In a draft peace plan published in June, Russia called on Ukraine to withdraw its forces from the Kherson, Lugansk,...
- Zakopane, Poland -- Saudi photographer Fahad Alayyash gazed over the Alpine-like panorama of the Tatras, Poland's highest mountain range --...
A barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon targeted Israel, a day after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam's...Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "receiving continuous updates about the security situation.
Warning sirens sounded in the town of Shlomi and in Moshav Betzet and the Galilee in northern Israel, the army said.
- A continued slowdown in almost all the world's advanced economies is expected to drag global growth below three percent this...
Global growth almost halved last year to 3.4 percent as the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine rippled through the world economy.
Asia's emerging markets are expected to see substantial increases in economic output with India and China to account for half of all growth.
The Taliban authorities ordered all NGOs in December to stop employing Afghan women after receiving "serious complaints" that women employees...UN announced it had instructed all its Afghan staff, men and women, not to report to the office after the ban on its women staff was confirmed
The Taliban authorities have imposed restrictions on Afghan women, including banning them from higher education and many government jobs
- Beijing, China--French and EU leaders will on Thursday seek to make Europe's case for bringing an end to the conflict in...
The visiting French President Emmanuel Macron said that China had a "major role" to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine
In a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Macron highlighted the importance of dialogue between China and France
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan have pledged to reopen diplomatic representations within...
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed steps towards reopening the embassies and consulates
On March 10, Tehran and Riyadh announced the agreement to restore relations severed seven years ago when protesters in Iran attacked Saudi diplomatic missions
- Condemning the storming of Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli forces and the beating of worshippers inside, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Turkey's foreign minister said the attacks have "exceeded the limit" and normalization with Israel cannot be at the expense of Palestinian cause
Israeli police stormed into the mosque's prayer hall before dawn and forcibly removed worshippers who were engaged in prayer
- Genesis Market sold the identities of over two million people for as little as $0.70, allowing hackers to target bank...
The website was based in Russia, according to the US Treasury, which said it had imposed sanctions against Genesis Market.
Action against criminals took place in countries including Australia, Britain, Canada, the United States and more than 10 countries in Europe.
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran on Wednesday welcomed a US call to help end the long-running conflict in Yemen by backing a peace...Sunday marked the first anniversary of the UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni government and the Iran-backed rebels.
UN Yemen envoy Hans Grundberg described it as a "moment of hope" as the truce was largely holding despite lapsing in October.
The World Trade Organization said 2023 global trade growth would be slightly better than feared, but would remain "subpar", weighed...The forecast was slightly better than feared last October, when the WTO projected 2023 trade growth would be as low as one percent.
The organization's economists also estimated that real global GDP growth at market exchange rates would be 2.4 percent this year.
Iran and the United Arab Emirates have long had close economic ties which continued even during the diplomatic chill. A...The move comes after Iran welcomed an Emirati ambassador last September ending a six-year absence
The UAE had cut the level of its diplomatic representation after neighbouring Saudi Arabia severed ties in 2016
