Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has expressed regret about the decision by the European Commission (EC) to place the Kingdom on a blacklist of 23 non-EU countries and territories accused of posing a high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, despite the efforts...
Ras al-Naqoura (Lebanon) : The United Nations-drawn Blue Line was the focus of a meeting Wednesday between the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon's head Stefano Del Col and senior officers from the Lebanese National Army and the Israel Defence Forces,...
By Muhammet Ikbal Arslan, Ankara: Turkey and Serbia should aim to increase their bilateral trade volume to $2 billion in the near future, Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu said Tuesday. “As our presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan [of Turkey]...
Dubai : Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Information Richard Raši shared prospects for cooperation between his country and the United Arab Emirates during his participation in the 7th World Government Summit (WGS). "We have signed a memorandum of...
Rabigh : Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, on Monday inaugurated King Abdullah Port during his visit to King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). A speech ceremony was held on the occasion highlighting the official opening of...
Rome : United Nations World Food Programme in Bangladesh said it welcomed a new contribution of $50,000 from Vietnam to support operations in Coxs Bazar - home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar. "We are very grateful to Vietnam for stepping...
Kuala Lumpur : A Malaysian court on Monday postponed the first trial of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is facing multiples charges of corruption involving state development fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Najib has been charged with a total of 42...
By Saeed Naqvi, Two parallel peace processes on Afghanistan are underway. In Doha, Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan, has held extensive round of talks with Taliban leaders, spread over several days last month. The authorship of this process...
Tehran : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Islamic republic will maintain supports for Palestine's "resistance" groups, official IRNA news agency reported. "Iran will support the Palestinian resistance groups against Zionist...
Tehran : Iran is ready to boost the capacity of its uranium enrichment, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said. "Based on a decree by Iran's Supreme Leader and the emphasis put on this issue by AEOI head, the...