Iranian students protested and shopkeepers went on strike despite a widening crackdown, according to reports on social media, as demonstrations that flared over Mahsa Amini's death entered an eighth week.

World food prices held steady in October, though cereal prices rose over uncertainty of a deal giving safe passage for Ukrainian grains on the Black Sea, a UN agency said. Global food prices have been falling since hitting an all-time high in March in the wake of Russia's invasion of...

Europe must act immediately to prevent a shortage of natural gas next year as Russia slashes deliveries in the wake of the Ukraine war, the International Energy Agency warned. The IEA said the shortfall would occur if Russia stops pipelines deliveries completely and China steps up its imports of liquefied...

Firm said surging oil, gas prices helped it post massive profits.

Bank to pay fine on money laundering, tax fraud charges.

The sources told Reuters that the deal was signed privately earlier this year with Houston’s Axiom Space.

The Biden administration says the deal remains the best way to restrict Iran's nuclear program but has been increasingly pessimistic that Tehran will agree to a compromise negotiated by European Union mediators.

Scholz, whose two-day trip next weekend will also take him to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, becomes the latest Western leader to meet with the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In July, French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with the crown prince in Paris, and US President Joe Biden...

As Cairo gears up to open "the largest archaeological museum in the world," Egypt's former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass said he will soon demand the return of its greatest lost treasures.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune Saturday declared a "new, irreversible dynamic of progress" in their nations' ties, concluding a visit by Macron aimed at ending months of tensions. The three-day visit comes less than two months after Algeria marked six decades of independence following 132...

The trip follows months of tensions between Paris and the North African country, which earlier this year marked six decades of independence following 132 years of French rule. The three-day visit also comes as European powers scramble to replace Russian energy imports -- including with supplies from Algeria, Africa's top...

The French presidency said that this trip will contribute to deepening the bilateral relationship, reinforce Franco-Algerian cooperation in the face of regional challenges and to continue the work of addressing the past.

Recent strategic Saudi-French partnership deal becomes crucial as Paris, with its expertise in key sectors, may help the Kingdom in achieving the goals set under Vision 2030.

Mohammed bin Salman's recent Europe visit after US President Joe Biden’s trip to Jeddah suggests that KSA wants to diversify its partners amidst global uncertainties, say experts.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warmly welcomed Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, with the two men enjoying a warm handshake that they emphasised by using all four hands. Prince Mohammed arrived in France following a visit from US President Joe Biden to Riyadh...

The Chateau Louis XIV in Louveciennes outside Paris is a new-build mansion, which was bought by Mohammed bin Salman in 2015.

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday. The meeting will be seen as one more sign of Prince Mohammed’s rising global profile after US President Joe Biden met him earlier this month.

An increasing number of strategic agreements are being signed with the regional players as Europe, US seek to diversify sources of energy supply, says an expert at IRIS

"Political, economic, and energy supplies" were the main topics of our discussions, said the Qatari Foreign Minister.

Global stock markets slid Friday after the Federal Reserve warned of an aggressive tightening of monetary policy to tame runaway inflation. Wall Street was also glum shortly after the opening bell as the Dow sank 0.9 percent while the S&P index and the tech-rich Nasdaq were showing smaller losses.

The Paris contemporary art scene has partly got its mojo back thanks to a slew of new museums, including the Louis Vuitton Foundation and Bourse de Commerce.

"When are we going to talk about it?" read a sign at demonstration in France where thousands came out to urge politician to work on climate crisis issues.

Global stock markets wavered Friday as dealers awaited vital US jobs data and mulled the Federal Reserve's readiness to hike interest rates aggressively. London stocks edged higher in late morning deals, while Frankfurt nudged lower and Paris was flat nearing midday in the eurozone. The dollar was under pressure before...

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has connected with hundreds of global business leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators in a series of six inaugural events organized by its international office network to discuss expansion opportunities to the UAE capital. ADIO’s offices in London, Paris, Beijing, Seoul, New York and San Francisco...

The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has joined the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a network of 100 central banks and financial supervisors that aims to accelerate the scaling up of green finance and develop recommendations for central banks' role in climate change. The bank, according to local...

Israel's cultural capital Tel Aviv is now more expensive than Paris, Singapore, Zurich, Hong Kong and New York.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has supported Saudi Arabia's bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh. The OIC is the second-largest organization after the United Nations with a membership of 57 states spread over four continents. It is considered the voice of the Islamic world. Saudi Arabia is the...

Finance is a crunch issue at the summit, with developing nations demanding rich emitters make good on decade-old promises to provide $100 billion a year to help them cope.

Russia, the Republic of Korea, Italy and Ukraine are other four countries that have submitted bids for the event in their respective cities.

Saudi capital Riyadh has been ranked as the third smartest capital among the G20 member states and the 30th smartest city at the global level. Riyadh made qualitative progress on the IMD Smart Cities Index for 2021, issued by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), as it jumped 23...

Algerian reaction followed Macron’s comments last week in which he said Algeria’s post-independence “political-military system” had “totally re-written” the country’s history.

Algeria over the weekend recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace.

The statement, from the Algerian presidency, said it had withdrawn its ambassador following media reports of the French president Macron’s comments.

International expos, or world fairs, draw millions of visitors to a chosen city every few years. Over two centuries these mega events have introduced the world to new products and landmarks.

As Expo 2020 opens in Dubai on Friday, hoping to attract millions of visitors with its imaginative pavilions and technological advances, a look at what its predecessors unveiled.

The equity investment was reportedly a part of Interstellar Lab's latest $3-million seed round.

Putting a monetary value on nature means that damaging resources such as breathable air and drinkable water becomes not just a survival risk, but a financial one. Some $44 trillion of annual economic value generation -- half of the world's gross domestic product -- is moderately or highly dependent on...

Amir-Abdollahian attended a summit in Baghdad on Saturday alongside regional leaders and Macron, the only leader from outside the region.

Findings could shed light onto the origins of the 70-year-old former Merrill Lynch banker's wealth