Joe Biden's comment followed a video summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping late Monday.

The two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard in Riyadh on Thursday, November 18.

The MoU was signed under the framework of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement signed between the UAE and Israel last year.

G7 foreign ministers urged Belarus Thursday to end a migrant crisis on its border with Poland, accusing it of callously engineering the stand-off and putting lives at risk.

Iraq has summoned its cultural attache in Beirut for an investigation into the alleged sale of fake Lebanese university degrees to Iraqis, including MPs.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday spoke by phone with Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog, in a rare exchange between the two countries, urging continued dialogue in their mutual interest, according to the presidency.

Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics on Thursday launched Statistical Database, a unified channel where all data produced by the authority will be published. Chairman of the Board of Directors of GASTAT and its President Dr. Konrad Pessendrofer launched the platform. The platform uses advanced search techniques with advanced features...

All airlines operating from Beirut must limit passengers departing on direct or indirect flights to Belarus to Belarusian citizens, Lebanese citizens holding visas or residency permits for Belarus, and "Arabs and foreigners having residency permits in Belarus". Lebanon said the measures were effective immediately until further notice.

Mordi and Natali Oknin were detained last week after visiting the newly opened Camlica Tower -- Istanbul's tallest building.

Julian Assange and Edward Snowden have had to pay big time for simply telling the truth. Their lives suggest that everything is not so cool when it comes to press freedom in the West.

Lebanon has said only foreigners with Belarusian residency permits would be allowed to fly from Beirut to the ex-Soviet country. This comes after several Middle-Eastern countries have already stopped their residents from traveling to Belarus to cross the border into the EU.

Soudah Development Company, a real estate development company owned by PIF, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, has announced it will join the UN Mountain Partnership to realize its environmental sustainability goals. Soudah Development is involved in driving the development of Soudah and parts of Rijal Alma’a Governorate in the Asir...

An IAEA report, which said Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium is in excess of the limit laid down in the 2015 nuclear deal, will be discussed during the IAEA's Board of Governors, scheduled for next week with diplomats preparing to revive the deal.

Drones, guided missiles, simulators: the United Arab Emirates is on the offensive to develop its defense industry in a bid to wean itself off dependence on imports.

Doctors Without Borders said its Geo Barents rescue ship had picked up 99 survivors on Tuesday. The victims had died of suffocation after 13 hours adrift at sea.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will visit Tehran Monday to discuss Iran's nuclear program, the spokesman for Iran's atomic agency said, as several key dates approach.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated the 2nd Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) in which eight teams from 12 universities across the world are participating to design, build and operate smart and sustainable solar-powered homes that are suited to the region’s climate. DEWA has organized the competition as...

The pact lays down a framework to establish closer cooperation and collaboration between three countries in all space-related fields.

The announcement was made via video conferencing on Tuesday by Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri and Orna Barbivai, Israeli Minister of Economy, in the presence of Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Mohammed Al Khaja, UAE Ambassador to Israel.

The law renders reproductive screening optional, imposes restrictions on abortion and limits access to contraception

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree eliminating the post of top Muslim cleric for the country and expanding the powers of a government ministry overseeing religious affairs.

Haftar's announcement comes two days after the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Kadhafi -- the son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi -- who has been accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Moroccan coast guards have assisted more than 300 migrants in difficulty aboard various craft since Friday.

The global aviation sector has begun to emerge from the Covid pandemic, its worst-ever crisis, and the "outlook is starting to brighten", Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told journalists Monday. A large order of 255 of Airbus' single-aisle A231 planes announced Sunday at the Dubai Airshow "completely justifies" a shift to...

The UAE, one of the world’s top crude exporters, said a recent UN climate summit in Glasgow was a “success” but that the world needs to keep investing billions in oil and gas. Nearly 200 countries at the COP26 summit pledged Saturday to speed up the fight against rising temperatures,...

Iran has invited the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency for talks after the UN official expressed concern over a lack of contact with Iranian authorities, Tehran said Monday. UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi "has been invited" to Tehran and a visit date has been put forward, foreign...

Thousands of migrants from the Middle East, including many from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, are camped out on the EU-Belarus border.

The three leaders also reviewed issues of common interest, the situation in the region, along with regional and international developments.

The first deal was signed with Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U., a Spanish company, to purchase refueling aircraft for the Air Force and Air Defense Command.

Francis Haugen, 37, plans to tour universities early next year. She stresses her role would simply be to get the youth movement started, envisaging it as a campus-based movement where students could help teens deal with internet-related problems their parents might not understand.

Libya's first-ever direct presidential poll, with a first round on December 24, is the climax of a process launched last year by the United Nations to draw a line under years of violence since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.

Al Jazeera has given given prominent coverage to demonstrations against the October 25 coup.

The fourth US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue led to both sides discussing to several economic, commercial, regional, and humanitarian issues.

The discussions took place between Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro at Expo 2020 on Saturday. The meeting saw the signing of several agreements and MoUs between the two sides.

After being declared as terrorist organizations, six Palestine Human Rights and Civil Society Organizations wrote letter to UN and other human rights institutions to take action against Israel.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, reviewed strategic cooperation and joint coordination in a meeting with Brett McGurk, the US National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa,  at Al Shati Palace.

Turkey on Saturday rebuffed French President Emmanuel Macron's call on foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya as part of efforts turn on a page on a decade of strife. Macron told an international conference on Libya in Paris that "Russia and Turkey must withdraw their mercenaries without delay."

An Istanbul court on Friday charged an Israeli couple with "espionage" after they allegedly took a photo of the Turkish president's home in the city, Turkish state media reported.

The Gulf country has played a significant role both in diplomacy and evacuations as the US ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan.

The virtual talks will take place "in the evening" on Monday in Washington -- meaning early Tuesday in Beijing.

Dr Abdullah Asiri, Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Preventive Health, has been chosen as one of the members of the World Health Organization's Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). The SAGO includes 28 members of the world's leading scientists, representing a wide range of disciplines including...

Qatar's top diplomat voiced hope Friday for a halt to normalization with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates paid a visit to Damascus. The diplomat, however, also said that other nations had the "sovereign right" to make their own decisions on Syria.

Iraq said on Friday it was drawing up lists of those among the hundreds of Iraqis blocked on the border between Belarus and Poland who wish to be repatriated voluntarily. "We are ready to organize more than one trip to provide an urgent response to anyone wanting to come home...

Ankara on Friday banned citizens of Syria, Iraq and Yemen from flying from Turkish airports to Belarus because of the refugee crisis at the former Soviet country's border with Poland.

The global food trade should hit a record high in both volume and value, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). By the end of 2021, the global food import bill should extend beyond $1.75 trillion, marking a 14 percent increase from the previous...

Relations between the world's two largest economies have deteriorated in recent weeks, in particular over Taiwan.

The hydrocarbon-rich North African country has been mired in civil war since the overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a 2011 uprising, with the bloodshed drawing in competing Libya factions and Islamist groups, as well as regional powers.

Saudi Arabia has granted citizenship to an unspecified number of people with "distinguished talents, unique expertise and specializations". ‏Saudi Press Agency reported that the announcement was made in line with the issued royal decree to grant Saudi citizenships to "experts and exceptional global talents" with "unique competencies" in religious, medical,...

Kuwait is to limit the number of visas it issues for Lebanese nationals as a diplomatic row festers between Beirut and Gulf states, a security source in the emirate said Wednesday.

The designated chief executive of NSO, the Israeli firm infamous for phone hacking, is resigning less than two weeks after being nominated, a source close to the company said Thursday.