chief also stresses the importance of readiness for future pandemics with decisive, collective, and equitable responses
Lawmakers came to blows in Iraqi Kurdistan's parliament in a dispute between the two biggest parties over the upcoming polls...Fresh polls for the 111-seat parliament are planned for November 18 and the KDP currently holds 45 seats, trailed by the PUK which has 21.
The tumult broke out after the KDP scheduled a late vote to activate the commission organizing the elections.
- Beirut, Lebanon -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned to the Arab fold after more than a decade of isolation, eyeing...
Several Arab capitals cut ties with Assad after the Damascus regime's repression of anti-government protests sparked war in 2011, with some supporting the opposition instead.
States that once bet on Assad's demise have warmed to him as he clung to power and clawed back territory with Iranian and Russian support.
- The European Union imposed an asset freeze on the investment arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, over Tehran's brutal crackdown on...
The 27-nation bloc added the IRGC Cooperative Foundation, which handles the Guards' investments, to an EU asset freeze and visa ban blacklist.
The EU also blacklisted the Student Basij Organization, which it said acts as enforcers for the Revolutionary Guards on university campuses.
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) discussed legal and judicial issues with a delegation from Norway....The delegation was briefed about applicable regulations, the Judicial Department's initiatives to establish specialized courts for foreigners.
It was also briefed about the pioneering experience with remote litigation at the stage of registration of claims, case preparation and hearing.
- The elegant water craft have long been vastly outnumbered by modern, motorised vessels and are threatened further as Iraq's waterways...
Iraq must save "from extinction an essential facet of our civilisation which has existed for four or five millenia", said Salim, co-founder of Safina Projects
The flotilla on the Tigris in Baghdad was a landmark event in Salim's efforts -- 18 of the boats took to the water on a spring afternoon as part of a cultural festival
Shamkhani, an ethnic Arab who had also previously served as a Revolutionary Guards commander, had been credited with defusing Iran's...Ahmadian, who studied at the National Defence University, was in charge of the strategic centre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps before his appointment to the new post
The presidential decree ends the nearly decade-long tenure of Ali Shamkhani, 67, who played a key role in Iran's landmark rapprochement with Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia
