Mena Today

Opportunism, falsehoods, unjustified attacks: French President Emmanuel Macron's latest speech to the United Nations has drawn sharp criticism. 

US President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday to make the case for his war on Iran, arguing he has prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and warning that he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" if no deal is reached to end the conflict.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday the U.N had become unable to fulfill its duty of preserving peace and called for reform of the Security Council.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday described Yemen's Houthi rebels as a "terrorist militia," accusing them of targeting Mecca, after Riyadh said the Iran-backed fighters had launched an attack on the holy city on Thursday.

Spain on Tuesday allowed a US extradition request for pro-Palestinian donor James Cox Chambers to proceed to court, despite protests from the government's left-wing coalition partners who argue the case is politically motivated.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for complete economic isolation of Iran, showing no intention to resume talks at the UN General Assembly but saying he believed a deal would be done after the US midterm elections in November.

Tunisia's summer of 2026 was the hottest ever recorded in the country since measurements began in 1950, the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) announced Tuesday, noting that July and August were marked by "particularly intense and prolonged heatwaves."

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has agreed to give military support to Saudi Arabia to help it tackle attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis, media reports said Monday, as the rebels' offensive along Yemen's Red Sea coast escalates.

Iran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia has restarted operations at its East-West Pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later on Tuesday, three sources briefed on the matter said.

Dubai South, the region's largest urban master development focused on aviation, logistics and real estate, has officially inaugurated Dior's new Regional Distribution Centre for the Middle East at the EZDubai Logistics Hub. 

A series of explosions at a military site near the city of Aleppo, in northern Syria, wounded four people early Monday, the government announced. It marks the fourth such episode involving explosions in less than a month in a country still emerging from a long civil war that began in 2011.