Category: 3. Middle East

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Shiite Islam’s highest authority in Iraq, offered his condolences on Monday for the death of Pope Francis, praising his work promoting “peace and tolerance”.

Sistani, 94, who met the late pontiff in 2021 in the…

Argentinians are mourning the death of their compatriot Pope Francis, who served as the archbishop of Buenos Aires and was known for working with the poor in the city before ascending to the top of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Argentinian…

Visit will include talks with PM Modi as New Delhi is seeking to avoid sweeping 26 percent Trump tariffs.

United States Vice President JD Vance has arrived in India for a four-day visit as New Delhi looks to avoid US tariffs, negotiate a bilateral…

Iran says it will brief China this week in advance of a third round of talks with the United States on its nuclear programme, as Iranian officials separately accused Israel of seeking to “undermine and disrupt the diplomatic process”.

Iranian…

The Israeli army has described its killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza and burying them and their vehicles as a “professional error”.

The bodies of 14 humanitarian workers were found in a mass grave along with their crushed vehicles a…

Church leaders, regional officials and Egypt’s Al-Azhar — Sunni Islam’s foremost religious institution — offered condolences this week following the death of Pope Francis, whose passing on Monday at the age of 88 drew tributes across the…

Agency says gangs caused $37bn in losses in Asia as they gain new footholds in Africa, South America, and Middle East.

Asian cybercrime syndicates have caused an estimated $37bn in losses in the East and Southeast Asian regions, with the United…

Oman Airports has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Iraq’s Teebat Karbala Company to oversee the preparation and launch of Karbala International Airport — a key aviation project set to transform…