Sweden and Finland bids earned approval from all NATO members except Turkey and Hungary. They remain the only NATO members left to ratify Sweden's bid 19 months after it applied for membership. Sweden and Finland dropped decades of military non-alignment and sought to join the organisation after Russia invaded Ukraine...

The insurance firm made a slew of new appointments.

The IMF announced member nations agreed to increase their contributions to the global lender and give sub-Saharan Africa a third seat on its executive board at its first meetings on the continent since 1973. Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, who chairs the IMF Financial Committee, said there was an agreement...

New York, US-- Kuwait has exhorted UN member states to back its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for 2024-2026. The appeal was made at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly by the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Highlighting Kuwait's...

Jakarta, Indonesia--Indonesian President Joko Widodo departed for South Africa on Sunday to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg amid speculation that the country could join the group as its latest member. The meeting, which brings together major emerging economies countries led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, will be...

BEIRUT, LEBANON - Lebanon on Thursday handed over to Italian authorities an alleged member of Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia wanted for involvement in the international drug trade, a judicial official said. Lebanese authorities "handed over Bartolo Bruzzaniti, 48 ... to an Italian security delegation which put him on a private plane...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Asian Development Bank's financing partners committed US$11.4 billion to confinance projects in 2022 that boosted the resilience of developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific, said a Partnership report. The Partnership Report 2022: Driving Growth, Boosting Resilience showcases how ADB and its partners are helping developing...

Jordan's foreign ministry said that Israel has arrested Imad Adwan, a member of parliament, suspected of smuggling weapons and gold into the occupied West Bank. The ministry said that Amman is following the case and that he has been arrested "for interrogation in a case concerning alleged smuggling of quantities...

The deal described by many as historic is seen as key to conserving 30 percent of the world's land and ocean by 2030, as agreed by world governments in a historic accord signed in Montreal in December. Eventually, following two weeks of intense talks, delegates finalized a text that now...

Manama, Bahrain—At least 73 percent of voters have turned out to cast ballots in the 2022 Bahrain general election, the highest figure since the first elections in 2002. The elections, according to Bahrain News Agency, went smoothly across the kingdom and the eligible voters used the right of franchise on...

UAE's Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has announced that it has become a member of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved a $1.12 billion financing for development projects in various sectors in nine member countries.

United Nations member states ended two weeks of negotiations without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges. After 15 years negotiators on Friday have yet to reach a legally binding text to address the multitude of issues...

Jordan won the direct election to become a member of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to End Plastic Pollution, which is expected to produce an agreement by 2024.

The strength of the Dubai economy, the flexibility of the emirate's merchants and the value of Dubai Chamber of Commerce services drive chamber members' exports to grow by 15.8 percent during January-May 2022, said Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chambers.

President of the bank Dr Muhammed Al-Jasser, who was speaking at the 16th World Bank Forum, on Islamic Finance, said that more than half a billion people around the world who have fallen under the poverty line during the pandemic.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States.

Besides the UAE, Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana formally took up the posts they won in an election in June. During its two-year term, the UAE will serve as president of the Security Council twice--March 2022 and June 2023.

The seventh General Assembly of Global Public Diplomacy Network will get underway in Katara, chaired by Qatar.

Kuwaiti MP Dr Hamad Al-Matar has been elected as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s Committee on Sustainable Development, which comprises 18 members from across the world. The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments that "empowers parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development". Matar...

Qatar was elected as a member of the World Heritage Committee for four years, after securing 114 votes during the meeting of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention.