Biden orders US military to set up temporary aid port in Gaza
In the wasteland of Jabalia, northern Gaza, Palestinians gathered to receive meals at a distribution point. "There is no gas...Geostrategy
Gaza confirms Israel returned 47 exhumed bodies of Palestinians
Palestinian Territories - Gaza's Hamas-run government media office said on Thursday that Israel had returned dozens of bodies that had been...Geostrategy
Aramco taps L&T for Saudi facility
Spread over 120,000 square meters of area, the facility which is to construed by L&T aims to create crucial equipment...L&T is to build the region’s first Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels facility at Jubail Industrial City
More than 20 MoUs were signed under the Namaat program of Aramco in September 2021
ICJ orders Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve dispute
Tensions have simmered for years over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian region of Azerbaijan that broke away from Baku's control in...International court of Justice tells Azerbaijan to treat all Armenian prisoners lawfully
Azerbaijan welcomed the ruling of ICJ, which was first formed to resolve the disputes of World War II
US imposes sanctions on Iran
The sanctions announced by the US Treasury and State Department targeted government officials and organizations.The US treasury hit sanctions on Iran, Uganda and Syria for increasing political repression and execution of its own citizens
Iran agreed to sign nuclear accord in 2015 with the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany
Saudi Arabia, UAE discuss ways to boost relations
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred the “Order of Zayed” on Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman...Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohamed welcomed and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to the UAE
Saudi crown prince is in Abu Dhabi as part of his tour of the GCC countries
Qatar, Turkey sign 11 new agreements
The signing is to take place at the 7th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the two countries.The signing is to take place at the 7th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the two countries
Qatar is also working alongside Turkey and the interim government of Afghanistan to reach an agreement to restart the normal operation of Kabul Airport
Israeli air strike hits Syrian port of Latakia
An Israeli air strike hit a shipment of Iranian weapons in the Syrian port of Latakia Tuesday, in the first...The Israeli raid "directly targeted an Iranian weapons shipment in the container yard," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Syrian state media reported the strike on the container yard at Latakia port without specifying what was targeted
Algeria pledges $100m aid to Palestine as Mahmud Abbas visits
The announcement came as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visited Algiers on Monday.Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the funding was in line with his people's commitment to support the Palestinian cause
He said he would also put the Palestinian cause at the center of the Arab League summit, which Algeria is hosting in March next year
Iran says hopes to turn page in ties with UAE
Iran expressed hopes Monday to turn the page in its ties with the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit...The trip was the first of its kind since relations between the two countries were downgraded in 2016.
His visit also included a meeting with ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, state media said
Turkey, Qatar vow joint push to reopen Kabul airport
Turkey and Qatar on Monday raised the possibility of jointly operating Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set...Afghans and foreign nationals fled the country through the facility as the hardline Islamist movement took power in August following two decades of war
"We are going to act together," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press briefing with his Qatari counterpart
Time to decrypt internet speed in Arab world
This week's TRENDS infographic tries to find out where do Arab countries stand in terms of the speed of broadband...The internet connectivity is a cornerstone to business, education, financial literacy, access to employment and health care through telemedicine
This TRENDS infographic tries to find out where do Arab countries stand in the latest Speedtest index.
