- The special rapporteurs insisted such harassment must stop, and said residents of Masafer Yatta continue to be threatened by the...
The case of Masafer Yatta -- or Firing Zone 918 -- an agricultural area near Hebron, has been one of Israel's longest running legal battles.
In the early 1980s the army declared the 30-square-kilometre territory a restricted military area and claimed it was uninhabited.
- During the meeting, the minister emphasized the UAE's commitment to solidifying its economic and trade partnership with Mongolia to support...
Minister of Economy Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the UAE Odonbaatar Shijeekhuu
The meeting was held in Dubai with an aim to strengthen trade and economic cooperation between the UAE and Mongolia
- China said Tuesday that the United States will "pay the price" if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan during her...
China considers Taiwan its territory and has indicated through repeated warnings that it would view a Pelosi visit as a major provocation
American officials often make discreet visits to Taiwan to show support, but Pelosi would be a higher-profile visitor than any in recent history
- Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada...
Sadr's supporters on Saturday breached the normally high-security Green Zone also home to government buildings and embassies
In multi-confessional and multi-ethnic Iraq, government formation has involved complex negotiations since a 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein
- Having pledged to help especially the poor, the ultraconservative cleric now faces runaway consumer prices that have sparked protests.
Having pledged to help especially the poor, the ultraconservative cleric now faces runaway consumer prices that have sparked protests
Raisi was elected in June last year in a ballot for which less than half of voters turned up, after his major rivals had been disqualified by electoral bodies
- Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled...
Josep Borrell submitted a new draft text and urged the different sides to accept it or "risk a dangerous nuclear crisis"
Qatar hosted indirect talks between US and Iran in a bid to get the Vienna process back on track but the discussion broke up after two days without any breakthrough
- President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most...
A senior administration official said Zawahiri was on the balcony of a house in Kabul when he was targeted with two Hellfire missiles
It was the first known over-the-horizon strike by the United States on an Al-Qaeda target in Afghanistan since American forces withdrew from the country on August 31, 2021
- The Kingdom has for several years imported Russian oil, which helps to reduce its need to refine crude for products...
The Kingdom’s crude imports from Russia allow it to free up its own oil for export to reap profits from the record-high prices in the global market, Pat Thaker of EIU tells TRENDS
Saudi Arabia, the latest data suggest, imported 647,000 tonnes, or 48,000 barrels per day (bpd), of fuel oil from Russia via Russian and Estonian ports in April-June this year
- On Monday afternoon, large numbers of security forces set up roadblocks in a bid to contain the counter-protests.
A political standoff, almost 10 months after Iraqis went to the polls, pits two key factions among country's majority Shiite population.
Sadr's supporters on Saturday breached the normally high-security Green Zone -- also home to government buildings and embassies.
- The 13 core members of OPEC find themselves at a crossroads. After the drastic output cuts they agreed to in...
According to the London-based research institute Energy Aspects, OPEC+ could adjust its current agreement in order to keep raising crude production volumes.
Any decision on Wednesday will have to be unanimous, which may lead to a longer meeting than normal.





















