- Algiers, Algeria-- Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrived in Algeria on Saturday, Algerian state radio reported late on Friday, a...
According to Algerian state radio, the visiting foreign minister was welcomed by Ahmed Ataf, Algerian foreign minister
Faisal Mekdad arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, in the first such trip since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011
- They also announced a series of deals, including one for the UAE-controlled Mataripe refinery in northeastern Brazil to invest up...
The countries said in a joint statement the leaders had discussed a range of subjects including trade, technology, defense, aviation and food security
The strategically located Gulf monarchy is Brazil's second-largest trading partner in the Middle East, according to the official WAM news agency
- ABU DHABI, UAE - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived here Saturday, following a two-day visit to China to...
The UAE is Brazil's second-largest trading partner in the Middle East, according to reports.
Trade between the two trade excluding petrol totaled over US$4 million in 2022 - a 32 percent rise from 2021.
- Iranian police said they will deal with women who violate the Islamic dress code. The number of women defying the...
A wave of civil protest swept the Islamic republic after Amini's death, three days after her arrest by the morality police.
"Removing hijab is considered a crime, and the police deal with social anomalies within the framework of the law," the police said
- A passenger plane preparing to take off from Sudan for Saudi Arabia came under fire as deadly fighting rocked Khartoum,...
Clashes broke out between Sudan's army and paramilitaries, and the doctors' union reported three civilian deaths, including at Khartoum's airport.
Both the Saudi foreign ministry and the Gulf Cooperation Council, headquartered in Riyadh, issued statements of concern about the violence.
- BERLIN, GERMANY - Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks...
The exit decision was popular in a country with a powerful anti-nuclear movement, stoked by lingering fears of Cold War conflict and atomic disasters.
The challenge caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine put an end to cheap gas imports and has upped calls in Germany to delay withdrawal from nuclear power.
- The first flight of the day took off from the southern Saudi city of Abha before 9:00 am (0600 GMT),...
The flights connecting Saudi Arabia and Houthi-held territory in Yemen were part of a multi-day transfer involving nearly 900 detainees
Analysts say that eight years after mobilizing a coalition to crush the Houthis, the Saudis have come to terms with the fact that this goal will not be met
- Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 over Assad's brutal crackdown of pro-democracy protests. But on Wednesday, in...
Top diplomats from the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries plus Egypt, Iraq and Jordan met in Saudi Arabia at the kingdom's request
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been shunned by many Middle Eastern countries and is a Western pariah over the ongoing civil war in the country
- Moments after a blast was heard in Wakayama, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from the spot, and he...
The incident occured when the prime minister was about to deliver remarks to a crowd in support of a ruling party candidate in upcoming lower house by-elections
After the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe while speaking at a campaign event in July 2022, Japan has shored up security around politicians
- Arab countries gathered in Jeddah on Friday to discuss ending Syria's long spell in the diplomatic wilderness as regional relations...
The Jeddah meeting is one of a flurry of initiatives following Saudi Arabia and Iran's landmark announcement on March 10 that they would resume ties.
Although the Arab League takes decisions by consensus, unanimous agreement is unlikely, said a Riyadh-based diplomat who declined to be identified.





















