In a key sticking point, Iran has insisted on the right to enrich uranium at low levels for civilian use...
Only eight countries have won the World Cup in 22 editions up to the most recent tournament in Qatar, when...
France, Germany and Luxembourg have seized properties and frozen assets worth 120 million euros ($130 million) in a major operation...The Hague-based Eurojust said the operation on Friday was directed against five suspects who were suspected of embezzling public funds in Lebanon of more than $330 million.
This included the seizure of a three properties in Germany, valued at 28 million euros as well as other assets worth seven million euros.
Iraq is building a concrete wall along part of its border with Syria to stop Islamic State group jihadists from...In the "first stage" of construction, a wall around "a dozen kilometers (seven miles) long and 3.5 meters (11 feet) high was built in Nineveh province.
Iraq in 2018 said it had begun building a fence along the Syrian border for the same reason.
Turkey on Monday said a second mine which could have come from Ukraine was discovered off its coast near Bulgaria,...Turkish defense ministry tweeted that "A mine was detected off Igneada near the Bulgarian border" on the Black Sea
A first mine was found on Saturday and defused by the Turkish navy, after a fisherman had reported seeing it
The deepening alliance between Israel and several Arab states "intimidates and deters" Iran, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday...The minister made the comments alongside the top diplomats of the US as well as the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain
UAE, Morocco and Bahrain formed ties with Israel under two different agreements brokered by former US President Donald Trump
- Seeking to reassert its relevance, the Academy Awards gala was packed with big musical performances and three wisecracking female hosts...
CODA, a feel-good indie drama starring deaf actors in lead roles, helped Apple TV+ beat Netflix to become the first streaming best-picture winner
Netflix had bet on The Power of the Dog, for which Jane Campion won best director, becoming only the third woman to do so in Oscars history
Jordan's King Abdullah II landed in Ramallah on Monday to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, in his first trip to...Abdullah's visit comes as foreign ministers from four Arab states joined an unprecedented meeting hosted in Israel, a gathering Israel hailed as "historic"
The Jordanian king met Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid earlier this month to discuss strategies for containing unrest during Ramadan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and four top Arab diplomats arrived Sunday in southern Israel for a "historic" meeting...The gathering with officials from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco and Egypt comes amid rising regional concerns over a deal Washington could soon reach with Iran
With the day of talks scheduled for Monday Israel aims to mark the success of the US-propelled "Abraham Accords" that saw the normalisation deals
- In total, 236 migrants were arrested by Moroccan authorities during operations in Tarfaya, located 100 kilometers from the Canary Islands.
Two migrants died in and attempt to cross the sea to reach Spain's Canary Islands
Over 40,000 migrants have reached in Spain through the sea in 2021, Spain's interior ministry has confirmed
- Blinken held talks with Abbas on the first full day of a trip that includes a meeting with the foreign...
Blinken held talks with Abbas on the first full day of a trip that includes a meeting with the foreign ministers of Israel and four Arab countries
Blinken told Abbas he wanted to revitalise US relations with the Palestinians after they collapsed under the administration of former president Donald Trump
Two police officers were shot dead in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group in the northern Israeli city...Police said "two terrorists arrived at Herbert Samuel Street in Hadera, and began shooting at a police force there," resulting in two deaths
Dudu Boani, the police deputy commander for the region, told reporters the two victims of the attack were police officers
