Asia & Americas

Israeli shops have been dealt a hammer blow by sports clothing manufacturer Nike

Azerbaijan has closed a mosque associated with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the office of his representative in the country, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported yesterday....

Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque sees gamers experience life as a Palestinian resistance fighter and work to end the occupation of Palestine.

US President Joe Biden's administration prefers diplomatic rather than military efforts to revive the Iranian nuclear deal, news agencies reported. During a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Eyal Hulata,...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the bloc was unable to persuade Turkey to abandon the purchase of Russia's S-400 defence system and replace them with systems made by Western...

Afghanistan and Iran yesterday concluded "important" bilateral economic and trade agreements, a spokesman for the Taliban said. Zabihullah Mujahid, who is also acting deputy minister of information and culture...

Over the past year, Saudi Arabia has detained, disappeared, or kept under travel bans at least 89 people who are either US citizens or have been living permanently in...

Recent reports of direct talks between regional rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have been welcomed by the US, according to an official in the Biden administration yesterday. "Our regional...

An OPEC+ ministerial panel gathered today to discuss the latest oil prices and decided to follow an existing pact to hike oil output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in...

Images published on social media exposed Panama's police officers shooting at targets dressed in traditional Arab clothing, including a headdress, during an Israeli-run training course. The images, which caused...

State-owned Qatar Petroleum has ordered four new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers worth $760 million from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co., a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Corp Qatar Petroleum said in a...

Palestinian Authority (PA) officials have said that the US is to reopen its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem in a few weeks, Haaretz reported yesterday. According to the Israeli newspaper, the...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has signed four contracts with French oil and gas companies within a week, a parliamentarian announced yesterday. Safi Saïd told local media that the pacts...

The US 'honored Jamal Khashoggi's "extraordinary life and legacy" on the third anniversary of his murder, with a statement Saturday from Washington's Secretary of State, reports Anadolu Agency. "In...

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh spoke over the phone with the Taliban government's acting Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi on Saturday, according to the Palestinian resistance group, reports Anadolu Agency....

US prosecutors on Saturday said they charged a Saudi-born Canadian man for aiding Daesh militant group, alleging he tossed grenades in battle and worked with propagandists who publicised the...

Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that US officials tried to discuss restarting nuclear talks last month, but he insisted Washington must first release $10 billion of Tehran's frozen...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday expressed his concerns about the expulsion of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah and increasing tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque, fearing that this...

The US has urged Turkey on Friday not to buy more Russian S-400 air defence systems, warning of further risks if the purchase goes ahead, US Deputy Secretary of...

A vehicle belonging to the Taliban was hit by an explosion in a town north of the capital Kabul today, Anadolu reports. Two suspects were detained in a search...

Iran on Friday announced launching military exercises on its borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia, in the northwestern part of the country, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the commander of...

The United States has confirmed that it has killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader in Syria in a drone strike last month, the Pentagon announced. On 20 September, the US conducted a...

Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a long-term agreement with a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to supply China with liquefied natural gas, S&P Global reports. According to the...

Israeli diplomats reportedly put pressure on the dean of a US university to have a teacher critical of the occupation state removed using allegations of anti-Semitism. Details of the...

The United States has no plans to "normalise or upgrade" diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and also does not encourage others to do so,...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US is collaborating with Qatar to defeat Hezbollah in the Gulf region. Taking to Twitter, Blinken announced that the United States...

Members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly have condemned the atrocities committed by the Indian authorities and Hindu extremist groups against the Muslim community. The lawmakers said in a joint...

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could sanction foreign groups supporting rival factions and harming the relative stability in Libya. The Libya Stabilisation Act was...

US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that "truth should not be suppressed" after a student told her that continued support for Israel "hurts my heart because it's...

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau said on Wednesday that US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett do not accept any political solution for the...

The United States has reached out to China diplomatically about reducing its purchases of Iranian crude oil, US and European officials said yesterday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tehran...

Egypt's president and visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan agreed at talks in Cairo on Wednesday to intensify international efforts over upcoming elections in Libya, a statement from...