US President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi that has seen the securing of...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday closes a Middle East tour in the United Arab Emirates as he focuses squarely...
Iran on Sunday said it condemned a drone attack targeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi and urged "vigilance to foil..."Such incidents are in the interest of those who have violated the stability, security, independence"
"They have sought to achieve their sinister regional goals by creating terrorist groups"
Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said he was unhurt and appealed for "calm and restraint" after a drone attack on...The attack in Baghdad's Green Zone was the first to target the residence of Kadhemi
Security sources said three drones were launched, but two were shot down
Colombia sees the UAE as a potential partner for growth in bilateral trade, economy, and tourism.Non-oil bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to $176 million in the first half of 2019
The two nations are also in talks over signing a MoU for double taxation avoidance
The Western Sahara conflict pits Morocco against the Polisario Front independence movement.Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony with extensive phosphate reserves and rich Atlantic fishing grounds
Morocco sees it as its own sovereign territory, but the Polisario Front has proclaimed a democratic republic there with support from Algeria
The attack came during a period of soaring tensions over the results of the October 10 elections.The attack in Baghdad's Green Zone was the first to target the residence of Kadhemi, who has been in power since May 2020
It and came as Iraq's political parties wrangle over who will run the next government
- Tehran has said the world powers should not exceed the bounds of the 2015 deal they are seeking to revive....
The nuclear talks are being brokered by European Union mediators as Tehran refuses to deal with US negotiators directly
The talks are aimed at bringing Washington back into a 2015 agreement with Iran that was abandoned by former US president Donald Trump
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Libya's prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh had a one-on-one closed-door meeting at the Vahdettin...The leaders later attended a meeting between the countries' delegations
Turkey and the North African country have seen closer ties in recent years, especially after the signing of security and maritime boundary pacts in November 2019
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011,...Reduced harvests in Canada, Russia, US lead to an increase of 3.2 percent in cereal prices.
The vegetable oil index went up 9.6 percent, hitting an all-time high, and dairy rose by 2.6 points.
- Hundreds of supporters of pro-Iran groups clashed with security forces in Iraq's capital on Friday, expressing their fury over last...
The political arm of the pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network saw its share of parliamentary seats decline substantially in the election
Demonstrators from groups loyal to the Hashed threw projectiles and "blocked... access to the Green Zone" on three sides
- Basra province gets only 1 trillion dinars out of the total Iraqi budget of 130 trillion Iraqi dinars ($89 billion),...
Basra province produces about 70 percent of crude oil in Iraq, itself the second biggest exporter in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia.
Unemployment in Basra affects 20 to 25 percent of the people and almost 30 percent of youth.
