Asia & Americas

The Biden administration is set to deny $130 million of military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, according to three sources familiar with the decision, Reuters reports. Secretary...

​​Turkey and Pakistan to travel into space together?

Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, said on Thursday that Iran had gained influence in Lebanon because Arab states had abandoned the country, stepping up criticism of the Iran-backed Hezbollah and...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have not recaptured the Al-Sina'a Prison in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, a week after Daesh stormed it to free their fighters, local sources confirmed...

Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayyad was heard making disparaging remarks about a US official following the signing of an electricity deal, a video circulated yesterday shows. Speaking to his...

Several rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base, damaging at least one disused civilian aeroplane, Reuters reported Iraqi police sources saying. The police...

Qatar has resumed operating passenger evacuation flights from Afghanistan, a senior Qatar government source told Reuters on Thursday, after a halt of nearly two months. The first flight, operated...

In January 2021, the US State Department declared that "Saudi Arabia is a vital US partner on a wide range of regional security issues". But as 2021 came to...

Saudi Arabia and China have pledged to expand their cooperation in the field of defence and bilateral military relations, further strengthening the ties between the two countries. In a...

Qatar's top diplomat visited Iran on Thursday, state media in the two countries reported, days before Qatar's ruling Emir holds talks in Washington at a crucial time for efforts...

A special "charity train" carrying 750 tons of emergency goods under the coordination of Turkey's government left for Afghanistan from the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency...

The head of Makkah police said anyone who does not respect the national flag will be pursued and charged

The British government has hosted a meeting with senior officials from Oman, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US to discuss ways to bring peace to Yemen, the Foreign,...

Already exhausted in the Syrian mediation efforts, Staffan de Mistura, has just been appointed, by the United Nations Secretary-General, as his envoy to Western Sahara's decades' long dispute. Mr....

US Ambassador to Ankara Jeffry Flake yesterday said that Turkiye is an "indispensable NATO ally and partner in an ever-changeable region," Anadolu reported. His remarks came in an article posted on...

The Biden administration in Washington has proposed to President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinian Authority should stop paying stipends to Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, Arab48.com reported on Wednesday....

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yesterday announced that they had regained full control of the Al-Sina'a Prison, six days after Daesh militants attacked the prison to free thousands...

After a long period of arduous negotiations with Iran, and after failure seemed closer than success, the parameters of the negotiations returned and changed, and the US was close...

Mauritania and China yesterday signed an agreement under which China wrote off part of its debts owed by the Mauritanian government. The agreement was signed in the capital Nouakchott...

Biden has authorised a $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt as the country's human rights violations spiral out of control. The announcement comes as a video spread online showing scenes of...

Qatar's ruling Emir plans to visit Washington on 31 January, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, a trip likely to address Afghanistan, the security of gas supplies...

Prominent Jewish-American groups urged Israel, on Tuesday, to rein in "ongoing terrorism and political violence" committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reports. In...

A top Palestinian official criticised US President Joe Biden's policy on the Palestinian issue, saying he is "no different" from his predecessor Donald Trump, Anadolu News Agency reports. Sabri...

Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, started an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, marking the first visit by a Thai official to the Kingdom in three decades, Anadolu...

A court in the Pakistani city of Khairpur in the Sindh province has summoned an Arab prince and his entourage in relation to hunting a protected species of the houbara bustard bird, after...

China has replaced the US as Israel's leading source of imports sparking further concern over the occupation state's deepening ties with the Communist Party in Beijing. Data released recently by Israel's National...

A senior member of the US team negotiating with Iran has left the role amid a report of differences of opinion on the way forward, as the urgency to...

The US is ready for direct talks with Iran about its nuclear programme, a spokesperson for the State Department said on Monday. "We are prepared to meet directly," explained...

The influential Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel has said that the occupation state cannot handle the challenges posed by Iran on its own. The INSS reached...

A delegation of senior Taliban officials and representatives has travelled to Norway to hold talks in an effort to free $10 billion of Afghanistan's frozen assets. The delegation, led...

What is the Middle East? Why is it the "middle"? And to whom is it "east"? We should take into consideration that what is "east" to certain geographical location...

Iran has ruled out an interim agreement in the ongoing talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, saying the proposal has never been on its agenda, Anadolu...