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Iran is ready to expand its cooperation with Russia in the energy sector, including in the development of "peaceful" nuclear energy, Iranian Economy Minister, Ehsan Khandouzi, said in an interview with Russia's RIA state news agency. "The prospect of cooperation in the field of 'new energy' and renewable energy...

Three Israeli soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion near the border with Lebanon, according to Lebanese media on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The blast took place as Israeli bulldozers were scraping the land at the border of Ayta Al-Sha'b town, the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV channel reported. Israeli...

Greece and Turkiye have decided to support each other in the UN's Security Council and the International Maritime Organisation, respectively, in what is described as a "new era" in their bilateral relations, following years of turmoil that has intensified in recent months, Reuters reports. According to the report, Greek...

Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, did not take long to issue another treacherous statement after explicitly calling for the Palestinian village of Huwara to be wiped out. During a private memorial service in Paris, Smotrich stated that Palestinians are an invention. The Palestinians, according to Smotrich, invented "a fictitious...

Iraq paid a total of $52.4 billion in war reparations that it owed for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq was compelled to make this payment when the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 687 in April 1991 finding that "Iraq is liable under international law for any...

Tensions over plans to transform Air India into a global airline with hundreds of new jets rippled across the aviation sector on Tuesday, as foreign carriers clamoured for more access to the world's fastest-growing economy, Reuters reports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government faces growing demands to ease a near-freeze...

After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkiye where they painstakingly rebuilt their lives as refugees. "We were born again," said Idris, 32, who put down roots in the city of Gaziantep alongside 450,000 Syrians escaping...

Britain and Israel will sign an agreement aimed at deepening technology, trade and security ties over the next seven years when Foreign Minister, James Cleverly, meets his Israeli counterpart in London on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Israel's Eli Cohen is visiting London to sign the new roadmap for relations with...

India is not looking at increasing air traffic rights for the United Arab Emirates, despite calls by Gulf carriers, and wants its domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights, its Civil Aviation Minister told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. The UAE has urged India to increase the...

Israel has announced various restrictions on Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan with regard to entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Women of all ages, male children up to 12 years old, and men over 55 years old will be allowed to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque during...

Turkic countries, on Tuesday, welcomed festivities surrounding Nowruz, marking the arrival of spring through various forms of celebrations, Anadolu News Agency reports. Dance and theatre performances, in addition to folk dances and concerts of famous artists, were observed in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, while the leaders of...

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has witnessed battles and skirmishes with a high number of casualties. The defending side has often been favoured in these. However, the protagonists have also been locked in military action over relatively insignificant locations. A case in point is the city of...

For the first time in US history, sympathy for Palestinians has overtaken sympathy for Israelis among Democrats, according to the latest Gallup poll. Nearly half of Democrats — 49 per cent — have greater sympathy for Palestinians compared with only 38 per cent for Israel. The attitudes reflect an...

In times of disaster and crisis, journalism requires sensitivity to inform the public accurately, Turkiye's Communications Director, Fahrettin Altun, said on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "During disaster times, informing the public quickly, accurately, reliably and transparently is vital as emergency response and effective aid organisation," Altun told the...

The Knesset (Israel's parliament) has passed the second and third readings of a Bill to allow Israeli settlers to resettle in four settlements in the Occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reports. The Bill rolled back legislation that ordered the evacuation of the illegal outposts of Homesh, Ganim, Kadim...

Sudan's Army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said Tuesday the military will not take part in politics in the future, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are establishing an army that will not participate in politics in the future," Al-Burhan said in a televised speech. "There is no military personnel...

Saudi Arabia's investment in Credit Suisse is almost wiped out and is expected to lose $1.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman directed the government-backed Saudi national bank to make the investment last year following an increase in the price of oil. He...

I've been watching the fallout from KC Martin Forde's first public interview since the release of his report examining the handling of anti-Semitism complaints within the UK Labour Party. I've also been listening to British-American broadcaster Mehdi Hasan discuss his new book, Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating,...

A record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths per day in Somalia from January to June, a study by the Somali health ministry, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed yesterday. The study projected a total of 18,100 to...

A German court has overturned the decision made by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle to dismiss a Palestinian journalist who was accused of anti-Semitism in February. Zahi Alawi returned to work on 20 March. I'm back! After more than a year … بعد أكثر من عام أعود للعمل في مؤسسة...

Israelis believe that Hezbollah and Hamas were behind the Megiddo junction explosion in northern Israel in mid-March. There is also a growing concern that their cooperation could be the beginning of carrying out more operations within Israel, although investigations into the blast are still underway. This may indicate a...

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The Metropolitan Police in the UK capital London have been found to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic in a damning report led by Baroness Louise Casey. In one of the incidents highlighted, a Muslim police officer said that he found bacon inside his boots in his locker but...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that the damage caused by the twin quakes that hit the country on 6 February is estimated at $104 billion. Addressing an international donor conference held in Brussels via video link, Erdogan said: "Regardless of its economic standing, it is impossible for...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement yesterday affirmed that it is continuing its "peaceful struggle" to confront the authority's policies that violate public and individual freedoms, calling for the release of all political prisoners opposed to the policies of President Kais Saied. This came in a statement issued by the movement on...

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau has slammed the "racist" remarks made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in which he denied the existence of Palestinians as a people in the historic land of Palestine. "The racist statements made by Smotrich and the use of a map portraying...

The Palestinian Authority announced on Monday that it will demand that the International Criminal Court should arrest Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Anadolu has reported. The move comes after Smotrich claimed that, "There is no such thing as a Palestinian people." "We are following with utmost interest the irresponsible...

In his book Seven days in Palestine, Jehad Yousef weaves a deeply personal journey with stories of the persecuted Palestinians in their land as he seeks to expose the crimes of the Israeli occupation authorities. The Palestinian doctor, who has lived in Venezuela for more than 30 years, narrates...

A human rights organisation confirmed the death of a prisoner in Egypt on Monday as a result of medical negligence, the third such case within 48 hours. The Egyptian Network for Human Rights said on Facebook that former MP Ragab Abu Zaid Zair, 80, died in the ICU of...

The Israeli occupation authorities announced on Monday some measures to ease Palestinian life during the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli media have reported. Ramadan is due to begin this week, depending on the sighting of the new moon. The Coordinator of Israeli Government Activities in the Occupied Territories (COGAT),...

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has threatened that he will resign if the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu persists in going ahead with its proposed judicial overhaul, Israeli media revealed on Monday. Denouncing the wave of military personnel taking part in anti-government protests in Israel for almost...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell yesterday announced that the EU is concerned about the deteriorating political and economic situation in Tunisia and fears it may collapse. "The situation in Tunisia is very, very dangerous," Borrell warned, after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels."If it collapses...

The European Union expressed deep regret on Monday over remarks made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a Jewish community event in France. Echoing the words of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, far-right extremist Smotrich claimed that there is "no such thing as Palestinians" and they are...

The Saudi Arabian authorities have freed a prisoner with dual Saudi-US citizenship after widespread pressure for his release, Associated Press has reported. Saad Almadi, 72, has lived in Florida for years, and was visiting his homeland when he was arrested a year ago. His son Ibrahim Almadi said that...

The sight of Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li and other Israeli delegates being escorted out of the opening ceremony of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 18 February was historic. The very moment that was meant to crown twenty years of Israeli diplomacy on the African continent turned...

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, reiterated today, Monday, 20 March, 2023, his country's commitment to stand by Tunisians in the face of ongoing economic challenges and economic reform efforts and to continue to support the aspirations of the Tunisian people to a prosperous democratic future. A statement issued...

The British newspaper, The Times, in a report published on Monday, 20 March, 2023, said that the wave of migrants flowing to Italy these days is due to the Ivorians ' rush to buy fishing boats to leave Tunisia, where they faced arrests and violence at the instigation of...

On the twelfth anniversary of the wounded Syrian revolution against which those closest to it conspired, the Syrian butcher fled to his protector and master, the de facto president of Syria, to escape from the memories of the people's revolution that almost overthrew him and his corrupt family. The...

President of the Civil Aviation Authority in the Sultanate of Oman, Naif Al-Abri, said the Sultanate will only allow Israeli flights to use its airspace but will not allow them to land on Omani territory. Speaking to the local Atheer online newspaper on Monday, Al-Abri said the Civil Aviation...

Germany is moving ahead with its planned acquisition of the Israeli-made Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile defence system, The Jerusalem Post reports. According to the report, the announcement was made after German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, met with US President, Joe Biden, earlier this month to discuss defence issues. The German Defence Ministry will sign a...

The Yemeni government and the Houthis have agreed to free 887 detainees and to meet again in May, after 10 days of negotiations in Switzerland, the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday, according to a Reuters report. The deal which comes ahead...

Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, announced on Monday that his country has concluded an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to facilitate trade movement between the two countries using the Emirati currency, the dirham. In statements upon his return to Tehran, Shamkhani said...

At least nine irregular migrants died, and eight others went missing on Monday when their boat capsized off Algeria's coast, according to local media, Anadolu News Agency reports. The migrants drowned off the western coast of the eastern Skikda province, the state radio reported. Two migrants, including a woman,...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said, Monday, its investigation has proved that the Syrian regime and Russia were responsible for the cluster bombing of internally displaced persons (IDP) camps north-west of Idlib. The attack took place in the mountainous area located in the western and north-western side...

Jordan, on Monday, condemned the use of a map of Israel by an Israeli Minister which included sovereign Jordanian territory, Anadolu News Agency reports. Far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, addressed an event in Paris on Sunday while standing by a map of "Greater Israel", portraying Jordan as part of...

Britain, on Monday, sanctioned senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including those who it said were responsible for managing the group's financial investments, Reuters reported. "Today we are taking action on the senior leaders within the IRGC who are responsible for funnelling money into the regime's...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday announced a softening of his judicial overhaul plan but an unallayed opposition said it would still challenge key legislation in the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a constitutional showdown, Reuters reports. The package of reforms sought by Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition have triggered weeks of...

The EU Executive will give €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to help with reconstruction efforts in Turkiye after last month's devastating earthquakes, the head of the European Commission said on Monday, Reuters reports. The 6 February earthquakes were the worst natural disaster to strike modern-day Turkiye with more than 56,000 people killed in Turkiye and neighbouring...

Iraqi experts believe that hundreds of billions of dollars can be saved every year if Iraqi authorities utilise simple and low-cost technologies in preventing the theft and smuggling of Iraqi oil, Arabian Business reports. According to the report, oil theft costs the country $750 million every month, which is...

Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Monday ordered the closure of the Voice of Palestine radio station's offices in Occupied East Jerusalem and Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. A statement by Ben-Gvir's office attributed the move to incitement against Israel by the Palestinian radio. "I will not...