Updates: Iran launches missile attack on Israel
Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv, state media reported Tuesday. The official IRNA news...Geostrategy
Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
Israel hit a Beirut apartment block on Monday, killing three members of a Palestinian armed group in its first strike...Geostrategy
Israel and UAE ‘milestone’ free trade deal to boost commercial relations
Israel described as "historic" the deal abolishing customs duties on "95 percent of the products" exchanged between the Jewish state...Talks for a free trade agreement were concluded Friday after four rounds of negotiations, including last month in Egypt between Israeli PM and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince.
The deal was now "ready for signature", the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani al-Zeyoudi said.
Moscow gas threat as NATO warns Russians ‘regrouping’ in Ukraine
Russia threatened Thursday to turn off its gas taps to Europe if the continent fails to pay in rubles, opening...Putin on Thursday raised the stakes, warning that EU members will need to set up ruble accounts from Friday to pay for Russian gas
Moscow insisted war was going to plan as it said this week it would scale back attacks on capital Kyiv and concentrate on the east
Tunisia speaker rejects president’s dissolution of parliament
"We consider that the parliament remains operational," Rached Ghannouchi told AFP in an interview."We consider that the parliament remains operational," Rached Ghannouchi told AFP in an interview.
Saied had dissolved the chamber on Wednesday, dealing another blow to the political system in place
Morocco seeks to impose solution in Western Sahara conflict
Earlier this month, Spain dramatically reversed decades of policy, backing Rabat’s 2007 ‘autonomy’ plan in what Moroccans hailed as a...Morocco and the Polisario Front, the independent movement backed by Algeria, have been locked in a struggle over Western Sahara
King Mohammed even declared in November that ‘Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara will never be up for negotiation’
Abu Dhabi Chamber and San Marino to boost trade cooperation
Abu Dhabi and San Marino will explore new avenues of economic cooperation and boosting trade. Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi, Deputy...Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi, Deputy Treasurer of Abu Dhabi Chamber, met with Fabio Righi, San Marino’s Minister of Industry.
Remeithi noted Chamber's readiness to provide all the necessary support to investors and entrepreneurs from San Marino.
Tunisia reaffirms its support for Palestine freedom
Tunisia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday commemorated the forty-sixth anniversary of Earth Day, where they affirmed their support for...It supports the restoration of Palestinian historical rights that do not fall within the statute of limitations
Tunisia also expressed its support and keenness to actively contribute to all international and regional initiatives
Houthis ‘regret’ Saudi lack of clear reaction to ceasefire offer
Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday that they "regret" that Saudi Arabia has not given a "clear" reaction to their ceasefire...The Houthi rebels had announced on Saturday a three-day truce with the Saudi-led coalition
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 to prop up the internationally recognized government after the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital Sanaa the year before
Fighting rages in Ukraine, US says Putin being ‘misled’
Citing US intelligence, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said "he felt misled by the Russian military."Citing US intelligence, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said "he felt misled by the Russian military."
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described "persistent tension" between Putin and military staff, with Putin now having "mistrust" in his generals
Saudi hosts talks on Yemen war, but without Houthi rebels
Ahmed Al-Emad, a spokesman for the rebels' foreign ministry said that the recent meeting on Yemen conflict held in Riyadh...Ahmed Al-Emad, a spokesman for the rebels' foreign ministry said that the recent meeting on Yemen conflict held in Riyadh "has nothing to do with the issue of peace."
Saudi-led military coalition has announced that it would cease military operations in Yemen during Ramadan
UK spy chief says Putin advisors fear telling truth on Ukraine
White House statement say that Putin was being "misinformed" by his advisors about the progress of the Russian operation.Britain's intelligence agency GCHQ Jeremy Fleming said Putin had underestimated the Ukraine resistance
Intelligence services of Britain detected a "sustained intent from Russia to disrupt Ukrainian government and military systems"
