Sudan recalls ambassador from Ethiopia as tensions rise
Sudan has recalled its ambassador to neighboring Ethiopia, the foreign ministry said Sunday, reporting Addis Ababa had spurned its efforts at trying to broker a cease-fire in war-torn Tigray. ...
UN urged to act over Iran piracy in the Gulf
The UN was urged on Wednesday to take action against Tehran after two Iranian attacks on shipping in the Gulf in less than a week. ...
MV Asphalt Princess: Suspected hijackers leave ship off UAE
Men who boarded and seized a ship in the Gulf of Oman have left the vessel and all those remaining on board are safe, officials say. ...
MV Asphalt Princess: Suspected hijackers leave ship off UAE
Men who boarded and seized a ship in the Gulf of Oman have left the vessel and all those remaining on board are safe, officials say. ...
Tunisia PM sacked after violent Covid protests
Tunisia's president has sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament, after violent protests broke out across the country. ...
King Abdullah II: Jordan previously attacked by Iranian-made drones
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said on Sunday that his country had previously been attacked by Iranian-made drones, adding that there are many concerns related to Iran’s activities in the region. ...
Three shot dead in riots as Iran regime runs out of water
At least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan. ...
UN Security Council condemns ‘cowardly terrorist attack’ in Baghdad
The members of the UN Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack” on a busy market in Baghdad on Monday. ...
Water crisis protests continue in Iran, with chants in capital
Street protests over water shortages in southwest Iran continued for a sixth night on Tuesday amid rising violence, while residents in the capital of Tehran chanted anti-government slogans, according to videos posted on social media on Wednesday and Iranian news outlets. ...
Lebanon crisis deepens as PM-designate quits over cabinet deadlock
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has given up trying to form a new government after nine months of deadlock over its make-up, pushing the country deeper into crisis. ...
France threatens sanctions for Libyan groups blocking political process
Those jeopardizing the Libyan political process could face sanctions, the French foreign minister has warned. ...
اليمن: 45 قتيلًا حوثيًا بمعارك مأرب
أعلن مصدر يمني عسكري، اليوم الخميس، سقوط 45 قتيلا في صفوف مسلحي الحوثيين، إثر معارك مع قوات الجيش اليمني الموالي للحكومة الشرعية في محافظة مأرب، شرقي البلاد. ...
Iraq hospital fire: Protests as Covid ward blaze kills at least 92
At least 92 people have died after a fire in a Covid isolation ward at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya. ...
Iran unveils state-approved dating app to promote marriage
Iran has unveiled a dating app that aims to facilitate lasting marriages in the Islamic Republic, where the divorce rate is rising and birth rate falling. ...
French official: Lebanon’s ruling elite ‘not committed to reforms’
Lebanese officials received another scolding on Tuesday, this time from Franck Riester, French minister delegate for foreign trade and economic attractiveness, in response to their inability to form a government. ...
Tunisian parliament speaker Ghannouchi contracts COVID-19, adviser says
The speaker of Tunisia’s parliament and the leader of the Islamist Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, has contracted COVID-19, an adviser to Ghannouchi told Reuters on Tuesday. ...
43 missing off Tunisia after migrant boat sinks: Red Crescent
At least 43 people were missing off the southeastern coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying more than 120 migrants sank, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday. ...
Iran fears ‘fifth wave’ of COVID linked to Delta variant
President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears on Saturday that Iran will be hit by a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, due to an outbreak of the Delta variant. ...
Hashd Al-Shaabi mourns comrades killed in US strikes
Thousands of members of Iraq’s Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to mourn comrades killed in US airstrikes along the Syrian border. ...
Iran says executing child offenders not a rights violation
Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior Iranian official has insisted to AFP in response to UN criticism. ...