Iraq, TotalEnergies sign massive oil, gas, renewables deal
Iraq and French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) on Monday signed a long-delayed $27 billion energy deal that aims to increase oil production and boost the country’s capacity to produce ...
US central command says it killed ISIS leader in Eastern Syria
The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday it conducted a drone strike on July 7 that killed an ISIS leader in Eastern Syria.
It used the same MQ-9 drones in ...
Boat sinking off Tunisia leaves one dead, at least 10 migrants missing
At least 10 Tunisian migrants were missing and one died after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Sunday.
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Deputy Lebanon central bank governors’ threat to collectively resign ‘dangerous’, deputy premier says
Deputy premier Saade Chami said on Friday that deputy governors of Lebanon’s central bank should run it if no governor is appointed by the end of the month, calling ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf – U.S. Navy
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S. Navy spokesperson ...
Britain to target Iranian decision makers with new sanctions regime
Britain said on Thursday it would create a new sanctions regime for Iran, giving the UK greater powers to target decision makers, including those involved in weapons proliferation and threats ...
Rocket launch at Israel from Lebanon draws Israeli cross-border shelling
Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday, prompting cross-border strikes by the Israeli military, sources on both sides said.
The incident came amid heightened Israeli-Arab tensions ...
US Navy says it prevented Iran from seizing tankers in Gulf of Oma
The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of ...
Palestinians defiant and angry after Israel’s Jenin raid (Updated)
Palestinian militant fighters paraded in Jenin on Wednesday and angry crowds confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials, accusing them of weakness, after one of the largest Israeli military operations in the ...
UAE to set up investment ministry, PM says
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will set up a new federal ministry of investment to develop the Gulf state’s investment strategy both globally and domestically as it contends with ...
Bahrain signs deals to invest $1.3 bln in UK economy
Bahrain has signed a memorandum of understanding for strategic investments and collaborations with Britain that will see the Gulf state’s private sector invest 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in Britain, the ...
Thousands displaced by Israel’s West Bank operation as violence spreads
Thousands of people were evacuated from the Jenin refugee camp as one of Israel’s biggest West Bank military operations in years continued for a second day on Tuesday and ...
Jenin attack reprisals? Six hurt in suspected Palestinian car-ramming, stabbing in Tel Aviv
Six people were injured in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday by an assailant believed to be a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank, Israeli police ...
Israeli troops and drones hit Jenin in major West Bank operation (Update 10)
Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes on Monday in one of the biggest West Bank operations in 20 years, killing at least eight Palestinians and involving hundreds ...
Saudi Arabia and Russia deepen oil cuts, sending prices higher
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s biggest oil exporters, deepened oil cuts on Monday, sending prices higher despite concerns over a global economic slowdown and possible further interest rate ...
Man behind thwarted terrorist plot on island arrested
Israeli intelligence services (Mossad) have located and arrested the man behind the thwarted terrorist attack against an Israeli businessman on the island.
The man in question, Youssef Shihabazi Abasalilou, was ...
UN wants 12 month extension of Syria aid deliveries from Turkey
U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths pushed the Security Council on Thursday to extend for 12 months its approval of a long-running humanitarian aid operation that delivers help to millions of ...
Israeli secret service says it captured plot leader in Iran, foiling attack
Israel said on Thursday its Mossad intelligence service carried out an operation in Iran to capture the suspected leader of an Iranian plot to attack Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus and ...
Cyprus signs agreement with Saudi Arabia in boost to tourism
Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis announced on Wednesday the approval of a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia in the tourism sector, as well as the establishment of a ...
Omar Harfouch to address the EU Parliament on the future of Lebanon
In the face of Lebanon’s ongoing turmoil, Omar Harfouch is scheduled to share his insights at a conference entitled “The Role of the European Union in Advancing Human Rights ...
Israel praises foiling of Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised the thwarting of what he said was an Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus.
A statement from Netanyahu’s office did ...
Amid continued unrest, Iran is desperate to make deals
By Gwynne Dyer
“I believe the (Iranian) regime will fall within a couple of years,” said Mohsen Sazegara. “It’s very different from three years ago, when they suppressed demonstrations ...
Russian jets said to step up strikes on Syrian rebel enclave
Russian jets bombed villages and towns near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding dozens in a major flare-up of violence in ...
Israel’s Ben-Gvir rebukes police over treatment of settlers
Israel’s far-right police minister rebuked the force on Sunday for what he called “collective punishment” of Jewish settlers, as cracks widened between the security services and the government over ...