US President Donald Trump hailed Friday what he called progress with Chinese President Xi Jinping including on selling blockbuster app...
Doha, Qatar -- Qatar has met with the president of the International Criminal Court as it seeks legal action against...
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE and Malta have signed three memoranda of understanding in areas of maritime affairs, youth, and...The two ministers discussed ways of deepening cooperation and partnership between the two countries
The foreign minister of Malta expressed hope to build bilateral relations with the UAE in various field while applauding the UAE's achievements
The day after Israeli police on Wednesday stormed the prayer hall of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque -- Islam's third-holiest site --...Heavy clashes, shootings, rocket strikes and a car-ramming attack have marred a period when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincides with the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter
The latest casualties were a Palestinian teenager and a British-Israeli mother who succumbed on Monday to injuries from a West Bank gun attack that earlier killed her two daughters
- The Saudi ambassador's visit seeks to support the prisoner exchange and also to explore venues of dialogue to reach "a...
The Saudi ambassador's visit seeks to support the prisoner exchange and also to explore venues of dialogue to reach "a sustainable, comprehensive political solution"
Last week, a Yemeni government source told AFP that the Saudis and Houthis had agreed in principle on a new six-month truce to pave the way for talks
- TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's parliament has adopted proposals to toughen penalties for perpetrators of violence against women which could be voted...
The text or the draft bill, which can still be modified, could be formally promulgated into law in the coming months.
The text allows the judiciary to provide married women with a permit to leave the country even if their husband prevents them from travelling abroad.
- Mohammed Fayez Balhan, 15, was killed after being shot "with live occupation (Israeli) bullets in the head, chest and abdomen",...
The Israeli army meanwhile said its forces were operating in the Aqabat Jaber camp near Jericho, without providing further details.
Members of Israeli cabinet joined thousands of settlers who rallied in West Bank to push for settlements to be set up in the occupied Palestinian territory.
- ABU DHABI, UAE - The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has introduced the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) planning program...
Strategic Environmental Assessment will promote sustainable development and a healthy environment for future generations.
SEA will aid in evaluating environmental impacts and guiding the investigation of alternatives and potential mitigation efforts.
- After two days of exercises that included simulating targeted strikes on Taiwan and encirclement of the island, the Chinese military...
China launched the exercises in response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week
The US which had called for China to show restraint, on Monday sent the USS Milius guided-missile destroyer into Beijing-claimed waters
Aden, Yemen - The fourth batch of the Saudi Oil Derivatives Grant, consisting of 150,000 metric tons of diesel and...This initiative is part of Saudi Arabia's ongoing efforts to support the Yemeni people
The grant was provided to help Yemen operate over 70 power generation plants
- China's war games involved sending planes, ships and personnel into "the maritime areas and air space" around all four sides...
Chinese fighter jets and warships simulated strikes on the self-ruled in exercises that sparked condemnation from Taipei and calls for restraint from Washinghton
Dubbed "Joint Sword", the three-day operation has included rehearsing an encirclement of Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command said
Dubai, UAE -- Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah has named Manaf Abdulaziz Al Hajri as minister for finance...Most of the ministerial portfolios remain unchanged in the new cabinet, such as Bader Al Mulla, who stays the oil minister.
Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah re-appointed as minister of interior and acting minister of defense, and Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah continues to be foreign minister.
