The United Arab Emirates is set to officially inaugurate its embassy in Israel on Wednesday, about a year after the two sides reached a controversial normalization agreement which is denounced as a “betrayal” of the Palestinian cause...

Egypt sent 31 tons and 566 kilograms of medical aid to Tunisia to support the country’s health sector amid the coronavirus pandemic, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed has said...

A prominent Haitian doctor with longstanding ties to the US state of Florida was arrested Sunday on suspicion of being one of the main actors in the assassination last week of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, local media reported, citing Haitian auth...

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Sunday condemned attacks on activists and opposition figures in Iraq...

Despite incurring high costs in terms of lost and foregone social and economic progress during the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa has so far avoided the kind of health and economic calamity that some anticipated when the crisis began...

Iraq has called on Iran to respect its rights amid a water dispute between the two neighbors. Baghdad blames Tehran for changing the course of rivers that flow into the Tigris and Euphrates, as well as building dams in contravention to internat...

The governors of Brazilian Amazon states should take immediate measures to deliver on their pledges to curb illegal deforestation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today...

Lebanon’s power cuts have stopped the country’s vaccination campaign and also led to health warnings about a spike in food poisoning...

The Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati said that all scenarios are on the table for Egypt to preserve its rights to the Nile waters...

The Syrian foreign minister has hailed as an “achievement” a newly-adopted United Nations resolution to extend the cross-border aid operation into the Arab country, as the move would compel the West to respect the territorial integrity of Syria.....

The Afghan government on Sunday said it has installed and activated a new air defense system in the capital Kabul to thwart any rocket and missile strikes...

Four people were killed in a bomb attack in the city of Port Sudan in eastern Sudan late Saturday, according to a local doctors’ committee...

The death toll from last month's partial collapse of a Surfside, Fla., condominium tower rose to 86 Saturday as officials evacuated parts of a high-rise Miami courthouse due to structural concerns...

Assange’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, says extradition of the Wikileaks founder to the US would be a death sentence for him and press freedom worldwide...

Vice President Kamala Harris quipped that she will have to stop agreeing to take on more responsibilities from the president amid criticism over her handling of the southern border crisis and claims her office is plagued by fighting...

Under the respective leaderships of King Salman and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said, Saudi Arabia and Oman are steadily broadening the horizons of cooperation and investment to boost their national capabilities, bring further prosperity to both nati...

King Abdullah on Saturday received a phone call from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, and stressed the importance of working towards just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution...

Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party (PP) led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won 410 seats of the 547-seat federal parliament and retained power in seven regional states and two city administrations, the country's electoral board NEBE announced late Sa...

Iran’s authorities said Saturday they are investigating a midnight blast in northern Tehran that caused no casualties or damages but came on the heels of a cyber-attack that disrupted the railway system...

The American and French ambassadors to Beirut said in a joint statement Friday that Lebanon is in “desperate need” of a new, pro-reform government to lead it out of its unprecedented economic and financial crisis...