Houthis claim attack on merchant ship in Red Sea off Yemen
The Houthis, who are at war with a Saudi-led coalition after ousting the government from Sanaa in 2014, have launched...Geostrategy
Blinken meets Sisi in Cairo at start of Mideast tour
Blinken said his message to regional governments was that "if you want a ceasefire, press Hamas to say yes" to...Geostrategy
UN censures Israel for banning Palestinian groups
Israel's designation of six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organizations" is an unjustified attack, the UN human...The Jewish state said its move last week was due to their alleged financing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
"The crucial work they perform for thousands of Palestinians risks being halted or severely restricted"
Iraq blames Iran for river flow decline that hit power generation
The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam...The Darbandikhan dam in Iraq has this year received 900 million cubic meters of water, well below the annual average of 4.7 billion cubic meters
The decline had led to a 30 percent fall in electricity production from the dam
‘Facebook Papers’ hit as platform earns billions
Facebook executives say the profits could have been even more if not for Apple updating its iPhone operating system to...Facebook has been hit by a crisis after a former employee leaked papers showing the company prioritized profit over users interest.
A report said teenage users of the Facebook app in the US had declined by 13 percent since 2019 and were projected to drop 45 percent over the next two years.
Qatar says won’t muzzle F1 drivers over human rights
The country has been the target of protests by several football teams over its treatment of foreign workers. Its motorsports...We are happy to support the drivers to speak their minds on their platforms, said Abdulrahman Al Mannai, president of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation.
Qatar has removed rules that barred workers from changing employers, scrapped exit permit requirements and introduced a minimum wage of $1.30 an hour.
Qatar pledges ‘equal citizenship’ after vote controversy
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told lawmakers that he had instructed the authorities to give voting rights to those excluded...Only descendants of Qataris who were citizens in 1930 were eligible to vote and run for 30 of the 45 seats in the Shura Council polls
This effectively disqualified members of families naturalized since 1930
Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia call for calm in Sudan after coup
In the wake of the military coup in Sudan, many countries of the Middle East have called for peace and...General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the head of the military, announced the dissolution, on Monday, of the government and the Sovereign Council
Burhan said quarrels among political factions prompted the military intervention
EU and Iran to revive nuclear talks this week
The EU and world powers are scrambling to try to get negotiations in Vienna back on track.The agreement between Iran and world powers was to find a long-term solution to the now two-decade-old crisis over its nuclear program
It has been moribund since former US president Donald Trump walked out of the deal in May 2018 and imposed sweeping sanctions
Israel welcomes agricultural workers from Lebanon
Agricultural workers from Lebanon are being allowed into Israel as a ‘gesture of goodwill’ through the borders at Al Jabal,...Lebanon has for the past two years been mired in economic, political, and social crisis
Its residents are subject to banking restrictions preventing easy access to money
Israel holds largest-ever air force drill with UAE visit
Amir Lazar, chief of Israeli air force operations, told reporters the drills "don't focus on Iran", but army officials have...Israel has held the "Blue Flag" exercises every two years since 2013 in the Negev desert
Other nations taking part this year include France, the United States and Germany, as well as Britain
Prince Charles to visit Jordan, Egypt to discuss climate crisis
The royal couple's November 16-19 visit will start in Jordan, a UK ally whose King Abdullah II has come under..."Indeed, both visits will have a major focus on addressing the climate crisis," Fitzgerald, deputy private secretary to Prince Charles said
In Cairo, Charles and Camilla are due to visit the top Sunni Islam cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Yayeb
