- Ankara, Turkey--Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended months of diplomatically charged delays on Friday and asked parliament to quickly back Finland's...
Erdogan told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto that Helsinki had shown a strong commitment to addressing Ankara's security concerns.
Turkey has been seeking the extradition of dozens of Kurdish suspects it accuses of ties to outlawed militants and a failed 2016 coup attempt
- The Palestinian health ministry announced the death of Yazan Omar Jamil Khasib, 23, who died "after the occupation (Israel) opened...
Since the start of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 86 Palestinian militants and civilians, including children
Thirteen Israeli adults and children, including members of the security forces and civilians, and one Ukrainian civilian have been killed over the same period
- Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of Tunisia's President and the country's interior minister, has announced his resignation in order to...
Charfeddine, a former lawyer, was a key figure in the election campaign that propelled the previously little known Saied to the presidency in 2019
When Saied mounted his power grab and ordered a wave of arrests, Charfeddine held news conferences to defend the incarceration of opposition politicians
- TOKYO, JAPAN - The ninth session of the Abu Dhabi-Japan Economic Council (ADJEC) here has reaffirmed its commitment to further...
In 2022, the bilateral trade between the UAE and Japan rose 57.5 percent to exceed US$54 billion.
UAE exports to Japan grew 69.7 percent to US$45.9 billion compared to US$27 billion in 2021.
- The UAE and Georgia signed a joint statement confirming the successful conclusion of negotiations towards the UAE-Georgia Comprehensive Economic Partnership...
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signing took place in Georgia’s capital Tblisi during a UAE delegation's visit to the country.
The free trade agreement or CEPA will lay the foundation for deeper, stronger and more integrated economic relations between the UAE and Georgia.
- Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh maintained his innocence following a second day of questioning before European investigators in Beirut...
Following a three-hour session, Salameh released a statement saying he appeared as a witness and "not as a suspect or facing charges".
The European investigators are looking into allegations of financial misconduct, including possible money laundering and embezzlement.
- It follows a visit last month by Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Turkey in a show of solidarity after...
At the time, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would "never" speak to "anyone" like Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
But in November, Sisi and Erdogan shook hands in Qatar, in what the Egyptian presidency heralded as a new beginning in their ties.
- NEW YORK, US - The United Nations Security Council Friday unanimously adopted two resolutions tabled by the UAE and Japan...
The first resolution will extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for an additional 12 months.
The second resolution requests that an independent assessment be carried out regarding the international approach to Afghanistan.
- The two leaders "will discuss deepening the exhaustive partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China", including on the international...
Xi last visited Russia in 2019, though Putin attended the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing last year
The pair will talk about "strategic cooperation", according to a near-simultaneous statement from the Kremlin
- The degree of anger and sympathy for the protesters, particularly among the American and European public, makes it near impossible...
Iran’s relations with the Arab countries are better than they were a year or two ago
Unsure of the US help, Gulf states are following their own strategy on managing danger in their region





















