New Delhi, India – AFP A broad alliance of states on Saturday unveiled ambitious plans to create a modern-day Spice Route linking Europe, the Middle East and India, boosting trade ties with potentially wide-ranging geopolitical implications. The United States, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates and others launched...
ANKARA (AA) – Muslim countries in the Middle East have shown solidarity with Morocco following a powerful earthquake that killed hundreds. More than a thousand people were killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the North African country late Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the earthquake, which h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – There are no terms ready for a possible normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the UN national security adviser has said. “Many of the elements of a pathway to normalization are now on the table,” Jake Sullivan told journalists in a press briefing. He said that no terms are ready to […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US delegation led by President Joe Biden’s Middle East czar is currently in Saudi Arabia to address a wide array of regional issues, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Brett McGurk is joined by Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking. [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, is set to begin his diplomatic mission in Riyadh on Tuesday. “I will leave for Riyadh on Tuesday,” Enayati told the state news agency IRNA. He said the new Saudi ambassador to Iran will also start his mission in Tehran “in the same period […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli sports delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to participate in a world weightlifting competition, according to Israeli media. The Saudi-hosted World Weightlifting Championship 2023 will qualify Israel to reserve a ticket for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday thanked Saudi Arabia for hospitality towards Israeli passengers after their plane made an emergency landing in the kingdom. A plane traveling from Seychelles to Israel was forced to land in Jeddah late Monday due to technical difficulties. Some 130 Israelis were aboard th...
ANKARA (AA) – Riyadh on Thursday denied allegations that Saudi border guards assaulted Ethiopians who attempted to enter the kingdom from Yemen. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted an official source who asserted that such reports are “unfounded and based on unreliable sources.” The source “denounced the raising of false allegations b...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summi...
KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Kuwait’s foreign minister has welcomed the results of the visit of his Iranian counterpart to Saudi Arabia, expressing his hope that it would be “the beginning of a bright page in the history of Gulf and Tehran relations.” On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Saudi Arabi...
