Category: 3. Middle East

Bulgaria will demand compensation for the relatives of a Bulgarian UN staffer killed in Gaza last month, the foreign minister said yesterday, the BTA news agency reported.

The remarks came after Israel confirmed…

Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said during a visit to Moscow today that Tehran would boost cooperation with Russia in agriculture and banking and remove barriers in all spheres of cooperation between the two…

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under pressure to appoint a second-in-command to its ageing leader, Mahmoud Abbas, created a vice president position after meeting with senior officials on April 24.

Abbas, who is also president of…

Package includes support for corporate financing, and subsidies to lower petrol prices and partially cover electricity bills.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced emergency economic measures to alleviate any impact on industries…

Imagine this:  a 100-year-old bungalow, built by your great-grandfather – a quiet, serene place dedicated for decades to a single, noble purpose: Charitable work. Its doors have always been open to those in need, a haven of compassion and…

Archrivals Barcelona and Real Madrid will meet in an El Clasico for the third time this season when they face off in the Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) final.

Barcelona will be looking for a hat-trick of wins on Saturday over their fierce foes this…

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI yesterday gave the go-ahead for a rail expansion plan worth 96 billion dirhams ($10.3 billion), including the construction of a high-speed line to Marrakesh, the country’s main tourist…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said yesterday he was ready to travel to Europe for talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, with France indicating European powers were also ready for dialogue if Tehran showed it…

Tunisian authorities dismantled temporary migrant camps in olive groves in the central eastern parts of the country yesterday, amid a rise in the number of “voluntary” returns of migrants to their home countries.