RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Israel has said that it has signed a contract to build the headquarters of the Israeli Embassy in Morocco. “I am pleased to share this photo of this historical moment of signing the contract of establishing a permanent embassy in Morocco,” Israeli Ambassador David Govrin said on Twitter. The Israeli diplomat [&helli...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – The new Kuwaiti government led by Prime Minister Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad has been sworn in to power. Crown Prince Meshal Al-Sabah received the 12-member Cabinet at the Bayan Palace in the capital Kuwait City at a ceremony attended by top officials. A royal decree was issued by the country’s emir […]
Tehran, Iran – (AFP): Iran said Monday it remains “optimistic” about the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March. “We remain optimistic that the negotiation process will lead us to a logical and reasonable outcome,” foreig...
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP): Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Monday in counter-protests as rival supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr extended their occupation of parliament into a third day. Almost 10 months after Iraqis went to the polls, a political standoff pits two key factions of the Shiite political scene, ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces detained more than 40 Palestinians, including Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith, in a mass arrest campaign across the occupied West Bank. Ghaith was arrested in an Israeli raid on his home in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, his spokesman Mauruf al-Rifai disclosed. He said Israeli forces d...
ANKARA (AA) – The first ship to leave Ukraine under a historic grain export deal has departed from the port of Odesa for Lebanon, the Turkish National Defense Ministry announced. “The ship is expected to arrive in Istanbul on August 2,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the vessel would continue on its […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – US mediator Amos Hochstein has voiced hope for reaching an agreement on maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel in the coming weeks. The US envoy held talks in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel, Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. “I remain optimistic that we...
ANKARA (AA) – Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait took charge on Monday as Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. Appointed to the post for a three-year term, Al-Ghais succeeds Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo who died on July 6. “It is a great honour for me to […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Supporters of Iraqi groups close to Iran staged demonstrations in the capital Baghdad on Monday and attempted to storm the fortified Green Zone. Supporters of the Coordination Framework bypassed three military checkpoints and rallied at the gate of the Green Zone, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene. Secur...
ANKARA (AA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on Iraqi parties to avoid violence amid tension over the nomination of a new prime minister. In a statement, his spokesperson Farhan Haq said the UN chief is “following with concern” the ongoing protests in Iraq that have left many people injured...
