Hamas, Houthis hold rare meeting: Palestinian sources
According to sources from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, leaders from the two Palestinian groups, as well as the Marxist Popular...Geostrategy
Red Sea crisis reduces Ramadan cheer for war-torn Yemen
Ramadan, when Muslims break their day-long fasts with large evening meals, usually means brisk business for Yemen's shops. But in...Geostrategy
Ballistic missiles from outside target Arbil in Iraq
US interests and coalition troops in Iraq have regularly been targeted in rocket and armed drone attacks. They have never...Kurdistan Prime Minister and US state department have condemned the attack, which did not lead to any casualty
A news channel channel has posted photos on social media showing its damaged offices, with a collapsed false ceiling and broken glass
Rising food prices shake North Africa as Ukraine war rages
Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya, along with several other Arab countries, import much of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia.Tunisia imports almost half of the wheat used to make bread from Ukraine, and authorities say it has enough supplies to last three months
Oil-rich Libya gets about 75 percent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, and Morocco too relies heavily on the same source for supplies
Russia bears down on Ukraine as talks signal progress
As Russia continues to attack cities across Ukraine in general and Kyiv in particular, talks between the two countries are...Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Kyiv, described by a senior Ukrainian official as a ‘city under siege’, was reinforcing defenses and stockpiling food and medicine
Buses were continuing to bring refugees into the city from the hard-hit suburbs, Klitschko said in a video message, adding: ‘We will not give up’
Saudi Arabia executes 81 in a single day over terrorism
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it executed 81 people in one day on a variety of terrorism-related offenses, exceeding the total...All had been "found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes", the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported
SPA said all those executed were tried in Saudi courts, with trials overseen by 13 judges over three separate stages for each individual
Iran mocks US failure to stop exports of oil cargo
Iran said that US attempts to seize its tankers and oil cargo had failed to stop exports that are subject...The comments by Iran's oil minister, Jawad Owji, came after US court documents showed the United States had seized the cargo of two tankers accused of carrying Iranian crude
The United States had previously issued a number of warrants to seize the cargo of tankers carrying Iranian oil to different countries
Condemnation pours in after Houthi attack on Saudi refinery
From the UAE to Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain, and from the OIC to the Arab Parliament, the attack is being...Regional and global condemnation is pouring in after a drone strike by the Houthi rebels of Yemen hit Saudi Arabia
The pre-dawn attack on Friday caused a fire but did not disrupt supplies, officials have said
US says it is up to Russia, Iran to revive nuclear deal
US State Department spokesman Ned Price has said the US has announced a pause on nuclear negotiation with Iran, and...Vienna talk between world powers and Tehran appeared close to its goal until Russia's sudden demand on nuclear accord
The US said that western sanctions on Russian in response to invading Ukraine are entirely unrelated to the JCPOA
Ukraine war to ‘deeply destabilise’ food supply in Europe, Africa: Macron
“Europe and also Africa will be very deeply destabilised as regards food because of what can’t be planted right now...“Europe and also Africa will be very deeply destabilised as regards food because of what can’t be planted right now in Ukraine,“ Macron told reporters
The French leader added that still more economic punishment would be piled on Russia if it continues its invasion of its neighbour
US seized cargo of ships allegedly carrying Iranian crude
Several weeks ago US authorities seized the oil which they said left Iran in 2020 and was then transferred to...Several weeks ago US authorities seized the oil which they said left Iran in 2020 and was then transferred to other vessels using surreptitious means.
The court case was made public only recently, after the oil was resold for between $38 million and $45 million
UN dismisses Russia claim of Ukraine-US bioweapons
Russia called a meeting of the 15-member Security Council to repeat its previously made, unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine, with US...Washington and Kyiv have denied the existence of laboratories intended to produce biological weapons in Ukraine
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US' envoy to the UN, accused Russia of requesting the meeting jut so it could spread disinformation’
