Mena Today

Saudi Arabia’s push to turn mining into a pillar of its post-oil economy got a major boost this week after a leading local operator reported the discovery of around 11 million tonnes of high-potential mineral resources in the kingdom’s southwest.

A Russian-flagged tanker loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone attack off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, but its 13 crew members were unharmed, Turkey's maritime authority and the Tribeca shipping agency said.

Five years after losing her daughter in a devastating chemical explosion at Beirut's port, Nelly El Helou said Pope Leo's silent prayer at the site on Tuesday was enough to renew hopes that those responsible for the blast would be held to account.

Pope Leo ends a three-day visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, wrapping up his first overseas trip as Catholic leader, during which he pleaded for peace in the Middle East and warned that humanity's future was at risk from the world's bloody conflicts.

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of support and training for military helicopters and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated cost of $1 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea were unacceptable, issuing a warning to "all related sides" after an unmanned vessel reportedly struck a tanker off Turkey's northern coast.

A Libyan war crimes suspect was transferred from Germany to The Hague and put into the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICC said on Monday.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog hosted on Monday a delegation of Muslim religious leaders from Senegal, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, and Togo in Jerusalem, marking a rare and symbolically powerful moment of interfaith, diplomatic, and strategic engagement.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reaffirmed that empowering Emiratis and strengthening national identity remain central pillars of the UAE’s development vision, as the country marks its 54th Eid Al Etihad.

Nasry Asfura, the Conservative National Party candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, leads Honduras' presidential election with just over 40% of votes counted, preliminary results showed on Monday.

Israel is about to flip the switch on a new era of warfare. On December 30, the country will fully deploy the Iron Beam, a high-powered laser system built to shoot down drones, rockets, missiles, and mortars—at the speed of light.

At a transit camp here on the Chad-Sudan border, Najwa Isa Adam, 32, hands out bowls of pasta and meat to orphaned Sudanese children from al-Fashir, the site of a recent violent takeover by paramilitary forces in Sudan.