Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Renewables maintain their cost leadership in global power markets, IRENA’s new report on Renewable Power Generation...
Iran is scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, to discuss its nuclear programme, with Tehran...
The pilgrimage - one of five pillars of Islam, and which all able-bodied Muslims with the means are required to...The number of pilgrims will return to what it was before the pandemic, without any age limit, Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq al-Rabiah told reporters in Riyadh.
In 2022, nearly 900,000 pilgrims, including some 780,000 from abroad, were welcomed to Islam's holiest cities of Mecca and Medina
The law gives settlers in the occupied West Bank access to civilian law, while their Palestinian neighbours face military courts....The legislation, which has been repeatedly renewed since Israel seized the Palestinian territory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hit a stumbling block in June.
The text will face a second and third reading in parliament before its final approval. Some 2.9 million Palestinians living in the West Bank are subjected to Israeli military law.
- Some British stores stayed open late for the midnight release of the biggest royal book since Harry's mother Princess Diana...
The book contains a claim from Harry that his brother William physically attacked him as they argued about Meghan
A YouGov poll on Monday found that 64 percent people now have a negative view of the once-popular ginger prince -- his lowest-ever rating
The 60-year-old former lawmaker and women's rights activist was charged with "collusion against national security, propaganda against the Islamic republic...Hashemi was arrested in the capital Tehran on September 27 for encouraging residents to demonstrate amid nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death
Her late father, president between 1989 and 1997 who died in 2017, was considered a moderate and advocated improved ties with the West
More than six months after 23 people died in an attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla from...The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) put the number of dead at 27, while rights group Amnesty International said at least 37 people lost their lives
Melilla and its sister enclave of Ceuta have long been a magnet for those desperate to escape grinding poverty and hunger
Israel's new right-wing government said Friday it will withhold millions of dollars in tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority. This...Israel's new right-wing government said Friday it will withhold millions of dollars in tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority.
Israel revoked VIP passes for several officials, including Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki.
MUSCAT, OMAN - UAE Minister of Education Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi and Oman Minister of Education Dr. Madiha bint...The meeting was held in Muscat and aimed at boosting the coordination and cooperation between the two friendly countries.
The two sides also discussed the exchange of expertise in the field of curriculum development and international tests
Worldwide acts of piracy fell to their lowest level last year since statistics were first established in 2008, a maritime...In the Gulf of Guinea, considered a piracy hotspot, just three ships were attacked in 2022 compared to 26 in 2019, the MICA said.
In the same area, the number of kidnappings dropped to two last year, from 146 in 2019.
Iran has sentenced to death three people accused of killing three members of the security forces during the protests triggered...The latest sentences, which can still be appealed, bring to 17 the total number of people condemned to death in connection with the more than three months of protests
On Saturday, Iran executed Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini for killing a paramilitary force member in November in Karaj west of Tehran
- China is battling a surge in cases following its decision last month to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass...
With a population of 99.4 million, the figures suggest about 88.5 million people in Henan may now have been infected
Beijing is determined to press on with its reopening, on Sunday lifting mandatory quarantine for all international arrivals
