- Abbas urged US action on what he described as "unilateral Israeli practices" that "undermine a two-state solution."
Abbas urged US action on what he described as "unilateral Israeli practices" that "undermine a two-state solution."
Those included expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and moves to evict Palestinians from various parts of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem
- The Vienna talks, which involve Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly, and the United States...
The Vienna talks, which involve Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly, and the United States indirectly, resumed in late November
That accord had offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, but the US unilaterally withdrew in 2018 under former president Donald Trump
- The US government normally keeps battlefield intelligence close to its chest, but by revealing the secret details of Russian military...
With tensions rising, at the beginning of February US officials said Moscow was planning to create a graphic film of a fake Ukrainian attack on Russia
Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby is one of several officials who readily detailed the alleged plan
- The speakers of the parliaments and councils of the Arab countries, in a meeting, reviewed the topics to be discussed...
Speaker of the Shura Council Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh chaired the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's delegation in the conference.
During the meeting, the Committee discussed the amendment of the charter and the internal system of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- Kuwait said Thursday the interior and defense ministers had resigned, after they protested the manner of parliamentary questioning of ministers...
A royal decree said the resignations of the two ministers, both members of the royal ruling family, had been accepted
Kuwait is the only Gulf Arab state with a fully elected parliament, which enjoys wide legislative powers and can vote ministers out of office
- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed as "absurd" claims his country wants to acquire atomic weapons, in remarks on...
The Islamic republic is locked in negotiations with world powers to revive a 2015 deal that offered it sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear program
The deal known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, was designed to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear arsenal
- Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the democracy many hoped for...
Former interior minister Fathi Bashagha won the support of Tripoli-based High State Council after east-based parliament to become the new Prime Minister of the country
UN appointed Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has insisted that he will hand over power to an elected government
- "It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told...
"It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the Senate
Iran has called on the US Congress to say that Washington would commit if an agreement on nuclear talk is reached in Vienna
- Head of Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society has vowed legal action against ministry's restrictions while calling them discriminatory and...
Kuwaiti women condemned military and defense ministry over banning female soldiers from carrying weapons, called the policy "one step forward, two steps back"
Head of Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society has vowed legal action against ministry's restrictions while calling them discriminatory and unconstitutional
- This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after the Jewish state targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February...
This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after the Jewish state targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February 9
"The shelling targeted a regime military post," Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP





















