Shanghai, China -- Serving craft beer, playing mahjong, stacking shelves and boxing, the dozens of humanoid robots at Shanghai's World...
- Syrian diplomatic source said Saturday that a US-mediated meeting with Israeli officials in Paris this week sought to "contain the...
The second round of UN-facilitated talks aiming to resolve Sudan's political crisis following a military coup has been postponed, a...UN, AU and regional bloc IGAD launched "direct talks" to break the political stalemate in Sudan since last October's military takeover
Military officials of Sudan, representatives of several political parties and senior members of ex-rebel groups attended the "direct talk' on Wednesday
The Bahrain government on Saturday denied there were "active" cases of tuberculosis in its prisons after the Amnesty International rights...The Gulf state's health ministry said one case in quarantine for the past two weeks is now in "stable condition" but there are "no active tuberculosis cases" among prison inmates
The World Health Organization says that tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world's top infectious killer
- The WTO agreements on fisheries subsidies and a Covid vaccine patent waiver moved a step closer to completion Saturday after...
World Trade Organization's first high-level meeting in five years where trade ministers and officials from 164 countries will meet
The global trade body said a draft text on a deal banning subsidies favoring overfishing had been handed over to the ministers
Kuwait is keen on supporting efforts by the International Fund for Agriculture Development to feed the poor and aid progress...Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had helped established IFAD in 1977
IFAD's aim is to help impoverished and hunger-stricken regions in the world
Syria has confirmed major damage including to runways at Damascus International Airport, which was closed for a second day Saturday...Damascus International Airport was closed for a second day Saturday for repairs
Russia has condemned the attack against essential civilian infrastructure in Syria
The OPEC Fund for International Development will improve fiscal transparency, promote private sector development and enable environmental reformsThe comprehensive plan will improve fiscal transparency, promote private sector development
The plan will enable environmental reforms in the energy and waste management sectors
- Clashes between armed groups erupted in Libya's capital on Friday night, according to local media, as the country reels from...
The intense fighting involved two influential militias from western Libya, local media reported.
After a 2011 revolt toppled the dictator Mouammar Kadhafi, political infighting has plagued oil-rich Libya
Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including energy, financial and...The deal inked by Iran and Venezuela include energy, financial and defense
From July 18 direct flights would operate between Caracas and Tehran
Lebanon said Friday it will resume appointments to issue and renew passports next week after suspending such bookings in late...General security had stopped passport services because the Lebanese government failed to pay a passport printing company
Struggling with financial crisis, passport renewal requests in Lebanon surged tenfold since 2020
An Israeli missile attack early Friday hit several targets south of the Syrian capital Damascus, wounding at least one civilian,...Syrian air defenses intercepted most of the missiles but those that reached their target left at least one civilian wounded and caused material damage
The monitor, which relies on a wide network of sources across Syria, said that at least three such positions were hit, leaving a number of people wounded
