Embargoes have become a weapon of choice in response to war, the fight against terrorism, or human rights breaches.

With war clouds gathering over Ukraine, international diplomacy goes into overdrive on Monday with the French and Russian presidents to talk in Moscow and the German chancellor heading to the White House to meet with US leader Joe Biden.

Russia has now put in place 70 percent of the forces it would need for such an attack, US officials have said.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, who is also the deputy prime minister, praised the US for its support for his country.

The resumption of the waiver, ended by the Donald Trump administration in 2020, ‘would be essential to ensuring Iran's swift compliance’ if a new deal on controlling Tehran's nuclear program can be reached in talks in Vienna, a US State Department official has said.

The Seattle NFT Museum features original artworks along with explanations of the technology behind them.

The veteran Turkish leader's talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky come with Kyiv hesitant to accept US warnings that President Putin is preparing to invade.

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said it prevented another drone attack over its territory, after Washington said it will send a warship and fighter jets to help defend its Gulf ally as conflict with Yemeni rebels intensifies. The UAE, a major financial hub and part of the Saudi-led coalition...

The move underscores the Qatar’s strategic importance, including in a scramble to shield European allies from potential Russian energy cutoffs.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, January 31.

Analysts expect that this meeting will decide to boost output by 400,000 barrels per day in March, in line with their strategy to slowly re-open the taps since May last year.

Qatar ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has the Ukraine crisis, efforts to engage the hardline Taliban administration in Afghanistan, and backroom talks on reviving a nuclear accord with Iran on the agenda for his White House meeting with US President Joe Biden.

Diplomats meet in the Austrian capital to revive the 2015 deal involving Iran, the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.

iPhone accounted for 23% of the market in Oct-Dec.

A Taliban delegation headed by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is meeting representatives of the US, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, the European Union, and Norway in their first visit to Europe after coming taking over to Afghanistan.

Farid Yassin, the Ambassador of Iraq to the America says that the recovered artifacts are part of the history and heritage of the Iraqi people, thus they belong to Iraq.

Prosecutor has placed Abdorahim Kordi in custody, citing a statement from the intelligence branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

The US State Department announced in a statement that "Adnan Ayad, Jihad Adnan Ayad, Ali Adel Diab, and 10 companies are designated under Executive Order 13224.”

Emirates said Thursday it will lift a suspension of flights to several US destinations in a "temporary reprieve" after the launch of 5G networks was delayed near American airports over safety fears. Flights to six destinations will resume Friday, and on Saturday services to Boston, Houston and San Francisco will...

The US Department of Energy put forward the observation in the third edition of the Solar Power in Your Community report, its guidebook to help local governments unlock environmental and economic benefits of increased solar deployment in their communities.

The selected creators will be able to sell subscriptions.

On Tuesday, both AT&T and Verizon agreed to scale back the launch of 5G near airports following an outcry from US airlines, who warned of mass disruptions. The White House, which has negotiated with both the aviation and telecommunications industries, praised the move.

The net-zero target is only for its operations, not products.

US Telecom giants AT&T and Verizon will delay the implementation of their 5G network on a "limited number" of towers near airports following warnings from US airlines.

The United Arab Emirates of which Abu Dhabi is the capital is part of a Riyadh-led military coalition that supports Yemen's government against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have repeatedly targeted Saudi Arabia with cross-border strikes.

Talks to restore the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers -- United States, France, Britain, Russia, China, and Germany -- began last year but stopped in June as Iran elected ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi. The talks resumed in November but have made only chequered progress so far.

Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi held talks with state department officials on the new MoU on the strategic partnership between the two countries.

The possible reason for the strikes is that Iranian militias may have been planning an attack on US forces to coincide with the two-year anniversary of the US assassination of Qassem Soleimani.

The statement was issued after the latest review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) — which first came into force in 1970 — was postponed from its scheduled date of January 4 to later in the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

At the global scale, 56.5 percent of oil reserves and 26.7 percent of natural gas reserves are owned by Arab countries.

Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant, the WHO said in its Covid-19 weekly epidemiological update.

The authorities overseeing Libya's first presidential election said earlier this week holding it on Friday as scheduled would be "impossible". The vote was intended to mark a fresh start for North African country, a year after a landmark ceasefire and more than a decade after its 2011 revolt.

On Tuesday, Iran's military fired several missiles from land and sea as part of the five-day exercise.

Omicron now accounts for 73.2 percent of new US cases over the past week ending Saturday.

The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China's treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and new sanctions slapped on the world's top consumer drone maker. The United States has ramped up pressure on China, with President Joe Biden's administration a...

E-commerce growth has benefited the company.

The landmark 2015 nuclear accord was initially agreed between Iran and Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. But it began unravelling in 2018 when then US president Donald Trump pulled out and reimposed sanctions, prompting Iran to start exceeding limits on its nuclear program the following year.

Only five months transpired between Didi's going public in New York in June and word Friday that it will prepare a Hong Kong listing.

Turkey on Thursday called on the Council of Europe to avoid punishing Turkey ahead of a decision this week on whether Ankara could face rare disciplinary proceedings over the case of a jailed activist, Agence France-Presse reported. “Out of respect for the ongoing judicial process, we invite the Council of...

Washington hailed Thursday's deal in a statement, saying it would "improve the transparency and fairness of processes for obtaining authorisations to provide services by professionals and firms in a wide array of fields." US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said “this initiative is the first successful WTO services negotiation in years,...

Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons in plastic waste in 2016 — more than twice as much as China and more than the countries of the European Union combined, according to a new report submitted to the federal government. Its authors called for the country to develop...

Hong Kong listing is seen as a hedge against removal from US exchanges

The US Treasury has said in a statement that the deal with Turkey "represents a pragmatic solution.”

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

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

Tanker had been seized last month in the Sea of Oman in a tense incident also involving the US Navy.

Musk owned about 17 percent of Tesla's outstanding shares as of June 30, currently worth $208.37 billion. His wealth swelled with the recent surge in Tesla's stock price. By selling 10 percent of his shares, he could theoretically earn just under $21 billion. His wealth swelled with the recent surge...

Tehran has said the world powers should not exceed the bounds of the 2015 deal they are seeking to revive. The deal was between Iran and five world powers other than Russia: Britain, China, France, Germany and the US.

This is despite pressure from big consumer nations to open up the taps much more decisively amid soaring prices. The producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia in the so-called OPEC+ will add 400,000 barrels per day in December, they said.

CO2 pollution this year will be just shy of the record set in 2019, according to the Global Carbon Project consortium.