US jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria, Pentagon says
The United States on Thursday shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an ...
Iranian girl critical in hospital after alleged encounter over hijab
An Iranian teenaged girl is in critical condition in hospital, two prominent rights activists told Reuters on Wednesday, after falling into a coma following what they said was a confrontation ...
UAE oil executive says energy companies support 2050 net-zero goal
A top Emirati oil executive said on Monday that more than 20 oil and gas companies were rallying around his calls to curb carbon emissions ahead of a United Nations summit ...
EXCLUSIVE: US-Saudi defence pact tied to Israel deal, Palestinian demands put aside
Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a ...
Eni wins 2 blocks outright in Egypt oil and gas exploration round
Italy’s Eni ENI.SPA was the big winner in an Egyptian auction for oil and gas exploration rights on Tuesday, securing concessions for two of the four blocks outright, ...
ADNOC, Abu Dhabi’s TAQA secure financing for $2.2 bln water project
State oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) (TAQA.AD) said on Monday they secured the financing for a $2.2 billion project to ...
Bahrain says two soldiers killed in Houthi drone attack
Two members of Bahrain’s army were killed and others were injured in a Houthi drone attack on Monday during a deployment in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, ...
Israel says US to announce it has joined Visa Waiver Program
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday it expects the United States to announce this week that it will be admitted to the Visa Waiver Program, which would allow Israeli ...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan moved to a prison with better facilities, lawyer says
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday was moved to a prison with better facilities near the national capital Islamabad after a court order, his lawyer said on ...
Iran says it defused 30 bombs in Tehran, detained 28
Authorities in Iran have neutralised 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 terrorists linked to Islamic State, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing the ...
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli forces’ incursion in West Bank (Update 1)
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, emergency workers ...
Lebanese army says it exchanged tear gas, smoke bomb fire with Israel
Lebanon’s army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started ...
Israel on cusp of region-reshaping peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he believed his country was on the cusp of peace with Saudi Arabia, predicting it could be clinched by U.S. President ...
Saudi crown prince ‘does not care about sportswashing claims’
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he does not care about allegations of “sportswashing” against the kingdom and that he will continue funding sport if it adds to ...
Karabakh Armenians: no agreement yet with Azerbaijan on guarantees or amnesty
The ethnic Armenian leadership of breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh said on Friday that there were no concrete results yet from talks with Azerbaijan on possible security guarantees or an amnesty that Baku ...
President meets prime minister of Iraq
President Nikos Christodoulides and Prime Minister of Iraq Mohamed al-Sudani discussed the further development and expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries on Thursday in a meeting held in ...
President continues contacts in New York
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday is set to meet with US and Chinese officials, as well as with the prime minister of Iraq and business leaders in New York.
Christodoulides ...
Israel bans workers from Gaza as border tensions escalate
Israel shut crossing points with Gaza on Wednesday, preventing thousands of workers from getting to their jobs in Israel and the West Bank, after days of border demonstrations in which ...
Israeli-Palestinian violence surges ahead of Netanyahu-Biden meeting
Israeli troops killed a 19-year-old Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, medics and residents said, as violence surged ahead of a first meeting between Israeli ...
Bilateral defence cooperation discussed by minister of defence in Jordan (Video)
Strengthening bilateral defence cooperation between Cyprus and Jordan was discussed by Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas during the official visit to Jordan on Wednesday at the invitation of the Chief of ...
UN General Assembly: Erdogan, Netanyahu meet for first time as relations thaw
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for the first time in person, a milestone as two countries have been slowly improving ties strained by disputes ...
Israel’s Netanyahu urges Musk to balance free speech, fighting hate on X
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Elon Musk to strike a balance between protecting free expression and fighting hate speech at a meeting after weeks of controversy over antisemitic content ...
US and Iran trade detainees after Qatar deal unfreezes $6 billion
Five U.S. detainees flew out of Iran on Monday in a swap for five Iranians held in the U.S. in a rare deal between the arch enemies that ...
Iran’s security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini’s father
The father of Mahsa Amini was briefly detained on Saturday, human rights groups said, amid a heavy security force presence on the first anniversary of his daughter’s death in ...