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Starmer and Macron to co-host Strait of Hormuz talks in Paris

Starmer and Macron to co-host Strait of Hormuz...

London [UK], April 15: International leaders will gather in Paris on Friday in an effort to come up with a...

Indonesia and US sign 'major' defence cooperation partnership agreement

Indonesia and US sign 'major' defence cooperation partnership...

Washington DC [US], April 15: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has hailed the establishment of a "major defence cooperation...

Haiti arrests seven officials after 25 killed in heritage site stampede

Haiti arrests seven officials after 25 killed in...

Mexico City [Mexico], April 15: Authorities in Haiti have arrested seven officials following a deadly stampede that killed 25 people...

At least 16 people injured, assailant dead in shooting at Turkish school

At least 16 people injured, assailant dead in...

Istanbul [Turkey], April 15: At least 16 people, including pupils, were injured after a gunman opened fire inside a high...

Spain's Sanchez govt to legalise half a million migrants through royal decree

Spain's Sanchez govt to legalise half a million...

Madrid [Spain], April 15: Some half a million undocumented migrants living in Spain are to be legalized through a royal...

US, Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade

US, Iran may resume talks this week despite...

Washington DC [US], April 15: Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days,...

Israel and Lebanon hold direct talks in Washington

Israel and Lebanon hold direct talks in Washington

Beirut [Lebanon], April 15: Israeli and Lebanese representatives met on Tuesday in Washington for direct political-level talks for the first...

Italy suspends defence pact with Israel

Italy suspends defence pact with Israel

Rome [Italy], April 15: Italy has suspended a defence cooperation agreement with Israel, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Tuesday.

Sanctioned tankers transit Strait of Hormuz

Sanctioned tankers transit Strait of Hormuz

Washington DC [US], April 15: At least three vessels, including two United States-sanctioned tankers, have entered the Gulf through the...

Trump's $10 bn lawsuit against Wall Street Journal thrown out

Trump's $10 bn lawsuit against Wall Street Journal...

Washington DC [US], April 15: A US district court in Florida has dismissed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit filed by...

Turkiye detains 12 people after shoot-out near Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Turkiye detains 12 people after shoot-out near Israeli...

Istanbul [Turkiye], April 14: Three further suspects have been detained following a shoot-out with security forces outside the Israeli consulate...

Ukrainian drones strike Russian chemical plant after Easter truce

Ukrainian drones strike Russian chemical plant after Easter...

Kiev [Ukraine], April 14: Ukrainian forces targeted a chemical plant in northern Russia with long-range drones following the end of...

President Trump says the US 'may stop by Cuba' after finishing in Iran

President Trump says the US 'may stop by...

Washington [US], April 14: President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States "may stop by Cuba" after it...

Sudan war pushes nearly 14,000 refugees to Europe: UN

Sudan war pushes nearly 14,000 refugees to Europe:...

Nairobi [Kenya], April 14: Sudan's civil war has triggered the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with around 11.6 million refugees and...

US blockade on Iranian ports begins

US blockade on Iranian ports begins

Tehran [Iran] / Washington [US], April 14: Iran has suggested that the United States blockade on Iranian ports will only...

At least six killed in new wave of Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon

At least six killed in new wave of...

Beirut [Lebanon], April 14: At least six people have been killed in a new wave of Israeli attacks in southern...

Bahrain summons Iraqi envoy as pro-Iranian attacks persist in Gulf

Bahrain summons Iraqi envoy as pro-Iranian attacks persist...

Manama [Bahrain], April 14: Bahrain has summoned an Iraqi envoy over drone attacks launched at the kingdom and other states...

QNB Group maintains strong strategic momentum in first quarter of 2026

QNB Group maintains strong strategic momentum in first...

Doha [Qatar], April 13: QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, today issued its first...

Trump says White House to host UFC fight on his 80th birthday in June

Trump says White House to host UFC fight...

Washington DC [US], April 13: US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that there would be an Ultimate Fighting Championship...

UK's Starmer urges US and Iran 'to find a way through' after peace talks fail

UK's Starmer urges US and Iran 'to find...

Tehran [Iran], April 13: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged the United States and Iran "to find a way...

Peruvians vote in crowded presidential race held amid deep political crisis

Peruvians vote in crowded presidential race held amid...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 13: Peruvians were voting on Sunday for a new president and Congress, with all 60 Senate...

Palestinians condemn Israeli minister's storming of Al Aqsa Mosque

Palestinians condemn Israeli minister's storming of Al Aqsa...

Jerusalem [Israel], April 13: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compoundin occupied East...

Benin holds presidential election

Benin holds presidential election

Porto-Novo [Benin], April 13: Voting was under way in Benin's presidential election with long-serving Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni expected to...

Iranian authorities remain defiant, urge supporters to stay in streets

Iranian authorities remain defiant, urge supporters to stay...

Tehran [Iran], April 13: Iranian authorities said the United States needs to do more if an agreement is to be...

'Painful concessions' needed in Iran conflict, says Oman

'Painful concessions' needed in Iran conflict, says Oman

Muscat [Oman], April 13: The parties to the Iran war will likely have to make significant concessions to achieve peace,...

Iraqi Parliament elects Nizar Amedi as President

Iraqi Parliament elects Nizar Amedi as President

Baghdad [Iraq], April 12: The Iraqi Council of Representatives today elected Nizar Amedi as the new President of Iraq.

UAE, Indian foreign ministers discuss regional security

UAE, Indian foreign ministers discuss regional security

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 12: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,...