Amman: Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), stated that the GCC Ministerial Co-ordination Meeting discussed the latest developments, as well as international and regional efforts aimed at de-escalation and enhancing security and stability in the region, »»»

WASHINGTON: The United States authorized Iranian oil sales on Monday, easing decades-old sanctions as it pushes toward a final peace deal with Tehran in return for commitments on nuclear inspections and free transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The general license, announced by the Treasury Depart»»»

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, arrived in Muscat on Tuesday leading a senior delegation for talks with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman, as Tehran moves to lock in its post-war arrangements for the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The delegation include»»»

Iran and the United States have concluded a round of technical talks in Switzerland, with Tehran's deputy foreign minister announcing the formation of four working groups and the finalization of a $12 billion frozen assets release, according to Iranian state media. The talks, held at the Lake Lucer»»»

Federal investigators on Monday announced the results of their investigation into the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., finding that the failure had begun weeks before the building failed on June 24, 2021. File Photo By Gary I Rothstein/UPI | License Photo June»»»

NEW YORK: Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the US signed an interim deal to end a war that constricted global oil supplies and fueled inflation, but questions surrounding control of the vital waterway and whether vessels will be charged tolls to cross it could inter»»»

JERUSALEM: American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a US interim deal with Iran and White House criticism that together appeared to signal fissures in Israel’s decades-old alliance with Washington. The US-Israeli relationship has been on a »»»

The United States temporarily eased sanctions on Iranian oil on Monday after Vice President JD Vance said Tehran had agreed to allow UN nuclear inspectors back into the country, marking a significant step in renewed negotiations aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme and stabilising the Strait o»»»

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned a European Union move to increase cooperation with Libya to stem migration despite an intensifying crackdown on migrants in the country. Libya is one of the main North African departure points for migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterran»»»

US President Donald Trump criticized outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday after the Labour leader announced he would resign, saying he had "really hurt himself" over energy, immigration and his handling of relations with Washington. "I think he’s a lovely man," Trump told reporter»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s chief negotiators Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the Strait of Hormuz will be administered by Tehran, state media reported on Tuesday. Ghalibaf said “that the Strait of Hormuz will never return to its pre-war conditions and will be administered by the Islamic Republic of Iran, in»»»

Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that “there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections, dismissing the political affiliation he's defended as a pundit for decades, including as one of Fox News Channel's most popular h»»»

Dubai: UAE travellers are still planning summer holidays, but rising airfares are changing how and when they book, with travel agents reporting ticket prices up by around 30 to 40 per cent compared to the summer of 2025. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.While summer is »»»

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he could refuse to help NATO countries as pay back for the lack of support from member nations with the US military operation in Iran. "We spent all of this money. And then when we want to maybe have help on small stuff... They say no we would rather not h»»»

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and US Vice President JD Vance discussed a "de-confliction" mechanism for Lebanon on Monday, Aoun's office said, as Vance said the move aimed to prevent spiralling Israel-Hezbollah violence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nonetheless declared that Israeli f»»»

When Albanian President Bajram Begaj addressed the Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) on June 17, he was making the case for a relationship that, by his own government's admission, has barely existed for the past three decades. "Some countries are easy to locate on a map, but difficult »»»

Tehran: Iran has pushed back against claims made by US Vice President JD Vance that Tehran had agreed to allow international nuclear inspectors into the country, with Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei stating that the country's engagement with the International Atomic Energy Agen»»»

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation on Monday exemplifies the cynical sham of ‘democratic renewal’ in a system dominated by globalist plutocratic interests. Starmer stood outside 10 Downing Street and announced that he was stepping down as leader of the Labour Party and head of govern»»»

Share: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meets with Defense Minister Israel Katz (L) and IDF chief of staff Eyal Zamir at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 26, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/ GPO) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of»»»

Iran is wasting little time moving its oil back into global markets. This came following the easing of naval blockade imposed by the US military around the Strait of Hormuz under an interim agreement that opened the door to 60 days of high-stakes negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme and the»»»

QNA Geneva Qatar has reaffirmed its categorical rejection of all forms of violence against women and girls, including violence against mothers, describing such acts as grave human rights violations and assaults on human dignity. Qatar stressed that the consequences of such violence extend beyond wo»»»

QNA Riyadh Qatar Social and Cultural Center for the Blind (QSCCB) participated in the dialogue workshop with persons with disabilities on the third report regarding the prospects for the implementation and monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the Gulf Co»»»

The United States suspended sanctions on Iranian oil on Monday after Vice President JD Vance said Iran would allow UN nuclear inspectors to return to the country. "We laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal," Vance told reporters following talks at Switzerland's luxury Burgenstock r»»»

Nadia Massih welcomes Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. JD Vance is hailing "good progress" on US-Iran peace talks, following President Trump's threats to hit Iran "harder than ever before". Sabato reminds us that this war is "almost universally seen as a fia»»»

Starting Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is slated to visit three Gulf allies that were attacked by Iran during the US and Israeli war: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain. Rubio appears to have his work cut out for him. The US’s Gulf allies were not warned in advance of “Operat»»»

WASHINGTON: A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and ​stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year after deadly sectarian violence in a Druze-majority province shook the country. A U.N. investigation in March found more than 1,700 people, most civilian »»»

WASHINGTON: A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and ​stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year after deadly sectarian violence in a Druze-majority province shook the country. A U.N. investigation in March found more than 1,700 people, most civilian »»»

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza: An Israeli strike killed a teenage girl Monday as she walked to her high school to take an exam in Gaza City, relatives said. Raghad Hassan Ashour, 16, was headed to the 11th grade test when the blast occurred in a busy street in the Rimal district, according to a relative, Jam»»»

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani affirmed that the memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Iran has laid the foundation for ending the war and establishing a negotiation track that paves the way toward a final agreem»»»

BEIRUT: US-Iran talks in Switzerland produced what mediators described as “encouraging progress” on Monday, with both sides agreeing to a 60-day roadmap toward a broader deal aimed at ending the regional war. Key early steps include establishing direct communication channels to prevent escalation i»»»

Damascus, June 22 (SANA) Head of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce Alaa al-Ali met with Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei on Monday to discuss prospects for developing economic and trade relations between the two countries and ways to expand areas of joint cooperation, the federat»»»

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces detained hundreds of people, including foreigners, on the country’s border with Sudan, accusing them of illegal gold mining and smuggling, the military said Monday. Egypt’s southern region is rich with gold mines and the government has launched big mining projects th»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The main obstacle to stability in Syria is Israel, the country’s envoy to the UN told the Security Council, as he also accused the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of undermining a US-brokered deal to end the war with Iran. It came as senior UN officials described the poli»»»

A coordinator with U-Reporters, an UNICEF program to engage and inform local communities, wears a protective gown May 29 as he takes part in a campaign to raise awareness about Ebola in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The number of Ebola cases has climbed past 1,000, health offi»»»

ADEN, Yemen: Four Yemeni children were killed and eight others wounded in a blast caused by war remnants in the country’s government-controlled south, a military official told AFP on Monday. “The preliminary toll from the tragic incident until now is four children killed, three girls and a boy, in »»»

PANAMA CITY: Honduras plans to buy drones from Ukraine for border policing and anti-drug operations, President Nasry Asfura told AFP on Monday. The right-wing leader was in Kiev on Friday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, who offered to provide the Central American nation with military tec»»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian Arab Republic President Ahmed Al-Sharaa said the Middle East region is going through a sensitive phase, stressing that the change in Syria represents a positive opportunity for the region and that most countries had benefited from this transformation. In a special interview with Al»»»

PANAMA CITY: Honduras plans to buy drones from Ukraine for border policing and anti-drug operations, President Nasry Asfura told AFP on Monday. The right-wing leader was in Kiev on Friday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, who offered to provide the Central American nation with military tec»»»

A Turkish-owned, Panama-flagged vessel was attacked this morning (22 June) by an unmanned aerial vehicle off the Port of Chornomorsk of Ukraine, resulting in injuries to two of our citizens in the crew. The condition of our citizens is being closely monitored by our Embassy in Kyiv and Consulate Ge»»»

AMMAN — President of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Khalil Haj Tawfiq, on Sunday evening inaugurated the Jordanian pavilion at the 21st Arab International Food and Packaging Exhibition, “Food Expo 2026”, held at the Fairgrounds in the Syrian capital, Damascus.The five-day exhibition brings t»»»

Cubans are in the grips of a deepening power and fuel crisis – exacerbated by a US oil blockade launched earlier this year – that has left the country's poorest struggling to cope. FRANCE 24's exclusive report found that residents in Havana are now turning against their own government. Under p»»»

US Vice President JD Vance has said that a first round of US-Iran talks in Switzerland had laid a good foundation for reaching a final deal on ending the Middle East war that the US and Israel began in February. Vance's comments came after he met with Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qa»»»

New York, June 22 (SANA) Representatives of Russia, China, Pakistan and Türkiye reaffirmed their support for Syria’s sovereignty, stability and recovery efforts during a United Nations Security Council session on Monday, while calling for an end to repeated Israeli attacks and violations of Syrian »»»

The logo of state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy is shown in front of its headquarters in Doha, Qatar. An explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Qatar killed 13 and injured dozens Sunday. Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/EPA June 22 (UPI) -- An explosion at Qatar's largest natural gas plant k»»»

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on the international community to re-engage in support for the people of Myanmar as his office reported Myanmar's military is responsible for more than 700 civilian deaths over a six month period. File Photo by Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA June 2»»»

Damascus, June 22 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic extended its solidarity with the sisterly State of Qatar following the tragic incident that occurred at an industrial facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Syrian Ministry of Foreig»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The Arab Group at the UN has called on the US to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. It argued that the designation, imposed in 1979 while the former Assad regime ruled the country, no longer reflected the realities of the new Syrian state and was hindering its»»»

New York, June 22 (SANA) Several members of the United Nations Security Council voiced support for Syria’s efforts to advance stability, transitional justice and regional cooperation during a session Monday devoted to the situation in Syria. U.S. Representative Tammy Bruce said that over the past 1»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran will continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) according to the same principles, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday. Earlier in the day, US Vice President JD Vance said that inspectors from the International Atomic»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday warned that “mass atrocities” could soon be perpetrated in Sudan as paramilitary forces encircle the city of El-Obeid, with Washington echoing fears expressed by the United Nations. The majority-Muslim southern city, in the Kordofan region of Sudan, has been »»»