Iran announced Tuesday it had successfully placed a military satellite in orbit, as talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers reach a critical stage. Iran successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020, drawing a sharp rebuke from Washington.

The White House said Monday that a US delegation held weekend talks in Venezuela with the government of President Nicolas Maduro that included a discussion of energy supplies as Washington looks for ways to reduce its imports of Russian oil. Venezuela's opposition also said it had met with the high-level...

Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade met Tomislav Ćorić, Croatia's Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Construction tycoon Dbeibah was appointed following a landmark 2020 ceasefire with a mandate to lead the country to December 24 elections.

Russia planned to open humanitarian corridors in Ukraine Tuesday for civilians to flee besieged cities, but Kyiv insisted the move was a publicity stunt and people would not be able to escape. Moscow's offer to evacuate residents was condemned because most of the routes led into Russia or its ally...

Yemen's Huthi rebels have signed a UN agreement hoped to help stop a rusting oil tanker in the Red Sea becoming an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe, officials said Monday. The 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating oil storage platform with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board, has...

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday (Mar 7) it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine's besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no "radiological consequence". The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no...

Interior minister Ayelet Shaked estimated Sunday that about 15,000 Ukrainians could reach Israel by the end of March.

Iran said Monday it was awaiting "details" on Russia's demands for US guarantees that could potentially delay reaching an agreement in talks aiming to restore Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

The United Arab Emirates said it flew 30 tonnes of aid and medical supplies to Poland for transportation to war-torn Ukraine Monday, to help relieve the "deteriorating humanitarian situation" after Russia's invasion.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called for resources to meet the increasing humanitarian needs in Ukraine.

The government of the UAE has worked with the UK government to launch a toolkit to support financial institutions in tackling illicit financial flows in Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, UAE Minister of State, has partnered with UK Minister Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon to launch the...

The MoU was signed in Riyadh between Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah Al-Mujib with Algerian Algerian Minister of Justice Abdul Rashid Tabbi.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday dismissed as "irrelevant" Russian demands for guarantees that new sanctions linked to Ukraine will not affect Moscow's rights under a reworked Iran nuclear deal. With the parties to the Iran agreement, which the US abandoned in 2018, now seemingly close to a...

UN officials said they expected the wave of refugees to intensify further as the Russian army pressed its offensive, particularly toward the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Since Russia invaded on February 24, a total of 922,400 people have fled Ukraine to Poland. Hungary, Moldova, Romanian and Slovakia have also seen Ukrainian...

Italy and Qatar discussed greater cooperation in the energy field in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in a meeting at Doha on Sunday. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Qatari counterpart Mohammad bin Abdelrahman Al-Thani represented their countries in the meeting. Saudi media reports said that “bilateral and...

Saudi Arabia and Egypt have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the fields of telecommunications, frequency spectrum and human capacity building.

Israel's premier said Sunday his country had a "moral obligation" to help stem fighting in Ukraine even if chances of success were "not great", after shuttle diplomacy that saw him visit the Kremlin.

The Qatar-Nigeria Economic Forum kicked off in Lagos, the economic capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog said Saturday they had agreed an approach for resolving issues crucial to reviving the country's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers -- but new Russian demands may delay a deal. The landmark accord was aimed at guaranteeing Tehran could not develop a nuclear weapon.

People from Ukraine have posted videos showing the success of their forces, and they have become viral.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's sit-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first by a foreign leader since the day Russian forces invaded Ukraine last week, and came after Kyiv had asked Israel to launch a dialogue with Moscow.

Erdogan has already said Herzog's planned visit would be an opportunity to 'open a new chapter in relations between Turkey and Israel.'

Tajikistan’s minister of energy and water resources said that his country is engaged in a program that includes construction of 700 megawatts of solar and wind powerhouses.

Iran's foreign minister on Saturday appeared to welcome recent comments by Saudi Arabia's crown prince about relations between the two regional rivals as a sign of Riyadh's "desire" to restore severed ties. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in an interview said that his country and Iran were "neighbors forever".

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday after talks in Tehran that they agreed on an approach to resolve issues crucial in efforts to revive the country's 2015 nuclear deal.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) seeks to boost its participation in international cultural arenas and events to activate strategic partnerships with international organizations and institutions.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said he was prepared to travel to Vienna if a deal is reached.

Melilla and Ceuta, Spain's tiny enclaves, have the EU's only land borders with Africa that attracts desperate migrants to escape poverty, violence and hunger both at home.

With fears growing of nuclear conflict, the US and Russian armed forces have set up a new direct phone line to reduce the risks of ‘miscalculation’. But Vladimir Putin has been unmoved as Russia has become an economic, sporting, and cultural pariah.

Iran's foreign minister said Friday he was ready to travel to Vienna if a deal is reached to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, as the US suggested an agreement is possible.

Stephanie Williams, UN chief Antonio Guterres' Special Advisor on Libya, warned in a series of tweets that "the solution to Libya's crisis does not lie in forming rival administrations and perennial transitions."

The projects that the SFD contributes to financing through loans and grants in Pakistan amount to around SAR5 billion ($1.33 billion).

Eight hundred Iraqi refugees returned home from northeast Syria on Thursday and hundreds more are to follow, a Syrian official in the region's Kurdish semi-autonomous administration said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the first group left on buses via the Al-Yarubiyah border crossing. The Iraqi government has "agreed...

Jordan Ministry's Secretary-General Dana Zoubi stressed the deep-rooted relations between Jordan and Germany.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has created quite a few ripples with his views on all things important during his first interview to a non-Saudi publication in two years.

Over the past 10 years, the UAE has reportedly sent relief supplies to Malawi amounting to AED85.3 million ($23.23 million).

US president Joe Biden on Wednesday said he had not ruled out halting imports of Russian oil.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for a "political solution" after the Russian invasion and also reiterated his support for the OPEC+ group of oil producers.

Negotiators meeting in Vienna to try and salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, which is meant to prevent Tehran from acquiring an atomic bomb, have made ‘significant progress,’ US State Department deputy spokeswoman Jalina Porter told reporters, echoing other nations in recent weeks.

Russian troops attacked Europe's largest nuclear plant on Friday, starting a fire at the Ukrainian facility, with the country's leader accusing Moscow of "nuclear terror". Local authorities reported no immediate radiation rise was detected and "essential" equipment was unaffected by the fire, but it remained unclear what the invading forces...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said Israel could be a "potential ally" of Riyadh, in remarks published Thursday. "For us, we hope that the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is solved," the  prince told US monthly magazine The Atlantic, according to remarks carried by the official Saudi...

France on Thursday expressed fear that the worst phase of Russia's war on Ukraine could be yet to start, with key Ukrainian cities at risk of encirclement by Russian forces.

The Libyan parliament's pick for prime minister has accused his rival in Tripoli of blocking ministers-in-waiting from traveling to the eastern-based assembly to be sworn in.

The UAE and the US are facing a "stress test" in their relationship, a senior Emirati diplomat said Thursday, as Russia's war in Ukraine strains ties. The wealthy Gulf state hosts US troops and has been a strategic partner to Washington for decades.

The statement from India's foreign ministry came a day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"The (Russian) occupiers are in all parts of the city and are very dangerous," Gennady Lakhuta, head of the regional administration, wrote on messaging service Telegram.

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow's invasion by a vast majority of the world's nations. After more than two days of extraordinary debate, which saw the Ukrainian ambassador accuse Russia of genocide, 141...

Israel has said that regardless of any agreement that may be reached in Vienna, it would maintain full freedom to act against Iran.

Scientists warn that potential new variants and unequal vaccination rates threaten any long-awaited return to normality.