Palestinian leader Abbas lays ground for succession
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas announced his replacement . Under current Palestinian law, the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)...Geostrategy
Rocket fire wounds four UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said two 122 mm rockets appeared to have hit a bunker on the base. The...Geostrategy
Iraqi PM meets Saudi Crown Prince, traveling to Iran later
Al-Kadhimi’s visit, reports said, is aimed at reactivating Baghdad-mediated talks between the kingdom and Iran.Al-Kadhimi’s visit, reports said, is aimed at reactivating Baghdad-mediated talks between the kingdom and Iran
The Saudi-Iran talks began in Baghdad in 2021 are geared to defuse longstanding tensions between the regional rivals
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
