- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron hoping to gain support against Iran's nuclear...
Netanyahu hopes that Iran's role supplying drones to Russian troops in Ukraine will prompt Western allies to drop ideas of a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran holds several foreign nationals who Western governments see as political hostages.
- Gaza City, Palestinian Territories--Israel conducted air strikes on the central Gaza Strip early Thursday, according to AFP journalists and witnesses, hours...
According to local security sources and witnesses, the first strikes hit a training centre of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades
Gaza, densely populated with 2.3 million people, has been under an Israeli blockade since Hamas took power in 2007
- “Increasing student competence in Arabic is a top priority; it's a crucial component of the UAE's national identity,” adds Sheikh...
The educational system must help students earn their university degrees in areas that are suited for their inclinations, skills, and abilities, says Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed
Increasing student competence in Arabic is a top priority; it's a crucial component of the UAE's national identity, he adds
- Spain's North African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta - which both border Morocco - have long been magnets for people...
Sanchez and a dozen ministers are set to meet with top members of the Moroccan government on Thursday
They are expected to sign some 24 deals including on encouraging Spanish investment in the kingdom
- Lebanon, whose flag bears a cedar tree, is known for its greenery, with forests covering 13 percent of its territory.
He said around 30,000 trees had been planted in the past two decades but that since September, logging had become a regular occurrence.
Lebanon has the largest juniper woods in the Middle East, according to the environment ministry, and is also home to pine, oak, cedar and fir forests.
- Israeli PM's remarks come after a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who called for calm following a...
Israeli PM has confirmed that the US has shifted a little-known stockpile of artillery it stations in Israel to Ukraine and he cast the Jewish state's own operations against Iran
Netanyahu said he was asked to mediate in an unofficial role after Russia invaded Ukraine in February but did not pursue it as he was then in opposition
- Washington, US-- Jordan’s King Abdullah and US President Joe Biden will hold talks at the White House on Thursday, as...
Talks between the two leaders will cover means to bolster the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States through expanding cooperation across various sectors
The king is in Washington and met with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol earlier on Tuesday
- The report says Abbas, who has been unwilling to designate a successor, has also "hollowed out or disabled the institutions...
Abbas has repeatedly called off plans to hold presidential polls, as recently as 2021 when he scrapped scheduled elections citing Israel's refusal on allowing voting in Jerusalem
The International Crisis Group report has named PA civil affairs minister Hussein al-Sheikh and PA intelligence chief Majid Faraj as possible successors of Abbas





















