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Turkiye detains 12 people after shoot-out near Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Turkiye detains 12 people after shoot-out near Israeli...

Istanbul [Turkiye], April 14: Three further suspects have been detained following a shoot-out with security forces outside the Israeli consulate...

Ukrainian drones strike Russian chemical plant after Easter truce

Ukrainian drones strike Russian chemical plant after Easter...

Kiev [Ukraine], April 14: Ukrainian forces targeted a chemical plant in northern Russia with long-range drones following the end of...

President Trump says the US 'may stop by Cuba' after finishing in Iran

President Trump says the US 'may stop by...

Washington [US], April 14: President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States "may stop by Cuba" after it...

Sudan war pushes nearly 14,000 refugees to Europe: UN

Sudan war pushes nearly 14,000 refugees to Europe:...

Nairobi [Kenya], April 14: Sudan's civil war has triggered the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with around 11.6 million refugees and...

US blockade on Iranian ports begins

US blockade on Iranian ports begins

Tehran [Iran] / Washington [US], April 14: Iran has suggested that the United States blockade on Iranian ports will only...

At least six killed in new wave of Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon

At least six killed in new wave of...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 14: At least six people have been killed in a new wave of Israeli attacks in southern...

Bahrain summons Iraqi envoy as pro-Iranian attacks persist in Gulf

Bahrain summons Iraqi envoy as pro-Iranian attacks persist...

Manama [Bahrain], April 14: Bahrain has summoned an Iraqi envoy over drone attacks launched at the kingdom and other states...

QNB Group maintains strong strategic momentum in first quarter of 2026

QNB Group maintains strong strategic momentum in first...

Doha [Qatar], April 13: QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, today issued its first...

Trump says White House to host UFC fight on his 80th birthday in June

Trump says White House to host UFC fight...

Washington DC [US], April 13: US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that there would be an Ultimate Fighting Championship...

UK's Starmer urges US and Iran 'to find a way through' after peace talks fail

UK's Starmer urges US and Iran 'to find...

Tehran [Iran], April 13: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged the United States and Iran "to find a way...

Peruvians vote in crowded presidential race held amid deep political crisis

Peruvians vote in crowded presidential race held amid...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 13: Peruvians were voting on Sunday for a new president and Congress, with all 60 Senate...

Palestinians condemn Israeli minister's storming of Al Aqsa Mosque

Palestinians condemn Israeli minister's storming of Al Aqsa...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 13: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compoundin occupied East...

Benin holds presidential election

Benin holds presidential election

Porto-Novo [Benin], April 13: Voting was under way in Benin's presidential election with long-serving Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni expected to...

Iranian authorities remain defiant, urge supporters to stay in streets

Iranian authorities remain defiant, urge supporters to stay...

Tehran [Iran], April 13: Iranian authorities said the United States needs to do more if an agreement is to be...

'Painful concessions' needed in Iran conflict, says Oman

'Painful concessions' needed in Iran conflict, says Oman

Muscat [Oman], April 13: The parties to the Iran war will likely have to make significant concessions to achieve peace,...

Iraqi Parliament elects Nizar Amedi as President

Iraqi Parliament elects Nizar Amedi as President

Baghdad [Iraq], April 12: The Iraqi Council of Representatives today elected Nizar Amedi as the new President of Iraq.

UAE, Indian foreign ministers discuss regional security

UAE, Indian foreign ministers discuss regional security

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 12: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

Shakhboot bin Nahyan participates in Indian Ocean Conference in Mauritius

Shakhboot bin Nahyan participates in Indian Ocean Conference...

Dubai [UAE], April 12: Using maritime routes as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail constitutes economic warfare, piracy, and...

Kuwait Interior Ministry foils terror funding plot

Kuwait Interior Ministry foils terror funding plot

Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 12: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced today that it has foiled a plot aimed at...

DIAFA acquires majority stake in Richard Caring's iconic hospitality portfolio

DIAFA acquires majority stake in Richard Caring's iconic...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 12: DIAFA, the Abu Dhabi-based luxury & hospitality investment platform and IHC Group affiliate, today announced...

European wheat prices fall for third session on ample global supply

European wheat prices fall for third session on...

Paris [France], April 11: Wheat prices on Euronext fell for a third consecutive session today, pressured by abundant global supplies.

European carbon emissions fall 1.3 percent in 2025

European carbon emissions fall 1.3 percent in 2025

Brussels [Belgium], April 11: The European Commission stated today that carbon dioxide emissions regulated under the European Union Emissions Trading...

Brazilian-US initiative to combat organised crime

Brazilian-US initiative to combat organised crime

Sau Paulo [Brazil], April 11: The Brazilian government today announced a joint initiative with the United States of America to...

Abdullah bin Zayed holds phone calls with several foreign ministers to discuss regional developments

Abdullah bin Zayed holds phone calls with several...

Dubai [UAE], April 11: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held...

UAE hosting 2029 WBG-IMF Annual Meetings source of pride for all Arabs, says Arab Parliament President

UAE hosting 2029 WBG-IMF Annual Meetings source of...

Cairo [Egypt], April 11: Mohammad Ahmed Al Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, affirmed that the United Arab Emirates' selection...

Bahrain, UK discuss regional developments, impact on global economy

Bahrain, UK discuss regional developments, impact on global...

Manama [Bahrain], April 10: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain met today in Manama with Keir...

Hostile drone attack on Kuwait National Guard site causes material damage without casualties

Hostile drone attack on Kuwait National Guard site...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], April 10: The Kuwaiti National Guard announced today that one of its sites was targeted by hostile...