Restoration project for Jeddah district’s old buildings completed
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Ministry of Culture, represented by the Jeddah Historic District Program, has announced the completion of...Arts & Culture Culture & Society Geostrategy
UN ‘disturbed’ as Israeli strikes on health care kills 10 in Lebanon
"The tragic events of the past 36 hours have resulted in a significant loss of life and injuries in south...Geostrategy
US to boost Taiwan trade, conduct air, sea transits
A new trade plan will be unveiled within days, while US forces will transit the Taiwan Strait in the next...Taiwan has accused China of using the visit by Pelosi as an excuse to kickstart drills that Taipei called that Taipei called a rehearsal for invasion
In response to China's drills, the United States is reasserting its involvement in the area, while reiterating its policy of "strategic ambiguity."
Syria says Israeli shelling wounds two near Golan Heights
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the attack, adding that the two people, whom it did not identify,...Two civilians were wounded when a tank belonging to the Israeli occupation forces fired two shells near the village of Hamidiya
Israel seized 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War
Rival sit-ins deepen Iraq political deadlock
The opposing encampments are the latest turn in a standoff between Iraq's rival Shiite blocs which has so far remained...The protests reflect months of failed talks by Iraq's political forces to form a new government after inconclusive October elections
Loyalists of Sadr, a revered Shiite cleric who once led a militia against US and Iraqi government forces, have been demanding fresh elections
Turkey’s court rules Kurdish politician to stay in jail
Turkey’s top court has rejected a plea for the release of Aysel Tugluk, a Kurdish politician, but ordered that she...Many of her supporters believe she developed dementia after witnessing Turkish nationalists attack her mother's funeral in Ankara in 2017
Tugluk was arrested for her activities with the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), an organization that Turkish authorities consider to be linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party
Iran hints it may accept compromise on nuclear deal
Iran may accept the final compromise worked out in Vienna to save the 2015 nuclear agreement, its official news agency...The deal meant to curb Iran's nuclear programme has been moribund since the withdrawal of the United States under president Donald Trump in 2018.
The major powers are awaiting Tehran's response to a proposal submitted on July 26 by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Iran seeks to commission three more Khayyam satellites
Iran plans to commission three more versions of a satellite launched this week by Russia, Tehran's government spokesman said Friday....A Soyuz-2.1b rocket sent the satellite into orbit from the Moscow-controlled Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Khayyam, apparently named after the 11th-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyam, will not be the first Iranian satellite that Russia has put into space.
US continues mediation in Lebanon-Israel maritime border dispute
“Progress towards a resolution can only be reached through negotiation by the two governments,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said.“Progress towards a resolution can only be reached through negotiation by the two governments,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said
Lebanon and Israel are located in the Levant Basin, where a number of big sub-sea gas fields have been discovered since 2009
UN watchdog warns of ‘grave’ crisis amid violence near Ukraine nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "nuclear blackmail" as he urged the international community to react immediately to chase...Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday accused each other of new shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a dangerous escalation five months into the war
The Ukrainian plant is under the control of Russian troops, and Ukraine has accused Moscow of basing hundreds of soldiers and storing arms there
US envoy to travel to Gulf to strengthen Yemen truce
Tim Lenderking will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia starting August 11, while members of his...The United Nations announced on August 2 that a four-month truce had been extended until October 2, buying time for negotiations to establish a longer, more durable ceasefire
Yemen has been gripped by conflict since the Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of the capital Sanaa in 2014, triggering a Saudi-led military intervention
US National Security Advisor makes phone call to Kuwaiti PM
During the conversation, the two sides discussed the partnership between the US and Kuwait, regional security.During the conversation, the two sides discussed the partnership between the US and Kuwait, regional security
In a statement, the US NSA said the two leaders discussed the need to turn the UN-mediated truce in Yemen into a lasting settlement
