Erdogan sees ‘turning point’ for Turkey after poll drubbing
Observers called it Erdogan's worst election defeat since his party took power in 2002. Many blamed inflations running at 67...Geostrategy
UN says four staff wounded in south Lebanon blast
The military observers, from Australia, Chile and Norway, and a Lebanese language assistant had been on foot patrol around the...Geostrategy
European Union plans to cut soaring gas, electricity prices
In the EU's electricity market, the price is based on the last source used to meet demand -- often a...Wholesale energy prices thus soared together when the war in Ukraine sent the cost of gas skyrocketing.
Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the levy, or cap, would raise at least $140 billion. The commission wants to reduce monthly consumption by 10 percent.
Iran wants closer ties with UAE: foreign minister
Iran is keen to broaden its relations with the UAE, six years after the diplomatic tussle between Iran and other...In 2020, the UAE established diplomatic relations with Israel, a move which Tehran condemned
Abu Dhabi has been pursuing a policy of rapprochement with former regional rivals including Qatar, Turkey and Iran
Israel confirms talks on temporary Qatar office for World Cup
Israel has not qualified for the tournament which begins in November, but has announced a deal that will allow its...Qatar does not recognise Israel and supports Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls Gaza and has fought four wars with Israel since 2008
Israel, which maintains a blockade on Gaza, engages with Doha to grant permissions for the distribution of Qatari aid in the Palestinian coastal enclave
Lying in state is an old UK tradition
It is an honor usually accorded to sovereigns and sometimes former prime ministers. Since 1910, when King Edward VII lay...On top will be the Imperial State Crown with the orb and sceptre representing spiritual and temporal power
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who died on 30 March, 2002, lay in state in Westminster Hall before her funeral
Lebanon-Israel maritime talks to conclude in days: Lebanese official
Negotiations between Lebanon and Israel have been mediated by the US to delineate a shared maritime border.Negotiations between Lebanon and Israel have been mediated by the US to delineate a shared maritime border
US mediator Amos Hochstein, who visited Beirut on September 9 said talks were making progress
EU court to rule on record antitrust fine against Google
The decision by the Luxembourg-based General Court could undo or demand modifications to the landmark decision, taken by the European...Google urged a panel of EU judges last year to throw out the decision it argued was unfounded and falsely relied on accusations it imposed its search engine
Google insisted that downloading rival apps was only a click away and that customers were in no way tied to Google products on Android
Russia portrays Samarkand summit as alternative to West
Showcasing its growing rift with the Western world, Vladimir Putin will meet China's Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders in...The meeting will be part of Xi's first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and comes with relations between Russia and the West broken by Ukraine war
Putin will hold talks with Xi, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday
Iran says has ‘fully’ cooperated with UN nuclear watchdog
The comment came after Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Monday expressed hopes that Iran...The IAEA had said in a report last Wednesday that it was "not in a position to provide assurance that Iran's nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful."
Iran dismissed the report as "baseless", but on Monday said it was ready to cooperate with the agency to clear up the false and unrealistic perceptions
Six migrants including two babies die at sea after Greek pushback: Turkey
Another 73 migrants were also rescued off Mugla province in the southwest, the coastguard said. The migrants were pushed back...The migrants are believed to have set out from Tripoli in Lebanon on Saturday in a wooden boat to reach Italy
Ankara regularly accuses Greek officials of illegally pushing migrants back into its territory, but Athens denies the claims
More than 13,000 Tunisian migrants reach Italy: report
Searching for a new life in Europe, some 13,000 Tunisian migrants have succeeded in reaching Italy by sea since the...People fleeing violence and poverty across Africa and beyond have long used Tunisia, just 125 kilometres (80 miles) from the Italian island of Lampedusa
The EU's Frontex border agency says more than 42,500 migrants used the central Mediterranean route between January and July
