- The ongoing conflict will directly impact the Gulf and Arab countries since they import vast food items from the two...
The Gulf states will be directly affected by the conflict as they depend on the two countries to meet a large proportion of their food requirements.
Experts, however, believe a severe food shortage crisis in the Gulf countries is unlikely to happen in the short term as they can absorb rising import costs
- Lebanon's transport minister has said that Spain will finance a plan to revive the railway network that has been out...
Lebanon had a railway network since the end of the 19th century which connected Beirut to the Syrian capital Damascus.
It was built during Ottoman rule and inaugurated in 1895, operating until the devastating civil war begun 47 years ago.
- "No matter how close we are to the finish line, there is not necessarily a guarantee to cross it," Ali...
"No matter how close we are to the finish line, there is not necessarily a guarantee to cross it," Ali Bagheri tweeted after flying back to Tehran
"To finish the job, there are certain decisions that Western parties must make," Bagheri said, without spelling out what they were
- Qatar and Saudi Arabia host American troops, but their economic and political relations with Russia have grown over the years.
Russian gas accounts for about 40 percent of the European market, leaving it highly exposed to supply disruptions due to the conflict
A similar logic applies to the 2.3 million barrels of Russian crude that heads west each day through a network of pipelines
- Relations between majority-Muslim Turkey and the Jewish state froze over after the death of 10 civilians in an Israeli raid...
Israeli will revive its diplomatic relations with Turkey that were frozen since 2010 when 10 civilians died in an Israeli raid on a Turkish flotilla
Turkey aired objections in 2020 as Israel, Greece and Cyprus signed the EastMed deal for a huge pipeline to ship gas
- Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Saqr Ghobash discussed the ongoing cooperation between the UAE and European Union...
Ghobash and White strongly condemned the Houthi attacks on civilian facilities in the UAE and stressed the need to find peaceful solutions to conflicts
They also highlighted the importance of continuing their coordination on matters of mutual concern, and addressing terrorism and helping establish security, stability and peace
- Russian air strikes hit military facilities across the country and ground forces moved in from the north, south and east,...
Weeks of intense diplomacy to avert war failed to deter Putin, who had massed more than 150,000 troops along the borders of Ukraine.
Ukraine has around 200,000 military personnel, and could boost that with up to 250,000 reservists. But Moscow's forces are much larger.
- According to the UN, a full-scale Russian invasion on Ukraine would have a devastating global impact that would likely spark...
The crisis comes as governments struggle to contain runaway inflation fueled by demand as life returns after recent Covid-19 lockdowns,
World Markets have been hammered since a week as the Kremlin recognized Ukraine's rebellion and said it would provide "peacekeepers" to the regions
- Although the pipeline is seen as an efficient way to supply energy to the European Union, which depends heavily on...
Built to funnel Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, Nord Stream 2 has long been controversial
The pipeline is completely built, but has not been put in use and for now at least it won't be
- The Ministry urged all consumers to report any violations by communicating with the Consumer Protection and Anti-fraud Department.
The decision is taken due to the possibility of contamination of these products with Salmonella and Chronobacter bacteria.
The Ministry stated in a statement today that this move comes to ensure the immediate cessation of the use of the products.





















