Mena Today

In most democracies, a centre-left politician forming an electoral alliance with a right-wing nationalist would require some explanation. 

Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi's largest real estate developer and asset manager, has reported robust first-quarter 2026 results, with net profit after tax climbing 20% year-on-year to AED 2.3 billion ($626 million), on revenues of AED 8.7 billion ($2.4 billion).

Ukraine has summoned the Israeli ambassador for Tuesday morning after a second vessel carrying what Kyiv describes as Russian-stolen Ukrainian grain docked at the port of Haifa, Foreign Minister Andriï Sybiga announced Monday.

Iran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with "independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)", Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik said on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. 

U.S. President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest Iranian proposal on resolving the two-month war, a U.S. official said, dampening hopes for a resolution to the conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fuelled inflation, and killed thousands.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear that military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon will continue despite the ceasefire that entered into force on 17 April, citing what he described as a "double threat" from the Iran-backed group's remaining arsenal.

Iraq's alliance of Shi'ite political blocs, the Coordination Framework, on Monday named Ali al-Zaidi as its nominee for the post of prime minister, said a coalition statement.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into U.S. President Donald Trump's request for negotiations, according to a post on the minister's Telegram account.

The Lebanese president delivers his sharpest rebuke yet to Hezbollah after the group's leader condemned direct negotiations with Israel as destabilising.

In simultaneous attacks launched on Saturday, an alliance of al Qaeda-linked militants and separatist rebels killed Mali's defence minister, hit the capital's airport and drove Russian soldiers out of a desert town over a thousand kilometres away.

From zero corporate tax to a 20-year income tax exemption for new residents, Ankara is rolling out an ambitious package to turn Istanbul into a global financial hub.