Iran announced it will scale back cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), expressing deep dissatisfaction over what it...
Tensions spiked as Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israeli air raids that killed senior Iranian military...
- The sanctions include a ban on transactions and the entry into Russian ports of vessels linked to the affected companies.
The sanctions target 31 companies, most belonging to the Gazprom Germania group of subsidiaries of Gazprom
The sanctions also affect Poland's EuRoPol GAZ SA, the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline
Iran's intelligence ministry announced Wednesday that two Europeans had been arrested on accusations of seeking to "destabilize the country", without...The two detainees had attempted to get close to the teachers' union, the ministry said
Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch called for the release of almost 40 teachers arrested in events surrounding nationwide demonstrations on May 1
Abu Aqleh, a Palestinian Christian, was a prominent figure in the channel's Arabic news service. While the Qatar-based channel said...An AFP photographer at the scene reported that Israeli forces were firing in the area and then saw Abu Aqleh's body lying on the ground.
Al Jazeera called on the international community to hold the Israeli forces accountable for their "intentional targeting and killing" of the journalist.
Lebanon's elections Sunday won't yield a seismic shift despite widespread discontent with a graft-tainted political class blamed for a painful...The small country's political system has long distributed power among its religious communities, entrenching a ruling elite that has treated politics as a family business
By convention, the Lebanese president is a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, and the speaker of parliament a Shiite
The meeting will cover the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States as well as the latest regional and...The meeting will cover the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States as well as the latest regional and international developments
The White House meeting is slated to follow a number of meetings with senior administration officials and Congress leadership
The UAE has proactively invested in proven clean energy and within a decade, solar and peaceful nuclear energy have delivered...Barakah Nuclear Plant is now generating 2.8 Gigawatts of electricity, making it the largest source of clean electricity in the country.
With all four reactors online, nuclear energy will meet 25 percent of the UAE’s electricity demand.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited gas-producing ally Algeria for talks Tuesday as a European drive to secure alternative supplies...Algeria is a major gas supplier to Europe, providing 11 percent of its imports, compared with 47 percent for Russia.
Italy, Spain and other European Union member countries have looked to Algeria as they have sought to cut their dependence on Russian oil and gas after Ukraine invasion.
- More than one million Afghans have sought refuge in Iran since the Taliban returned to power in August, according to...
More than one million Afghans have sought refuge in Iran since the Taliban returned to power in August, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA
Thousands of Afghans daily try to cross into neighboring Iran in search of work, or in a bid to reach Europe in the hope of asylum
The embargo on Russian oil, which is part of a sixth package of EU sanctions under discussion, is being resisted...New discussions on the Russian oil embargo are expected to be held between European leaders by telephone on Tuesday
It will involve French President Emmanuel Macron, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West and Ukraine are responsible for the ongoing war, telling his country's Victory...
A Russian airstrike in Odessa killed one and destroyed buildings and a shopping center, hours after the European Council president visited the war-torn country
The US resurrected a World War II measure to aid Kyiv, opening the spigots on artillery, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons, and another powerful Western materials
