The conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, was originally planned for mid-June to revive work on the long-standing diplomatic...
- Washington and Tehran had been engaged in several rounds of negotiations seeking to strike a deal on the Islamic Republic's...
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) discussed business and investment opportunities in the UAE and...Sharjah has many strategic advantages for Russian companies which plan to expand in the region's markets.
Sharjah is an ideal environment for industrial companies in various sectors, especially startups.
National Geographic's "Retrograde" follows an Afghan general who tried in vain to hold back the Taliban advance in summer 2021,...Both movies begin in the months before the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, as their subjects tried to build a safer and more egalitarian future for their country
Though the conflicts in Afghanistan and Ukraine are vastly different in nature, both films offer a cautionary tale about what can happen once the West's focus shifts
Several European leaders were in Kyiv on Saturday to commemorate the victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor -- Ukrainian for "death...Ukrainian President Zelensky said his country will continue to resist Russian attacks that have systematically targeted Ukraine's energy grid
"Ukrainians went through very terrible things... Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now -- with darkness and cold," Zelensky said
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands have renewed a fishing quota deal with Russia for one year despite Moscow's...The agreement between Faroe Islands and Russia has been in place since 1977 and is renewable each year.
The autonomous territory is highly dependent on fishing for its income and the fisheries ministry says the deal with Russia covers 5 percent of its GDP.
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that negotiating with the United States would not put...Iran has seen weeks of demonstrations sparked by the September 16 death in custody of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini.
She had been arrested for an alleged breach of the country's strict dress code for women.
US authorities announced a ban on the import or sale of communications equipment deemed "an unacceptable risk to national security"...The move is the latest in a series of actions to limit the access of Chinese telecom firms to US networks.
US officials have shown growing wariness in recent years of Chinese telecommunications companies and technology.
- Beirut, Lebanon—Two rockets targeted a US patrol base in northeastern Syria late Friday, the third such attack in nine days, US...
The strike at about 10:30 pm caused no injuries or damage to the base or coalition property, said Centcom, which covers the Middle East region
On November 17 rockets targeted the coalition's Green Village base which is in Syria's largest oil field, Al-Omar, near the Iraqi border, Centcom said at the time
- PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - Members of the UAE-EU Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Federal National Council (FNC), headed by Sarah...
The meeting discussed the importance of strengthening the cooperation between the two parliaments.
The two parliamentary groups discussed ways of improving the relations between them.
Saudi Arabia would back private bids for Manchester United or Liverpool, its sports minister said, adding the kingdom was keen...Saudi Arabia last year snapped up England's perennial under-achievers Newcastle - at is now third in the Premier League.
Saudi Arabia's chances of bidding for the World Cup would increase if it wins hosting rights for the 2026 and 2027 women's and men's Asian Cups.
Authorities have ordered nearly six million residents of eight districts in Zhengzhou, in the central province of Henan, not to...There have been only a handful of coronavirus cases in the city but under China's zero-Covid policy even tiny outbreaks can spark gruelling lockdowns and travel restrictions.
The lockdown in Zhengzhou follows protests by hundreds of employees over conditions and pay at Foxconn's vast iPhone factory on the outskirts of the city.
