- Iraq admitted it had differences with France's TotalEnergies over a US$10-billion contract, including over the distribution of investments, but expressed...
The French energy giant had signed the US$10-billion contract with Iraq in September 2021.
The partnership has struggled to materialize amid reported signs of discord between the two sides.
- The Paris gathering is to be attended by representatives from France, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt. Lebanon...
The political impasse has hampered efforts to lift the Mediterranean country out of its worst-ever financial crisis.
The currency has lost more than 95 percent of its market value to the dollar since 2019, and more than 80 percent of the population lives in poverty.
- 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





















