ABU DHABI: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has received Nikos Dendias, Minister of National Defence of the friendly Hellenic Republic. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the repercussions of Iran's unprovoked, terrorist missile at»»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The United States is applying relentless pressure on Uruguay to sever its trade ties with China, Uruguay's Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone told business leaders at a private meeting last week, a disclosure that exposes competing demands Washington and Beijing are placing on the small South Ame»»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The United States is applying relentless pressure on Uruguay to sever its trade ties with China, Uruguay's Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone told business leaders at a private meeting last week, a disclosure that exposes competing demands Washington and Beijing are placing on the small South Ame»»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Italy refused to allow the United States to use the Sigonella air base in Sicily for strikes on Iran, but attempted to keep the decision secret to avoid a diplomatic rift with Washington, Corriere della Sera reported on March 31. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Spain has condemned a law passed by the Israeli parliament that introduces the death penalty in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, calling it "draconian" and discriminatory, the Spanish foreign ministry said in a statement on March 31. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Italy refused to allow the United States to use the Sigonella air base in Sicily for strikes on Iran, but attempted to keep the decision secret to avoid a diplomatic rift with Washington, Corriere della Sera reported on March 31. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Spain has condemned a law passed by the Israeli parliament that introduces the death penalty in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, calling it "draconian" and discriminatory, the Spanish foreign ministry said in a statement on March 31. »»»

Italy refused to allow the United States to use the Sigonella air base in Sicily for strikes on Iran, but attempted to keep the decision secret to avoid a diplomatic rift with Washington, Corriere della Sera reported on March 31. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met in Beijing on March 31 and issued a joint five-point initiative calling for an immediate ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced on March 31 it has underwritten $2.5bn of a $4bn senior syndicated term loan for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP), marking one of the largest financing deals for an African industrial project. »»»

AMMAN — As the military confrontation between Iran, the United States, and Israel continues to escalate across the Middle East, analysts have raised the alarm over the war’s damaging repercussions on the region’s economies.In remarks to The Jordan Times, economists cited the closure of the Strait o»»»

The UK's King Charles III will visit the US and Bermuda in April, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday, as critics called for the trip to be cancelled due to concerns over the US's ongoing war with Iran.  King Charles III will visit the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace announce»»»

The EU said on Tuesday that Israel's plans to legalise the death penalty for Palestinians found guilty of killing Israelis are "very concerning" and "a clear step backwards".  ⁠Israel's decision ​to pass a law making death ​by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military c»»»

Israel's defence minister has vowed his army will block residents from returning to southern Lebanon after the war and will be destroying all homes in villages along the border, in which he implied would be a Gaza-like scale of destruction as seen in Rafah and Beit Hanoun. More than 1200 people hav»»»

Senegal on Tuesday signed into law legislation doubling the penalty for same-sex relations to up to 10 years in jail. The new law also includes criminal penalties for those found guilty of promoting or financing same-sex relationships. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed into»»»

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and foreign ministers of several member states marked the fourth anniversary of the Bucha massacre at a commemoration ceremony in the Kyiv suburb on Tuesday. The ceremony comes amid tensions within the EU over Hungary blocking an aid package for Ukrai»»»

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday that reports from Eastern European media outlets that he passed "strategic information" to Russia were "foreign interference". In one leaked phone call Szijjarto is alleged to have told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that he was "at»»»

QNA Abu Dhabi The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday held talks with President of the United Arab Emirates HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, focusing on recent regional and international developments and efforts to restore stability. During the meeting, t»»»

QNA Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom John Healey in Doha on Tuesday. The meeting discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries and ways to support and »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Minister of Transport HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Thani and the EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas discussed bilateral cooperation and ways to enhance Qatar-EU relations in transportation, particularly in terms o»»»

QNA Doha UK Defence Secretary John Healey has affirmed that his country stands with Qatar and its partners in the Gulf in the face of Iran’s widespread attacks on the region. Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA) during his visit to Doha, Healey said the visit aimed to discuss the latest security dev»»»

QNA Doha Minister of Labour and Chair of the Workforce Planning Committee (WPC) HE Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri on Tuesday chaired the Committee’s regular meeting, which discussed progress on initiatives and projects under the National Development Strategy for an effective and highly productive work»»»

The leaked phone conversation between Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov was insignificant, the EU nation's top diplomat has said. Szijjarto reacted on Tuesday to the publication of the call, which he claimed had been intercepted by “foreign intelli»»»

Doha, Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani held Tuesday a phone call with Minister of Defense of the Italian Republic HE Guido Crosetto. The call discussed latest developments and security updates in the region, a»»»

Egypt will temporarily list 10 state-owned companies on the stock exchange within two weeks, with the remainder of a 20-firm batch scheduled for listing by the end of April 2026, Assistant Prime Minister Hashem El-Sayed said on Tuesday. The timeline was announced during a meeting chaired by Prime M»»»

Three P-3C Orion aircraft stand ready on a rain-soaked airfield at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily on January 15, 2006. Italy said it denied U.S. aircraft seeking to make a landing at the air base en route to the Middle East. File Photo by Mate 1st Class John Collins/U.S. Navy March 31 (UPI) »»»

By Wade SheridanIsraelis protest against a newly passed death penalty law for Palestinian terrorists from outside the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor of the law, which calls for death by hanging. Several petitions have been filed wit»»»

Share: current developments GAS PRICES TOP $4: The average price of gasoline in the U.S. passed $4 this morning, for the first time since 2022. It comes as a tanker laden with oil was hit by an Iranian attack off Dubai, with Tehran’s grip on the crucial Strait of Hormuz trade route stoking a global»»»

Doha, Qatar: UK Defense Secretary HE John Healey affirmed that his country stands with Qatar and its partners in the Gulf in the face of Iran’s widespread attacks on the region. Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA) during his visit to Doha, he said the visit aimed to discuss the latest security deve»»»

The current conflict between Iran and Israel isn’t a classic war driven by strict geopolitical interests. Certainly, the rivalry between the two countries is very well known and everybody focuses on the Strait of Hormuz and the dramatic economic consequences of its disruption. Of course, a lot of p»»»

As the US keeps issuing statements about the talks with Iran, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi declared the following: No negotiations are taking place - merely an exchange of messages, either direct or through intermediariesThe messages include warnings and opinions on certain ma»»»

Doha, Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin Ali Al-Thani received a phone call Tuesday evening from Swedish Defense Minister HE Pal Jonson. During the call, both sides discussed security developments in the region, as w»»»

Smoke billows after Israeli airstrikes on Dahieh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said at least 1,238 people have been killed and more than 3,543 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Beirut's southern suburbs and villages in south»»»