The resumption of fighting dashed hopes for an extension of a seven-day truce that had seen dozens of hostages freed in exchange for Palestinian civilian releases by Israel. On Thursday, US top diplomat Antony Blinken, meeting Israeli and Palestinian officials, called for the pause in hostilities to be extended, and...
Iran, Djibouti resume diplomatic ties after 7 years
Iran announced the restoring of diplomatic ties with Djibouti over seven years after it joined other regional nations in severing ties with Tehran in support of Saudi Arabia. The decision by the Horn of Africa nation came months after Shiite-dominated Iran and Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia resumed relations under a China-brokered...Libya tells foreign energy firms it’s safe to return
TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Libya's state energy firm urged its foreign oil and gas partners to resume exploration and production Tuesday assuring them security had begun to improve dramatically after clashes earlier this year. Rival administrations in east and west have vied for power since March, in a standoff that has...
Libya restarts domestic flights after two-week shutdown
Libyan authorities reopened the war-torn country's skies for domestic flights on Tuesday, an aviation official said, two weeks after they were grounded amid a tense political standoff.
Iran says it will resume Vienna nuclear talks
Tehran has decided to resume nuclear talks in Vienna after the new administration reviewed the previous round of talks, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
Jordan to resume flights to Damascus, 10 years after Syrian civil war broke out
The Jordanian government has agreed to resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus as of 3 October after a 10-year hiatus as a result of the Syrian civil war.
Cruises set to return to Abu Dhabi
In 2019, around 500,000 cruise visitors had arrived in the Emirate’s ports, marking a 46 percent increase compared to 2018 Abu Dhabi is also witnessing the development of several landmark projects Come September, Abu Dhabi will welcome cruise liners back after months of closure in 2020 due to the COVID-19...
