UAE and Egypt presidents hold discussions in Cairo to boost ties
Cairo, Egypt-- UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his counterpart from Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in...Geostrategy
Hamas official speaks of big gaps with Israel in truce talks
An official from the Palestinian resistance group with knowledge of the talks said that there is a deep divergence in...Geostrategy
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia meets with Pakistan army chief
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan reviewed bilateral relations in a meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan army chief...The meeting reviewed bilateral relations, especially in the military fields, and opportunities for developing them, in addition to a number of issues of common interest
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince decorated the Commander of the Pakistani Army with King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class
Is Saudi Arabia close to having a normalization deal with Israel?
The United States has hinted that more Arab nations could take steps to improve ties with Israel, ahead of President...The king's official policy is that there should be no peace with Israel until it withdraws from occupied territories and accepts Palestinian statehood
Biden's visit will likely focus on convincing the world's biggest crude exporter to boost its oil output
US President seeks support for Ukraine from G7 leaders
G7 leaders including US President Joe Biden gather on Sunday in southern Germany, seeking emphatic backing for Ukraine against Russia's...From soaring inflation to a looming food crisis and energy shortages, the conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth month, has mired the world in a series of crises
Scholz and his counterparts have been locked in months of emergency action since Russia sent in troops to Ukraine on February 24
Detained Tunisia ex-PM Jebali hospitalised: lawyer
Tunisia's former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, on hunger strike after being arrested earlier this week on money-laundering allegations, was rushed...Police had not delivered the drugs in question to Jebali's cell despite prosecutors allowing the family to take them to the police station, he added
Ennahdha has dismissed the allegations against Jebali and said the arrest was part of a campaign of settling political scores.
Talks on stalled Iran nuke deal to begin in few days
France, one of the six world powers that agreed the 2015 deal, had on Friday appealed to Iran to "seize...EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell had a two-hour meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
The Iran nuclear deal has been hanging by a thread since 2018, when then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord
DEWA, Azerbaijan discuss bilateral ties, energy, business prospects
DEWA and Azerbaijan discuss investment in oil exploration and production projects, crude oil trading and reviewed issues of mutual interest...DEWA , Azerbaijan discussed investment in oil exploration and production projects, crude oil trading
The two sides reviewed issues of mutual interest in the energy sector and long-term investment opportunities
Ukraine may take 10 years to build infrastructure to skirt blockade
It would take Ukraine a decade to build infrastructure to replace its Black Sea ports, whose blockade by Russia is...Millions of tons of wheat and other grain have been stuck in Ukrainian ports since Russia invaded the country
Ukrainian minister said that evidence from satellite images showed Russia transporting stolen grain to Syria
Teenager killed by Israeli forces in West Bank: Palestinian sources
A Palestinian teenager died from his wounds hours after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian...Mohammad Hamad, 16, was shot and wounded on Friday evening near the town of Silwad, close to Ramallah in the northern West Bank
The death comes amid a spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence
Amnesty appeals to Egypt to release prominent activist
Amnesty International has called for the release of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who on Saturday marks 1,000 days...Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted along with two others of "broadcasting false news"
The activist who gained UK citizenship from inside jail has been on hunger strike since April to protest his prison conditions
New rocket attack targets northern Iraq gas complex
A Katyusha rocket struck near an Emirati-owned gas complex in northern Iraq on Friday, a local official said, the second...The rocket targeted the Khor Mor gas complex in the autonomous Kurdistan region without causing any injuries or damage
Energy infrastructure in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq has come under repeated attack in recent weeks
