Hussein al-Sheikh, vice-president of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday said he met the US ambassador to Israel, Mike...
US President Donald Trump was "caught off guard" by Israeli strikes in Syria last week, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt...
The move helps draw a line under a major diplomatic standoff on the back of coronavirus restrictions that together closed...The borders closed last year when Spain allowed the leader of a Western Saharan independence movement to be treated in a Spanish hospital
Around 10,000 migrants crossed the Moroccan border into Ceuta as border forces looked the other way, in an apparent punitive gesture by Rabat
- 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
