Suspected gas explosion rocks town in northern China
Footage online circulated by state media showed a huge explosion that sent plumes of smoke and fire across a busy...Geostrategy
Israeli forces kill Jordanian in West Bank, says Palestinian ministry
A Jordanian citizen has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Palestinian authorities said, with the...Geostrategy Global
Arab countries review discussion topics for IPU Conference in Cairo
The speakers of the parliaments and councils of the Arab countries, in a meeting, reviewed the topics to be discussed...Speaker of the Shura Council Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh chaired the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's delegation in the conference.
During the meeting, the Committee discussed the amendment of the charter and the internal system of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Kuwait’s defense and interior ministers resign
Kuwait said Thursday the interior and defense ministers had resigned, after they protested the manner of parliamentary questioning of ministers...A royal decree said the resignations of the two ministers, both members of the royal ruling family, had been accepted
Kuwait is the only Gulf Arab state with a fully elected parliament, which enjoys wide legislative powers and can vote ministers out of office
Khamenei ridicules claims Iran wants atomic bomb
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed as "absurd" claims his country wants to acquire atomic weapons, in remarks on...The Islamic republic is locked in negotiations with world powers to revive a 2015 deal that offered it sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program
The deal known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, was designed to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear arsenal
Eleven years since revolt , Libya transition grinds on
Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the democracy many hoped for...Former interior minister Fathi Bashagha won the support of Tripoli-based High State Council after east-based parliament to become the new Prime Minister of the country
UN appointed Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has insisted that he will hand over power to an elected government
France warns Iran only days left to agree nuclear deal
"It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told..."It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the Senate
Iran has called on the US Congress to say that Washington would commit if an agreement on nuclear talk is reached in Vienna
Kuwait army allows women in combat roles, but without guns
Head of Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society has vowed legal action against ministry's restrictions while calling them discriminatory and...Kuwaiti women condemned military and defense ministry over banning female soldiers from carrying weapons, called the policy "one step forward, two steps back"
Head of Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society has vowed legal action against ministry's restrictions while calling them discriminatory and unconstitutional
Israel strikes town south of Damascus: Syrian state media
This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after the Jewish state targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February...This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after the Jewish state targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February 9
"The shelling targeted a regime military post," Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP
UAE and Turkey to cooperate in agriculture, rural development
The pact is in line with the UAE’s leadership to enhance international cooperation and exchange of successful experiences.Areas of cooperation include agricultural pest control and plant protection, organic agriculture, technology-based agricultural production, food safety, food production.
The two countries will also collaborate in the promotion of joint agricultural ventures between their private sectors, and development of specialized agricultural zones.
Iran calls for US ‘political statement’ on nuclear deal
Iran urged the US Congress on Wednesday to issue a "political statement" that Washington will stay committed to a possible...The accord offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, but then US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from it in 2018.
The talks in the Austrian capital resumed in late November after a pause following the June election of President Ebrahim Raisi.
17 Israelis arrested over attack on Palestinian village in January
Seventeen Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a racist attack on a Palestinian village in the occupied...Armed with stones, clubs and "other objects", the assailants wounded one Palestinian and vandalized shops, vehicles and property in the village of Hawara.
Human rights groups say that West Bank Palestinians face frequent attacks by Jewish Israelis and that perpetrators often go unpunished.
