Mena Today

The 8th edition of the Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF 2025) kicks off tomorrow, October 22, at the Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre. 

Colombia's foreign ministry said on Monday the country has recalled its ambassador from the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would raise tariffs on the South American nation and stop all payments to it, in a feud stemming from U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly transporting drugs.

Pope Leo XIV confirmed Sunday that his upcoming apostolic visit to Lebanon will carry a “message of peace and hope.” Speaking from the Vatican, the pontiff responded to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who had expressed the “eager anticipation” of the Lebanese people for his visit.

Israeli fire killed three people near a ceasefire line in Gaza on Monday, medics said, with U.S. envoys expected in Israel to try to push forward the fragile truce that faced its gravest test so far over the weekend.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rejected an offer of renewed talks from U.S. President Donald Trump and denied his assertion that the United States has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Russia is prepared to expand cooperation with Iran in all areas, the Kremlin said on Monday.

A landslide victory for a moderate candidate in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election offers a glimmer of hope in breaking an eight-year impasse in peace talks on the ethnically split island, diplomats and analysts said.

October 13, 2025, will be remembered as a defining moment in modern Middle Eastern diplomacy. In Sharm el-Sheikh, world leaders did more than celebrate the release of hostages, a ceasefire, and the commencement of peace negotiations. 

Residents of Sudan's besieged city of al-Fashir have been taking refuge in underground bunkers to try to protect themselves from drones and shells after intensifying attacks on displacement shelters, clinics and mosques.

The Lebanese army has stepped up its campaign against the country’s narcotics trade, carrying out a series of raids and arrests that expose a sharp contrast in its willingness to act against Hezbollah’s armed presence. 

Germany said on Sunday that it would recall its ambassador to Georgia ahead of a meeting of European Union officials on Monday as relations between the bloc and the South Caucasus country fray.

Iran executed on Saturday an individual accused of spying for Israel, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Sunday citing an Iranian prosecutor.