Mena Today

President Trump understands something most diplomats refuse to acknowledge: the Middle East cannot remain a museum of old hatred. 

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon decide on a proposed deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran, though the two countries still appeared to differ on significant issues that have been central to the conflict.

When Qatar's sovereign wealth fund quietly acquired Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on June 30, 2011, for an estimated €100 million, the stated ambition was clear: to project influence, reshape perception, and buy prestige on the world's biggest sporting stage.

Eight years after ousting a corruption-mired, centre-right government on the promise of cleaning up politics, Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is running out of road as graft accusations stack up against his party and family.

The UAE national athletics team claimed two gold medals in the 400m events at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, bringing their total tally to three medals at the ongoing competition.

Iran said on Friday it was looking for actions, not words from the United States after sources said President Donald Trump was weighing an initial U.S.-Iranian agreement to extend a ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter has outlined Israel's vision for a negotiated resolution with Lebanon, in an interview with This is Beirut.

US President Donald Trump has shared with Israel the draft of an agreement set to end the war between the United States and Iran, according to The Guardian. 

The United Nations has added Israeli security forces to its annual blacklist of parties suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict zones, a move that has drawn sharp criticism over the organization's deeply entrenched hostility toward the Jewish state.

The U.S. said on Thursday it has imposed new sanctions on Iran's military oil trade, even as Washington and Tehran reached a tentative agreement to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

France has asked for the public prosecutor to investigate the treatment of French nationals who were part of a recent activist flotilla heading for Gaza, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday.

Syria issued a warning Thursday over rising water levels along the Euphrates River, following floods in the country's north and east caused by heavy rainfall and increased water flows from Turkey.