TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has said she will recommend alternative ways to move stalled talks in light of continued differences between rivals. In a statement following a meeting in Geneva between the presidents of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh and High Council of State, Khaled al-...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Indirect talks between Iran and the US to revive the 2015 nuclear deal ended in the Qatari capital Doha without a result, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News reported. Tasnim, citing sources, said the talks mediated by the EU ended, for now, blaming the cessation of the talks on the US insistence on […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has agreed to allow an Israeli national to enter the Gaza Strip, in a bid to bring back communications regarding a prisoner swap deal with Israel, Israeli media said on Wednesday. According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, Gazan activist Sami Obeid and Yoel Marshak, head of the ...
ANKARA (AA) – Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in the upcoming elections, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. Bennett’s decision has come ahead of voting on the final readings of a bill that proposes dissolving the Knesset and calling an early election. Right-wing Yamina Party leader Bennett will remain ...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Council has approved a negotiating mandate on visa liberalization for Qatari and Kuwaiti nationals traveling to the EU. A proposal by the European Commission on short-stay visas for Qatar and Kuwait has been approved and “on the basis of this mandate, the presidency will start negotiations with the European Par...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Turkish and US presidents agreed on “continued close consultations” between Washington and Ankara during a meeting in Madrid, the White House said on Wednesday. The meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Joe Biden took place on the margins of the NATO summit. The two leaders discussed Sweden and Finlan...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham threw his support Wednesday behind a decision by the US on upgrading Türkiye’s F-16 fighter jet fleet. “I support the Biden Administration’s decision to support the sale of new F-16s to our NATO ally, Turkey,” Graham, who represents South Carolina, said on Twitter. ...
LONDON (AA) – Health authorities in Argentina on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5. The ANLIS/Malbrán Institute detected the presence of the subvariant in a person who had returned from an international trip. According to local daily Infobae, the case was detected after the anal...
LONDON (AA) – As European countries experience a surge of new COVID-19 infections, the World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge has warned that COVID cases could soar throughout the summer and lead to more deaths. New COVID-19 cases have doubled in the last month across Europe. Kluge said that [&h...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati has said that he has handed his government formation to the country’s President Michel Aoun. “I have handed President Aoun the cabinet line-up that I see fit,” Mikati told reporters following his meeting with Aoun. On Tuesday, Mikati concluded his parliamen...
