Thursday's attacks on what the Israeli military said were underground Hezbollah drone factories came after an Israeli evacuation call on...
- Saudi Arabia records the lowest Hajj attendance in three decades—outside the pandemic years—triggered by tighter visa restrictions; Special Envoy Zhai...
The grants were approved at the 179th session of OFID’s Governing Board in Vienna.The projects will reportedly, among other things, support economic recovery, help bring up new infrastructure, and boost food security
Overall, they are expected to benefit public-sector projects and promote sustainable development around the world
- Twenty-four hours after Mariupol's once-gleaming whitewashed theatre was hollowed out by a Russian strike, the number of dead, injured or...
Twenty-four hours after Mariupol's once-gleaming whitewashed theatre was hollowed out by a Russian strike, the number of dead, injured or trapped is still unclear
Ukraine's ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said a bombshelter in the building had survived the impact, and some "adults and children" had emerged alive
UAE lauded the UN Security Council's decision to list the Houthi militias as a terrorist organisation.UAE lauded the UN Security Council's decision to list the Houthi militias as a terrorist organisation
The country said it supports the UN's efforts to provide basic needs of the Yemeni people
The ministers of UAE and Russia discussed cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance the bilateral strategic partnership...Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and discussed challenges concerning security and stability in the MENA region.
Al Nahyan also expressed the UAE's deep concern over the humanitarian impact of the conflict on civilians.
- A Lebanese judge on Thursday arrested the brother of Central Bank governor Riad Salameh, both of whom are suspected of...
Central Bank governor Riad Salameh is widely blamed for policies that have hurt Lebanon's economy, both he and his brother have also been accused of embezzling money.
Judge Ghada Aoun referred Raja Salameh to a judge to probe the brothers on charges of 'money laundering, embezzlement, illicit enrichment and smuggling large amounts of money'.
The online questionnaire was launched in January, more than half a year after President Kais Saied sacked the government, froze...The results are to be presented to a committee of experts -- hand-picked by Saied -- who will then draft a new constitution ahead of a referendum in July.
But with just days to go until the portal closes on Sunday evening, only 412,000 people -- under six percent of the seven-million-strong electorate -- had taken part.
After several weeks of declines, reported cases of COVID-19 are once again increasing globally, especially in parts of Asia, WHO...In the past week, the agency has seen an 8 per cent increase in detection of COVID-19 cases, with more than 11 million positive test results.
In the last 30 days of more than 400,000 sequences sampled, 99.9 percent are Omicron, and 75 percent correspond to the BA.2 variant..
The ticket office has been abandoned at the entrance to the 19-hectare (47-acre) site in Yemen's southern city of Aden.The ticket office has been abandoned at the entrance to the 19-hectare (47-acre) site in Yemen's southern city of Aden
What was long a haven for flamingos and other migratory birds is now swarmed by crows
- An Emirati cargo ship sank in Gulf waters off Iran, triggering a search and rescue operation in heavy seas Thursday...
State media reported that the vessel -- a car transporter -- had capsized in heavy winds off the Iranian port of Asalouyeh.
The search was continuing for the final missing crew member with two rescue vessels combing the waters.
The two sides stressed that this agreement based on the close historical ties that unite Saudi Arabia and the Arab...The two sides stressed that this agreement based on the close historical ties that unite Saudi Arabia and the Arab Republic of Egypt
With this agreement, the two countries will have easy access to procedures for investing in Egypt through fund public investments
