Asia & Americas

The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Mexican Ambassador in Jerusalem for a reprimand, after protesters gathered Thursday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City and vandalised its...

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has denounced US warnings to impose sanctions on Turkish banks over using the Russian MIR transaction payment system, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking to reporters...

Iran, Russia and China will hold joint naval exercises in the northern Indian Ocean "this autumn", Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency reported. Mehr quoted Iranian Chief of Staff, Major...

Israeli Interior Minister and head of the right-wing Jewish Home Party, Ayelet Shaked said the Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is using the United Nations as part of his...

The Iranian authorities have shut off the internet in parts of Tehran and Kurdistan, and blocked access to social media platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp, while dozens are...

The US sanctioned Iran's Morality Police and senior officials, Thursday, as mass unrest envelops the Islamic Republic in the wake of the death of a woman while in police...

Social media giant Meta has unfairly targetted Palestinian social media users during the 11-day onslaught on the Gaza Strip in May 2021, which killed at least 254 Palestinians including...

If the move goes ahead, it will see Britain following the US, who under the administration of former President Donald Trump moved the US embassy to the holy city

Algeria yesterday launched a campaign to promote its candidacy for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council for the term 2024-2025. Elections are due to be held...

A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The airstrike was conducted on 18 September "at the...

Iran's hard-line President struck a defiant tone on Wednesday by demanding guarantees the United States not abandon any revived nuclear deal and by decrying "double standards" on human rights...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said yesterday that Tehran is investigating the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody, and rejected American calls for accountability, Anadolu news...

The Iranian Oil Ministry said that a gas purchase and gas swap deal between Iran and Russia will be announced soon. Tehran is set to import up to 9,600,000...

The King of Jordan said on Tuesday that peace continues to be "elusive" in the Palestine-Israel conflict, Anadolu has reported. Abdullah II stressed the need for a two-state solution...

Egypt refused to participate in the consultative meeting of Arab foreign ministers, which was held in New York as a result of its rejection of the national unity government...

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry denied a Jerusalem Post report that Jakarta had sent a delegation to Israel on a secret visit, stressing that publishing such a hoax reflects an...

SpaceX will apply for an exemption from US sanctions imposed on Iran, in an effort to provide satellite internet service in Iran, AFP reported Elon Musk saying. "Starlink will...

Steps that Turkish lenders, Isbank and Denizbank, took to suspend the use of Russian payment system, MIR, make a lot of sense, a senior US administration official said on Tuesday, and said the United States...

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on Tuesday said he was "very irritated" about Turkiye's attempts to join a Central Asian security body dominated by Russia and China, Reuters reports. Turkish...

Pakistani and Indonesian delegations are currently on a visit to Israel to deepen ties, amid a seeming increase in the possibility of the countries' normalisation with the occupation state....

French President, Emmanuel Macron, held face-to-face talks with his Iranian counterpart, President Ebrahim Raisi, on Tuesday, with the French leader saying he hoped to be able to "discuss all...

Morocco yesterday lifted anti-dumping duties from Jordanian carpets and textile floor coverings, and imposed them on imports from China and Egypt. The representative of the Leather and Knitting Industries...

The United Nations is finalising a plan to provide US-funded salary assistance to Lebanese soldiers hard hit by the country's financial crisis, the UN's representative in Lebanon told the country's...

Two of Turkiye's largest banks have suspended their acceptance of Russia's MIR payments system after US warnings of punishment for sanctions evasion, Bloomberg reports. According to the report, Turkiye's...

Egyptian ready-made garment exports have risen by about 35 per cent during the first seven months of the current year, to $1.44 billion compared to $1.06 billion during the...

A recent study by GlobeScan has revealed that 61 per cent of young people in Egypt say that climate concerns are a deterrent to them having children. In Turkey...

Negotiations to demarcate Lebanon's southern maritime borders with Israel have reached the "final stages", Lebanese President Michel Aoun announced yesterday. His remarks came as the Lebanese parliament speaker arrived...

A confidant and informal adviser to former US President Donald Trump is to go on trial after being accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the UAE. Billionaire...

France said yesterday that there would not be a better offer for Iran to revive a nuclear deal with world powers and it was up to Tehran to decide...

Most banks in Lebanon stayed closed on Monday after a series of high-profile attacks by depositors demanding access to their savings, Anadolu has reported. The closures were in response...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday discussed military cooperation with India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, statements from both men's offices said. Al-Sisi lauded the deep ties binding Egypt and India, asserting Cairo's keenness to...

Iran yesterday told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the United States had created an "industry of litigation" against Tehran in breach of international law, Reuters reported. In...