- The World Health Organization's European office has said the heatwave baking Europe has caused over 1,700 deaths on the Iberian...
WHO official says that exposure to extreme heat often exacerbates pre-existing health conditions
The international organization has called for joint action to tackle climate change
- The French Ambassador to the UAE, Xavier Chatel, described the first official visit to France of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed...
The French Ambassador to the UAE described the first official visit to France of UAE President as successful
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's visit underscores deep-rooted friendship between the two countries
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke about the oil market in a telephone...
The Saudi-led OPEC oil grouping has been cooperating with a number of other oil-exporting nations including Russia for several years to better control the oil market
The group, called OPEC+, introduced production cuts during the coronavirus pandemic that helped the oil market to recover from a crash in prices to below zero
- Ukraine and Russia signed a deal on Friday to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, as a...
The five-month war is being fought across one of Europe's most fertile regions by two of the world's biggest grain producers
Up to 25 million tonnes of wheat and other grain have been blocked in Ukrainian ports by Russian warships and landmines
- Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbor.
Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbor
The Israeli military says the strikes are necessary to prevent its arch-foe Iran from gaining a foothold on its doorstep
- The meeting is a preparatory session preceding the regular 31st session of the Arab League Summit, which will be hosted...
The meeting is a preparatory session preceding the regular 31st session of the Arab League Summit, which will be hosted by Algeria in November
The UAE launched a range of pioneering programmes to train qualified Arab cadres to lead the space sector and support Arab cooperation in space sciences
- Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has launched the construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, a $25-billion project billed...
The construction launch "means that Egypt has joined the nuclear club," Likhachev said, according to Rosatom
The project is expected to cost around $25 billion euros, according to the Egyptian press, paid with a loan from Moscow
- On Monday, Tunisians will vote in a landmark referendum that could install a vastly different system: one that bears the...
On Monday, Tunisians will vote in a landmark referendum that could install a vastly different system: one that bears the hallmarks of the 64-year-old's philosophy
Saied grew up in a middle-class Tunis suburb and became prominent in 2011, appearing on television to discuss constitutional law
- Tunisians will vote Monday on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers, a key moment in...
The president's opponents have called for a boycott, but while observers have predicted most Tunisians will snub the poll, few doubt the charter will pass
The leader of Saied's "new republic" would have ultimate executive power and would appoint a government without the need for a confidence vote in parliament
- The war in Ukraine has caused food insecurity in Arab nations, many of which are heavily dependent on wheat imports...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Arab League head Ahmed Aboul Gheit and representatives of 22 nations.
On Tuesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hosted a summit that was attended by his Russian and Turkish counterparts.





















