"No radioactive effects were detected on the environment of the Kingdom and the Arab Gulf states as a result of...
- Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in London and Berlin on Saturday calling for an end to the war...
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Wednesday deplored "unjust pressure" from the federal government's oil ministry, days after the judiciary nullified oil...The move comes as the Kurdish region and the federal government remain locked in a tug-of-war over the management of hydrocarbons
Iraq's supreme court in February ordered Kurdistan to deliver the oil produced in its territories to the federal government
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic downturn since it gained independence from Britain in 1948.The Island nation has suffered months of blackouts, rampant inflation and critical shortages of food and petrol.
Russia and Ukraine were among the top sources of tourists for Sri Lanka before February's conflict began.
Twitter is challenging the Indian government's orders to block content on its social media site in court, local media reported...The suit is the latest showdown between Twitter and Indian authorities, which have been accused of muzzling criticism both on and offline.
Last week Twitter confirmed that India had directed it to locally censor accounts and dozens of posts, including some talking about declining internet freedom in the country.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met publicly for the first time in over five years, on...Algeria's state broadcaster reported late Tuesday that representatives of the Palestinian Authority and the Islamist Hamas movement also attended this meeting
Abbas' secular Fatah party, which dominates the Palestinian Authority that rules the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has been at loggerheads with Hamas since elections in 2007
Twenty-two Malian migrants died in a boat disaster off the Libyan coast, the UN said Tuesday, citing survivors who reported...Libya has become a key route for irregular migration to Europe in the chaotic years since the 2011 overthrow and killing of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed uprising
Many have drowned at sea, thousands have been intercepted by the Libyan coastguard, which has been backed by Italy and the EU, and returned to Libya
Iran and its influence in the Middle East took center stage on Tuesday in talks between Israeli Prime Minister Yair...Israel PM discussed Lebanon dispute with French president and said that he presented intelligence on Hezbollah and its activities
Emmanuel Macron said Israel and Lebanon should "avoid any action" that could worsen relations between the two countries
Morocco called Tuesday for a return to regional roundtable talks on a peace deal over the Western Sahara, a format...The Moroccan officials told the UN diplomat that they remained committed to "the political process of roundtables" to reach a realistic solution
Morocco controls some 80 percent of the Western Sahara and has long insisted it must retain sovereignty there
- Passengers had been blocked from crossing the border since March 2020 to stop the Covid-19 illness spreading, although cargo traffic...
Passengers had been blocked from crossing the border since March 2020 to stop the Covid-19 illness spreading, although cargo traffic had continued
Being cut off from a neighbour of some 44 million people has dealt a serious blow to Tunisia's tourism industry
A Tunisian court on Tuesday froze the bank accounts of several key opponents to President Kais Saied, including Rached Ghannouchi,...A court had already imposed a travel ban on Ghannouchi late last month over a probe into high-profile political assassinations that rocked the country in 2013
Tunisia's long-running political crisis took a dramatic turn last July when Saied sacked the government, and seized far-reaching powers
Libya's Tripoli-based Presidential Council on Tuesday announced a plan to extract the country from its latest political crisis and hold...The council did not provide details, but said the plan would "preserve Libya's national unity, end the spectre of war (and) put an end to foreign intervention".
Presidential and legislative elections were originally scheduled for December 2021 to cap a UN-sponsored peace process following the last round of large-scale fighting.
