Amid a sharp escalation in ongoing protests in Iran, US President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that the country’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be seeking to flee. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump was asked whether he was aware of reports suggesting that Khamenei could be heading to […]
Read MoreBAKU: Azerbaijan has no intention of sending a contingent of its troops to take part in peacekeeping operations outside its borders, including in Gaza, President Ilham Aliyev said late on Monday. Aliyev, interviewed by Azeri television channels, said Azerbaijan had been in contact with Donald Trump’s US administration with a list of questions about the […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Saudi Arabia has reached the final implementation stage of launching a metals exchange after completing the feasibility study phase, the deputy minister of energy, industry and mineral resources revealed. In an interview with Asharq Bloomberg, Khalid Al-Mudaifer explained that the exchange aims to support the mining sector by providing financing tools, improving price stability, […]
Read MoreBy Zhao Ziwen The recent US strike against Venezuela is likely to deepen the Iranian leadership’s concerns about further intervention from Washington but analysts do not expect the leadership will be targeted directly in the same way as Nicolas Maduro. They pointed to the higher geopolitical stakes in the Middle East compared with Latin America […]
Read MoreLONDON: The embassy of Palestine was officially inaugurated in London in a short ceremony on Monday, hailed by its ambassador as a “profound milestone” in British-Palestinian relations. “We gather today to mark a historic moment — the inauguration of the embassy of the State of Palestine to the United Kingdom, with full diplomatic status and […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will visit Syria later this week on a first trip to the country since the fall of Bashar Assad, a spokeswoman said Monday. Von der Leyen will head to Syria as part of a tour of the Middle East that will also see her visit Jordan and Lebanon, […]
Read MoreLONDON: Hussein Al-Sheikh, deputy president of the Palestinian Authority, discussed security and diplomatic issues during separate meetings in Cairo with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati and Hassan Rashad, director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service. Al-Sheikh briefed Egyptian officials on the latest developments regarding the Occupied Territories, in the presence of Maj. Gen. Majed […]
Read MoreRIYADH: The Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen on Saturday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s invitation to take part in an inclusive dialogue among southern Yemeni factions in Riyadh. In a statement, the group said the move reflected the Kingdom’s commitment to resolving political issues through dialogue, particularly in relation to the southern people’s right to restore […]
Read MoreIsraeli forces shot and killed at least three Palestinians in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Sunday, local health authorities said. Medics reported that the dead included a 15‑year‑old boy, a fisherman killed outside areas still occupied by Israel in the enclave, and a third man who was shot […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has invited factions in south Yemen to hold a dialogue in Riyadh to “discuss just solutions to the southern cause.” The ministry statement said the conference in the Saudi capital had been requested by Rashad Al-Alimi, President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, and the Kingdom urged all factions to […]
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