Jerusalem, Undefined - A "projectile" fired towards Israel from Yemen was intercepted, but not before air-raid warnings sounded across the...
- The new body - which will be chaired by the president and include top military commanders among other senior officials...
Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled...The comment comes after EU foreign policy chief and coordinator of the nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, Josep Borrell, last Tuesday submitted a new draft text.
Negotiations in Vienna began in April 2021 to restore the deal, but have stalled since March amid differences between Tehran and Washington on several issues.
"I remain optimistic that we can make continuous progress as we have over the last several weeks and I look...The dispute between the neighbours escalated in early June, after Israel moved a production vessel near the Karish offshore field, which is partly claimed by Lebanon.
Lebanon initially demanded 860 square km of territory in the disputed maritime area but then asked for an additional 1,430 square km, including part of the Karish field.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has suggested that his country, Africa's largest natural gas exporter, could join the BRICS economic group...Tebboune's comment of joining BRICS came after Russian President called on BRICS leaders to move towards "formation of a multipolar system of inter-government relations"
The President participated in a BRICS virtual summit at the end of June, when Putin called on leaders of the group to cooperate in the face of "selfish actions" from the West
Qatar seeks to hold a ministerial summit in early August to seal an accord between Chad's military government and opposition...The Gulf state's mediators will meet with rebel negotiators this week in a bid to sway holdout groups
Diplomats monitoring the talks say there has been progress and a majority of groups have agreed to sign an accord
- US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut Sunday to push talks to resolve a bitter maritime border dispute between Lebanon...
Hochstein met with Lebanon's Energy Minister Walid Fayad on Sunday, and is scheduled to meet with President Michel Aoun and prime minister Najib Mikati the following day
The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel escalated in early June, after Israel moved a production vessel to the Karish offshore field, partly claimed by Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday upped pressure on the United Nations to disband a commission investigating Israel, appealing...The Commission of Inquiry (COI) investigating abuses in Israel and the Palestinian territories was created by the UN Human Rights Council last year
Commission chief defended Kothari's comment and said it reflected the "commission's disappointment with the continued lack of cooperation" from Israel with its investigation
- Powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr Sunday urged other factions to support a protest that has seen his followers occupy...
Nearly 10 months after elections, the oil-rich country is still without a new government due to the repeated failure of negotiations and the resignation last month of Sadr's bloc
Sadr's bloc emerged from elections in October as the biggest parliamentary faction, but still far short of a majority
Diminished leverage in the Gulf region makes Washington a less compelling partner than it once was, says Chas W Freeman,...Diminished leverage in the Gulf region makes Washington a less compelling partner than it once was, says Chas W Freeman, Former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
West Asia is a region in which abundant policy failures offer a veritable cornucopia of insights into warfare and diplomacy, the former diplomat highlights
- The sum withheld, around $176m, would balance the amount the Palestinian Authority paid to the families of militants as financial...
Israel collects around $190m a month in customs duties levied on goods destined for Palestinian markets that transit through Israeli ports. It transfers the funds to the PA.
When Israel began implementing the law in 2019, the Palestinians in protest refused to receive all funds for eight months.
- Parts of Beirut's grain silos collapsed on Sunday, just days before the second anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the...
The silos damaged days before the second anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the Lebanese capital's port that ravaged the stores and parts of the city.
The structure had absorbed much of the impact of the blast on August 4, 2020 at Beirut's port that killed more than 200 people and injured more than 6,500.
