Prior to the high-stakes meeting in Alaska, securing an immediate cessation of hostilities had been a core demand of Trump...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Baker Eid Ahmed just can't get away from Saudi Arabia's notorious heat: he makes bread next...
Denouncing clashes in Sudan that have left dozens of civilians dead including three workers of the World Food Program, UN...The UN Security Council, according to diplomatic sources, is planning to discuss the situation in Sudan at a closed-door meeting on Monday.
FIghting between the Sudanese armed forces and a rival paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces, have left at least 56 civilians dead
Iran's judiciary had said in November 2021 that a trial had opened in Tehran for 10 military members in connection...A commander received 10 years in prison and nine others were sentenced to between one and three years.
Iranian forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after its takeoff from Tehran on January 8 that year.
The UN's food agency said it was suspending work in Sudan after three staff were killed in the Darfur region,..."While we review the evolving security situation, we are forced to temporarily halt all operations in Sudan," said a WFP official.
Fighting in Sudan raged for a second day in battles between rival generals who seized power in a 2021 coup.
In February this year, the Iraqi foreign minister reiterated Baghdad's support for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war...Ukrainian minister Kuleba is due to hold talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein as well as Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani.
Iraq maintains good economic ties with both Kiev and Moscow, and has adopted a neutral stance since Russia invaded Ukraine.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iraq's Minister of Water Resources Aoun Diab said on Sunday that the releases of the Tigris River...Iraq's Minister of Water Resources said that an invitation was extended to the Iranian Minister of Energy to attend the third Baghdad Water Conference.
Iraq invited the Turkish delegation for the purpose of continuing discussions on activating the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries.
- The closures were announced a day after police said they have now implemented a plan to deal with women who...
The crackdown comes after the number of women defying the code has risen since a protest movement triggered by the death in custody last year of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini.
Last week, police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said those who remove their headscarves would be identified using "smart equipment".
Paris, UAE -- Without $97 billion in extra funding, a range of countries will fail to meet their 2030 national...The largest financing gap is in sub-Saharan Africa: $70bn per year. The region has the furthest distance to travel, with 20 percent of primary school age children not in school.
Around one third of the gap could be filled if donors fulfilled their aid commitments and prioritized basic education in the poorest countries, the report found.
- Sanaa, Yemen-- Yemeni rebels and government forces freed scores of prisoners Sunday on the last of a three day exchange of...
Planes carrying detainees took off at the same time from the capital of Sanaa and the government-controlled northern city of Marib, ICRC said
Three other flights during the day were to complete the deal reached in Switzerland last month to exchange 181 government forces for 706 rebels
The PKK, which Ankara and its Western allies classify as a "terrorist" organisation, operates rear bases in Iraq's north. Since...The strikes late Saturday near the town of Penjwen, close to the Iranian border, targeted a vehicle carrying Turkish Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party
Haval Abubaker, regional governor of Sulaimaniyah, expressed his "concern" about the "attacks" in a telephone call with Masrour Barzani, PM of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan
- The 15th consecutive week of protest came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 27 announced a "pause" to allow...
Smaller protests also took place in the northern port of Haifa and outside the home of Justice Minister Yariv Levin in Modiin
Saturday's demonstration came a day after US rating agency Moody's announced it was lowering Israel's rating from "positive" to "stable"
