GENEVA, Feb 26 (KUNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on Thursday that the third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Geneva "was one of the most serious" held to date, emphasizing that discussions moved in depth into the core elements of a potential agreement."We ente»»»

LONDON, Feb 26 (KUNA) -- Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman spoke on Thursday, discussing a variety of issues including bilateral relations, the situation the Gaza Strip, and the political process between the US and Iran on the latter's nuclear program.The two le»»»

Israel's High Court has temporarily halted a ban on international aid groups from working in the occupied Palestinian territories unless they meet strict new rules. The injunction came ahead of an Israeli deadline for 37 well-known organisations to stop work, something the groups warn will remove a»»»

Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta is forecasting a deficit of C$9.4bn ($6.9bn; £5.1bn), citing a "dramatic" increase in its population coupled with low oil prices. The once debt-free province called the deficit "a tough pill to swallow", saying it will have to break its own fiscal restraint law»»»

Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to establish a joint investigation to examine damage to the Druzhba oil pipeline supplying crude from Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. The two countries have accused Ukraine of halting crude flows from Russia for political reasons. The p»»»

A potential new American military strike on Iran would not drag the country into another prolonged foreign conflict, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said. Washington has amassed a military force in the Middle East unseen since before the 2003 invasion of Iraq and is demanding that Tehran make conc»»»

Albanian President Bajram Begaj delivered a speech in Albanian before North Macedonia’s parliament on Friday, saying the positive relations between the two countries have also contributed to regional stability. Speaking during his official visit to the neighboring country, Begaj described North Mac»»»

Riyadh: Vehicles registered in a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country will not be allowed to remain in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for more than 90 days within any 365-day period, Saudi English language newspaper Saudi Gazette reported. This period, whether consecutive or non-consecutive, “is cal»»»

A suspected phone scammer who managed to relieve two elderly women on Chios of more than €100,000 has been arrested while preparing to leave the eastern Aegean Sea island by plane, police said Friday. A police statement said the 69-year-old suspect was part of a gang that phoned elderly people pret»»»

BEIRUT, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Friday that it found about 946 mines which were destroyed on site while clearing two minefields out of five. The minefields have been handed over to the Lebanese Army, south of the country, UNIFIL said in a s»»»

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi briefed his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, on the latest developments in the indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States. During a phone call Friday, both sides emphasized the importance of continuing consultations among the cou»»»

CAIRO, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatti affirmed on Friday his country's opposition to any attempts aiming to undermine Sudan's unity, underlining the necessity of maintaining the sovereignty of the Sudanese state.This was announced during a telephone call conducted between »»»

Dubai: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is “not happy” with the direction of nuclear talks with Iran, warning that while diplomacy remains ongoing, military force remains an option if Tehran refuses to abandon its nuclear ambitions. “We’re not exactly happy with the way they’re negotiati»»»

Nasa is adding an extra mission to its Artemis programme before it attempts to land astronauts on the Moon for the first time in half a century. The original plan was to fly around the Moon for the Artemis II mission, which is currently scheduled for April, and then attempt a lunar landing with Art»»»

Dubai: The UAE Council for Fatwa has reaffirmed that deliberately breaking the fast during the daytime in Ramadan is prohibited under Islamic law, stressing that the act is considered a grave sin that requires repentance, compensation and expiation. In a series of its Ramadan fatwas, the council sa»»»

A day after the start of operations at Kronospan's medium-density fibreboard (MDF) panels in Veliko Tarnovo, the Veliko Tarnovo Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) received 27 complaints about smells of sawdust and glue and about a bluish haze over several neighbourhoods of the ci»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Belgrade on Friday. Addressing a joint press conference at the Palace of Serbia, Djedovic Handanovic said the discussion - their second this week»»»

Buenos Aires: On a recent Sunday, a Buenos Aires plaza transformed into a makeshift wilderness for an unusual group of teenagers. Sofía, wearing a lifelike beagle mask, ran across the grass on all fours. Nearby, 15-year-old Aguara leapt through the air, clearing an obstacle course while imitating t»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Belgrade on Friday. Addressing a joint press conference at the Palace of Serbia, Djedovic Handanovic said the discussion - their second this week»»»

The EU is desperately attempting to engineer “regime change” against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next month’s parliamentary election, employing tactics such as poll manipulation and energy blackmail, German opposition leader Alice Weidel has claimed. In a post on X on Wednesday, the co»»»

On February 27, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared that his country had entered a state of “open war” with Afghanistan. Pakistani Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar reported strikes on Kabul and Kandahar, which Afghan authorities have confirmed. Asif claimed that the Taliban has »»»

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives before President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday. The State Department announced Friday that Rubio will travel to Israel to discuss Iran next week. Pool photo by Kenny Holston/UPI | License Photo Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Secretary of State»»»

Across Iranian cities, many are living through sleepless nights and anxious days amid the continued speculation that the United States could be about to carry out military strikes. Some young people in particular are obsessively checking plane- and ship-tracking platforms - some fearful of external»»»

A sizeable exhibit in the Museum of the Revolution in Havana is dedicated to conditions in Cuba before the revolution took power in 1959. Inside the ornate former presidential palace, photographs and oral testimony detail the grinding poverty and ingrained corruption of the dictatorship of Cuba's t»»»

Members of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences organize packages of confiscated cocaine in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February 26 before incinerating 5,038 pounds of the drug after seizures made under the U.S.-led Operation Southern Spear, an international initiative to combat dr»»»

Abu Dhabi: Parents in the UAE have been urged to register their children in government schools for the 2026-2027 academic year before the deadline next week, as education authorities warned that applications will not be accepted after the registration window closes. The Ministry of Education said e»»»