The Israeli army said early Thursday it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, days after carrying out strikes on...
- Geneva, Switzerland -- UN experts decried Tuesday the US resumption of migrant deportations to third countries, including to war-torn South...
Signalling its tough approach toward protestors, Iran has put on trial five people charged with offenses that can carry capital...The judiciary said on Wednesday that charges have been filed against more than 1,000 individuals in provinces across Iran in connection to the protests
Mizan reported that an individual identified as Mohammad Ghobadlou was charged in Tehran with "corruption on earth", an offence punishable by death
At least nine people were killed and many wounded when a gas tanker blew up in Baghdad on Saturday night...An AFP correspondent said the windows of nearby buildings were blown out and vehicles in the area were damaged
Safety standards in both the transport and construction sector are frequently flouted in Iraq, and accidents are a common occurrence
Strengthening of political, economic and trade relations between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries during the past 15 years...As of the beginning of 2020, China’s contracts and investments in the GCC had reached nearly US$190 billion since 2005 and are expected to grow further
The number of Chinese residents in the UAE increased from 2,000 in the early 1990s to nearly 300,000 by 2018, with 270,000 concentrated in Dubai alone
The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned remarks by Germany's interior minister on the World Cup due to...GCC chief Nayef al-Hajraf expressed support for Qatar in a statement published on the council's website.
The six-member Gulf bloc backs Doha in addressing any interference in its internal affairs, the GCC chief said.
Russia suspended its participation in a pact that allowed grain exports from Ukraine, blaming alleged drone attacks on Russian ships...The Turkey and UN-brokered deal to unlock grain exports signed between Russia and Ukraine in July is critical to easing the global food crisis caused by the conflict.
Russia had recently criticized the deal, saying its own grain exports have suffered due to Western sanctions.
The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth around $16.9 billion since Moscow invaded Ukraine, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders...The figure has risen from the roughly US$13.7 billion from oligarchs and other entities that the EU had frozen and announced in July.
So far, the assets of 90 people worth more than $16.9 billion in seven members, including $2.1 billion in Germany, have been frozen.
AMMAN, JORDAN - Amman is scheduled to host the Seventh International Investment Forum for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in...The forum will discuss over three days many important and vital issues on various fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, green hydrogen.
The forum's themes will also cover innovative agricultural patterns, energy management, carbon trading.
- Jordan's cabinet reshuffle is a mandate for the government to work within the Kingdom's three modernization tracks, launched at the...
The plans include political, economic and public sector modernization.
The new tasks for the government are streamlining performance, improving public service, attracting investment and economic development.
- Cyprus, which has aspirations of becoming a major energy player in the eastern Mediterranean, has a key exclusive economic zone,...
In 2007, Lebanon and Cyprus signed an agreement to delineate their respective exclusive economic zones
Neighbours Israel and Lebanon signed on Thursday a US-brokered agreement removing hurdles for natural gas production
Taking a serious note of German Interior Minister's comments casting doubt on whether the Gulf state should host the football...Faeser, in an interview with the ARD network aired Thursday, said that Qatar's hosting of the World Cup next month was "very tricky" for Germany
This is the first time a foreign ambassador has been summoned over such comments
