- President Joe Biden was clear from the moment he entered office -- China is the main international competitor and should...
Biden from Thursday meets leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a two-day summit, a sign of personal US engagement in a region full of disputes with China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will soon deliver what is billed as a major speech on China, although it was recently pushed back after he tested positive for Covid
- The G7 club of wealthy nations committed Sunday to phasing out its dependency on Russian oil and issued a scathing...
The statement from G7 countries did not specify exactly what commitments each country will make to move away from Russian energy.
The West has so far displayed close coordination in its announcements of sanctions against Russia, but has not moved at the same pace when it comes to Russian oil and gas.
- Our sacred duty is to hold back the ideological successors of those who were defeated" in World War II, which...
Putin insists Ukraine is in the grip of fascism and a threat to Russia and the Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine's east
Moscow will officially commemorate victory over Nazi Germany with a giant military parade on Monday
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi during a brief visit to...
Tehran has given financial and military support to the Assad regime during the 11-year war
The relationship between Tehran and Damascus are "vital for both countries and we should not let it weaken," Khamenei said
- Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated Sunday in a show of support for President Kais Saied and a series of extraordinary measures...
Demonstrators gathered in the capital's central Bourguiba Avenue -- the epicenter of vast protests that toppled former leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011
Critics have warned that Saied's moves mark a shift towards autocracy, threatening the only democracy to have emerged from the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings
- Lebanese expatriates in 48 countries including France and the United Arab Emirates voted Sunday ahead of the May 15 parliamentary...
The critical election comes amid an unprecedented financial crisis that has spurred a mass population exodus
The vote is the first since the onset of the economic crisis and the devastating 2020 port explosion in the capital Beirut
- More Syrian children are in need than at any time since a devastating civil war erupted over a decade ago,...
Syria's war is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions since it began with a brutal crackdown of anti-government protests in 2011
Children are among the most vulnerable and the UN warned they are bearing the brunt of the impact
- A year after its devastating war with Israel, Hamas is faced with a dilemma: to keep up the armed struggle...
More than 1,000 housing units and buildings in Gaza were damaged or completely destroyed by the Israeli bombardment.
Experts say Hamas leadership is trying to avoid further escalation and is encouraged by the decision of the current Israeli government to give more to Gaza in return for calm.
- The Tunisian side highlighted the importance of joining forces with Sharjah, which will reflect positively on the efforts to protect...
SIH Chairman Abdul Aziz Al Musallam and Tunisian Culture Minister Hayat Katat Al Garmazi recently met to discuss bilateral cooperation
They are said to have discussed tie-ups in the field of protecting tangible, intangible heritage, and heritage under water





















