Jordan's King Abdullah II landed in Ramallah on Monday to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, in his first trip to the Israeli-occupied West Bank since 2017, Abbas's office said. The visit also comes less than a week before Ramadan, which last year saw waves of violence across the West Bank.

Independent candidates dominated the Palestinian local elections, winning 64 percent of seats, up from just 37 percent five years ago, according to official results released on Sunday. But with established parties infiltrating independent lists, analysts were not immediately able to say how far the results from Saturday's vote truly amounted...

In an impassioned speech from the Royal Castle in Warsaw, delivered after meeting top Ukrainian ministers in Poland and earlier conferring with NATO and EU allies on the conflict, US President Joe Biden plainly warned Russia: ‘Don't even think about moving on one single inch of NATO territory.’

Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president for the country due to a lack of quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis.

During the meeting, prospects for collaboration between private sector institutions in the countries and ways to enhance them were reviewed.

President Joe Biden leaves Wednesday for Europe on a mission to bolster Western unity, ramp up unprecedented sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and attempt to upset the post-Cold War balance of power. The conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin is redefining Biden's 14-month old presidency as he...

Egypt hosted the Israeli and UAE leaders for unprecedented three-way talks Tuesday as the Ukraine war rocks energy and food markets and major powers inch toward a revived Iran nuclear deal. The summit was held between Egypt's President al-Sisi, Israeli PM Naftali Bennett and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin...

A surprise visit by Syria's Bashar al-Assad to the oil-rich United Arab Emirates opens the door to his isolated regime's return to the embrace of the Arab world, analysts say. The president's trip also showed that a more assertive UAE is willing to upset its ally Washington with a rapprochement...

Jordan Senate President Faisal Fayez Monday held talks with Moroccan officials in Rabat on bolstering Jordan-Morocco cooperation and the regional developments. Fayez held discussions with his Moroccan counterpart Naam Miyara on bilateral cooperation and relations and means to further them on all levels, not the least of which are political,...

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Qatar on his first visit to a Gulf Arab state Monday for a major gas summit that will be dominated by tensions over Ukraine.

Iranian MPs urged the government Sunday to secure Western guarantees at Vienna talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, state media reported, amid signs a deal could be close. In a letter addressed to President Ebrahim Raisi and read at parliament, 250 MPs out of the 290-strong assembly, set out...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has praised the World Health Organization for its decision to pick Egypt and five other countries in Africa to manufacture Covid vaccine in the continent to fight off the virus.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is preparing to visit Turkey, his office said Tuesday, in a rare trip following years of frayed ties between the two countries. Turkey's state-run TRT television, reported the trip would take place on March 9 and 10.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and China's President Xi Jinping discussed ways to bolster relations between the two countries during a meeting in Beijing on Saturday. The two leaders also took stock of the latest...

US President Joe Biden will build on attempts to ensure energy back-up for European allies when he hosts Qatar's emir Monday in a White House meeting overshadowed by fears that Russia could cut exports over the Ukraine crisis.

French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the "need to accelerate" efforts to achieve progress in the Iranian nuclear talks, during a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the head of the state statistics agency, according to a decree published Saturday, after releasing data showing last year's inflation rate hit a 19-year high of 36.1 percent. The 2021 inflation figure released by Dincer angered both the pro-government and opposition camps.

The new law, issued by the ruler of Abu Dhabi, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, aims to further enhance the family-owned business legislative ecosystem by adopting a more flexible and sustainable economic model, in line with best international governance practices.

The two countries are working on a broader strategy to strengthen collaboration in health care, science, technology, hydrogen, public health, and artificial intelligence.

Kuwait's foreign minister said Sunday that he has given Lebanese authorities a list of suggested measures to be taken to ease a diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries. The proposal were delivered to Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister.

Turkey has detained a well-known television journalist for comments she made on air about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her lawyer said Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, amid talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. The meeting will be Raisi's most important official visit abroad since he took office, and the first visit by an Iranian president to Russia since...

Analysts think politically diverse Gen Z voters hold one of the keys to Erdogan's tricky path to presidential re-election.

Tunisian former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last week, was arrested by plainclothes officers on Friday and later accused of possible "terrorism" offences.

Tunisian President Kais Saied is preparing to ask the public for their thoughts on a new constitution.

Debt-ridden Tunisia unveiled a 2022 budget on Tuesday that will see it borrow almost $7 billion more, as it seeks to stimulate an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The 2022 finance law boosts spending by over three percent year on year to 57.3 billion dinars ($19.8 billion, 17.6 billion...

Egypt has pledged support to Lebanon "at all levels" and stressed that it needs "political accord" to reawaken from the setbacks it has been experiencing and "for it to return to the beacon of the Arabs". Local media reports said that during his meeting with the visiting Lebanese Prime Minister...

Iran expressed hopes Monday to turn the page in its ties with the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit by a senior official from the Gulf Arab country. UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al-Nahyan arrived in the country earlier Monday.

France and Saudi Arabia have committed to "fully engage" to resolve a diplomatic row between the Gulf kingdom and Lebanon, visiting French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday. 

French President Emmanuel Macron met Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler in Jeddah Saturday to discuss regional stability, in particular crisis-hit Lebanon.

Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) has revealed that it signed two agreements to facilitate investments in sectors of mutual priority and interest in France.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defended his "risky but correct" economic policy of low interest rates, as the central bank intervened in markets to prop up the falling lira.

The union amongst Emirates is just fine despite being a new experience for us. We did not adopt our neighbors’ experiences. We rather counted on our faith in our brethren rulers of the Emirates and in the importance of the union as a cordial solution to the problems of disintegration,...

President Ebrahim Raisi's comments in a phone call with Emmanuel Macron on Monday evening were his first after the reopening of the talks in Vienna earlier in the day.

The President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered the release of 870 prisoners on Sunday.

Major General Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates has been elected as the new President of Interpol, according to an announcement on Twitter on Thursday.

Al Jarwan was elected by a unanimous vote during a meeting held in Paris.

The election commission said presidential candidates should have a clean criminal record, with the country’s election law saying that hopefuls ‘must not have been sentenced for a dishonorable crime.’ He is among the 25 whose candidacy was rejected on legal grounds as well as based on information from officials.

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.

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.

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.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said that his country is keen to establish good relations with the Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia and Gulf States.

Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has gained popularity through public spending programs after years of civil war

Colombia sees the UAE as a potential partner for growth in bilateral trade, economy, and tourism.

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 Mansion in Istanbul that lasted for an hour-and-a-half.

Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan reviewed developments in Syria and the Middle East in a phone chat with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.

President Sheikh Al Nahyan decrees that all ministries, government authorities and institutions should make these 10 Principles as guidelines in their directives and decisions. They should also work the implementation of these principles through their plans and strategies.

Jordan's king held a telephone call with Syria's president on Sunday, the palace said, in the first such conversation between the two leaders since Syria's war erupted a decade ago.

On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution