- Peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow resumed via video amid evacuations from Ukraine, but the Kremlin warned that what it...
Mariupol has faced weeks of Russian shelling, with at least 5,000 killed, say local authorities
The estimated 160,000 residents who remain face shortages of food, water and electricity
- IAE repeated its warning that the prospect of large-scale disruptions to Russian oil production "is threatening to create a global...
A ministerial meeting of IEA chaired by US Energy Secretary decided to tap its emergency oil reserve fifth times since 1991 to calm soaring energy prices
IEA members had already vowed to release 62.7 million barrels of oil encouraged members to support Ukraine in the supply of oil products
- Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ayman Safadi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the new MoU for the strategic...
A new MoU between the two countries frames the US aid for Jordan, replacing the current memorandum, which expires in September 2022
According to the current MoU, the US has provided Jordan with annual support over the past four years, which amounted to 1.65 billion in 2021
- The package includes laser-guided rocket systems, drones, ammunition, night-vision devices, tactical secure communications systems, medical supplies and spare parts
The package includes laser-guided rocket systems, drones, ammunition, night-vision devices, tactical secure communications systems, medical supplies and spare parts
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed "additional capabilities" to help the Ukrainian military
- Algiers last month recalled its ambassador from Madrid in protest at a decision by Spain to back a Moroccan autonomy...
Algiers last month recalled its ambassador from Madrid in protest at a decision by Spain to back a Moroccan autonomy plan for the ex-Spanish colony of Western Sahara
Algeria has condemned the "abrupt about-turn" by Madrid, which had previously sought to maintain neutrality in the decades-old conflict
- The UN said Yemen's warring parties have agreed to a two-month extendable truce starting Saturday, the first day of Ramadan...
The announcement brings a glimmer of hope in a brutal conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and left millions on the brink of famine
"The truce can be renewed beyond the two-month perod with the consent of the parties," UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said in a statement.
- Israel described as "historic" the deal abolishing customs duties on "95 percent of the products" exchanged between the Jewish state...
Talks for a free trade agreement were concluded Friday after four rounds of negotiations, including last month in Egypt between Israeli PM and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince.
The deal was now "ready for signature", the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani al-Zeyoudi said.
- Russia threatened Thursday to turn off its gas taps to Europe if the continent fails to pay in rubles, opening...
Putin on Thursday raised the stakes, warning that EU members will need to set up ruble accounts from Friday to pay for Russian gas
Moscow insisted war was going to plan as it said this week it would scale back attacks on capital Kyiv and concentrate on the east
- Earlier this month, Spain dramatically reversed decades of policy, backing Rabat’s 2007 ‘autonomy’ plan in what Moroccans hailed as a...
Morocco and the Polisario Front, the independent movement backed by Algeria, have been locked in a struggle over Western Sahara
King Mohammed even declared in November that ‘Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara will never be up for negotiation’





















