Iraqis face tough homecoming a decade after IS rampage
Hassan Shami, Iraq - A decade after Islamic State group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children...Geostrategy
Nations far apart in COP29 climate finance talks
According to the latest draft of the long-sought climate finance pact, most developing countries favor an annual commitment from wealthy...Geostrategy
Jordan king discusses food security with European Commission president
The meeting covered regional and international developments, especially the Palestinian cause.The meeting covered regional and international developments, especially the Palestinian cause
The meeting also discussed integrating efforts to counter food security, environment challenges
Qatar Chamber and Jordan to enhance private sector cooperation
Qatar Chamber and the Jordanian Ministry of Labor discussed Tuesday ways to enhance bilateral relations and the private sector's role...Qatar Chamber First Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Twar Al Kuwari met with Jordanian Minister Nayef Stetieh.
Jordanian Minister of Labor Nayef Stetieh pointed to the Qatari initiative to employ 20,000 Jordanians in Qatar.
WTO talks extended in bid to seal fishing subsidy, food security deals
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day on Thursday in the hope of striking...The global trade body only takes decisions by consensus and its 164 members all need to agree if anything is to get passed.
India all but sank the WTO's bid to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies late Tuesday, insisting it would not sign up without a 25-year exemption.
Aid groups appeal UN to renew Syria cross-border aid resolution
Dozens of aid groups Tuesday urged the United Nations Security Council to renew a resolution allowing aid deliveries to millions...Russia, an ally of the government in Damascus, has threatened to use its Security Council veto power to block the resolution's renewal
Russia has argued aid can instead transit via Damascus-controlled parts of the country across conflict lines
80 percent children in Ghaza suffer ‘distress’ due to years long blockade: report
Four out of five children in Gaza suffer from emotional distress, Save the Children said Wednesday, 15 years after Israel...In a report called "Trapped", Britain-based Save the Children said the mental health of Gazan children has continued to deteriorate
Since 2018, the number reporting symptoms of "depression, grief, and fear," had risen from 55 percent to 80 percent, the report said
Iran believes negotiations can still revive nuclear deal
Iran on Tuesday said it still believes that negotiations can succeed to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers,...Earlier, Iran disconnected 27 cameras from its nuclear sites in response to the IAEA resolution censuring Iran
Iran's demand of Washington to remove Revolutionary Guards from the terrorism list is an extraneous issue to JCPOA, according to US
Biden gambles there’s more to gain by courting Saudis
Making an about-face by deciding to visit Saudi Arabia, US president Joe Biden is betting there is more to gain...The visit comes as China increasingly looks to Gulf Arab nations, which have mostly rebuffed US efforts to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine
Crown Prince had a far chummier relationship with former president Donald Trump, whose son-in-law Jared Kushner was said to chat with the prince over WhatsApp
Venezuela President in Qatar for unannounced visit
Maduro was shown by the official Qatar News Agency being welcomed at Doha's international airport by Sultan bin Saad Al...Maduro was shown by the official Qatar News Agency being welcomed at Doha's international airport by Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, the minister of state for foreign affairs
Maduro was in Iran at the weekend and signed a 20-year-cooperation agreement with the Islamic republic
UN envoy appeals to Houthi rebels to open road to Taez
The United Nations special envoy to Yemen called on rebel Houthis on Tuesday to agree to reopen roads into the...Surrounded by mountains, Taez, which has around 600,000 inhabitants, has been almost cut off from the outside world since 2015
The truce in effect since April 2 has led to a reduction in fighting and in civilian casualties, as well as the resumption of commercial flights from Sanaa
Facing gas ‘blackmail’ by Russia, EU turns to Israel
The European Union wants to strengthen its energy cooperation with Israel in light of Russia's use of gas supplies to...Moscow's conduct "only strengthens our resolve to break free of our dependence on Russian fossil fuels," she said
Israel is estimated to have gas reserves of at least one trillion cubic metres, with domestic use over the next three decades expected to total no more than 300 bn
