Asia & Americas

In a first-of-its-kind barter deal, Iran has agreed to accept payment from Sri Lanka in the form of Ceylon tea to clear a debt for part oil exports worth...

China on Friday lashed out at the US over a new law related to Uyghurs, saying it "should save the labels of 'forced labour' and 'genocide' for itself", Anadolu Agency reported....

The US Embassy in Sudan on Friday advised its nationals to avoid areas expected to witness protests on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. "Demonstrations are expected to take place on December 25...

Turkey and Qatar are reportedly working out details of a long-rumoured deal to operate the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, diplomatic sources told Anadolu Agency on Friday. After...

An Illinois board of directors that oversees state employee pension funds voted on Wednesday to ban such reserves from purchasing Unilever shares due to its subsidiary's decision to stop the...

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said yesterday that his "economy for security" plan for the besieged Gaza Strip aims to turn the residents of Gaza, Egypt, and the international community...

European negotiators in talks to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers presented no "new practical initiatives" and were not constructive in the last round that paused on...

Saudi Arabia is actively pursuing the manufacture of ballistic missiles with help from China, CNN reported today. US intelligence agencies said satellite images prove the Saudis branched out to building rather...

The Joint Operations Command announced yesterday that all the combatant forces have left Iraq, the state news agency reported. According to the news agency, spokesperson of the Joint Operation...

The Syrian opposition is making demands that are "unacceptable" in the ongoing Syrian peace talks, Russia's presidential envoy has claimed. Following consultations with the Turkish and Iranian delegations in...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday that exempts sanctions against the Taliban to ease humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, Anadolu Agency reported. The resolution introduced by the US was...

Russia hopes talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal will be successful and all parties resume full compliance, Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. In an interview with...

Iran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme poses a grave threat to the Middle East and international peace, the White House said on Wednesday, after high-level US-Israeli talks in Jerusalem, Reuters reported....

A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Indian authorities to immediately release Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, Anadolu Agency reported. "We are concerned that one month...

The student council of the City University of New York (CUNY) Law School has officially endorsed the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and has called on the...

The US authorities have taken issue with Turkey over its sales of armed drones to Ethiopia, where two sources familiar with the matter said there was mounting evidence that...

Attacks against targets in Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthi group have doubled in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, according to a...

Saudi Arabia has become the drug capital of the Middle East and is struggling to crack down on regional and international trafficking of a highly addictive substance popular with...

A Lebanon-based US diplomat arrested in Turkey on suspicion of selling a Syrian national a fake passport for $10,000 has been remanded in custody, Turkish police said yesterday. The...

Flawed intelligence has resulted in thousands of civilian deaths from US air strikes in the Middle East, confidential military documents have revealed. Documents obtained by the New York Times...

Following interviews with migrants and refugees in Poland fleeing Belarus after being forced to cross the border, the UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday called on both countries to...

Turkey has supported its allies, primarily Poland, during the migrant crisis with Belarus, the Turkish foreign minister said on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. "As a country hosting more than...

Qatar plans to invest at least $10 billion in US ports and has approached international banks for financing help, three finance sources say, in an infrastructure spree that reflects...

Saudi Arabia's embassy in the US has denied reports that a "potential terrorist" arrested in the State of Arizona last week was a Saudi national. The 21-year-old was detained...

Three Israeli weapons manufacturers have been indicted for selling arms to China without a permit in what is the latest example of the rogue behaviour of Israeli companies in...

A number of European representatives and diplomats yesterday visited the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem and met with Palestinian families threatened with eviction by occupation authotiries. The...

The Indian government has used the Israeli-made Pegasus software to spy on the indigenous Indian rights activist, Rona Wilson, who is currently in prison, the Guardian reported late last week. Pegasus spyware was found on Wilson's phone, he is...

Israel was involved in the assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, the former head of Israel's military intelligence said yesterday. Soleimani, who was considered the mastermind...

Turkish and Qatari companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly operate five airports in Afghanistan, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced yesterday. "A delegation of experts will...

Turkey's lira mounted a massive turnaround late on Monday after President Erdogan introduced a series of steps that he said will ease the burden of the ailing currency on...

Former US President Donald Trump has said that Evangelical Christians of the United States love Israel more than American Jews, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid revealed on Friday. "There are...

The Parliamentary Friendship Committee between Uruguay and Palestine was established in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, last week. The committee aims to mobilise popular and official support in Uruguay and...