A controversial US-backed aid group for Gaza announced Monday that it had begun distributing food in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory,...
US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "crazy" on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of...
Iranian police have arrested 17 university graduates on suspicion of filming candid camera horror pranks that boosted their social media...Gags included mock murders and a suicide as well as throwing cakes in the faces of passengers on the escalators of the Tehran metro
The author of the gag filmed on the Tehran metro was open about his motives
Riyadh and Bangkok restored their diplomatic relation broken over jewel theft by a Thai-born janitor who stole $20 million worth...Saudi Arabia and Thailand have announced they re-established their diplomatic relations, decades after a jewel theft from a Saudi palace
The move is the result of long-standing efforts at different levels to re-establish mutual confidence and friendly relations, they said in a joint statement
Qatar, a close US ally, has huge gas reserves and is the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas. Biden...Biden and the Gulf state leader will discuss security in the Middle East and "ensuring the stability of global energy supplies."
The meeting comes as Washington and its European allies are seeking to shore up energy contingency plans should Russia squeeze supplies due to tensions with the West over Ukraine
Saudi Arabia and Romania signed on Tuesday a defense cooperation agreement that covers training, exchange of expertise, technologies, developing communications...The pact includes training, exchange of expertise, technologies and developing communications systems.
The agreement is in line with the two sides’ commitment to promote and encourage international peace, media reports said.
- A number of US companies are willing to invest in basic infrastructure and logistics to support Tunisia's efforts in this...
Tunisian Transport Minister Rabii Majidi expressed the will to further strengthen cooperation with the United States.
Both parties exchanged views on the draft bilateral agreement in the field of air transport. The US ambassador urged stepping up talks to materialize this agreement.
The 35-piece exhibit at the museum in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, faced immediate backlash after it was installed on Sunday....Activists from Fatah, the Palestinian movement Arafat founded, demanded an investigation into how the images came to be displayed.
In a statement, the museum insisted the images were merely artistic impressions of a revered Palestinian leader.
- The emirate of Ras al-Khaimah on Tuesday announced a multibillion-dollar deal with casino giant Wynn Resorts and said it will...
The emirate announced a multibillion-dollar deal with casino giant Wynn Resorts, but did not elaborate on 'gaming', a euphemism for gambling in the US.
Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority said a new gaming division would require “compliance with all applicable laws and regulations".
Yemen's Houthi rebels were driven out of a key district by the United Arab Emirates-trained Giants Brigade, the militia said...The Iran-backed Houthis lost Harib district south of Marib, the strategically vital northern city they have been fighting to topple for months
The Giants Brigade said "hundreds were killed and wounded on both sides" in battles that lasted for more than two weeks
The US said multiple times it was ready to hold direct talks, and now Iran's foreign minister has also said...Iran open to direct nuclear negotiations with the US, which declared itself ready to hold talks "urgently" on 2015 nuclear accord
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier that negotiating with the 'enemy' does not mean surrendering
- Saudi Arabia's finance minister, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan, has stressed the need for the promotion of the joint Gulf action,...
During the meeting, the ministers reviewed the progress made on issues related to strengthening the financial and economic cooperation among the GCC states
The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Finance, Chairman of the current session, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan
