Mena Today

The UAE Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka will mark UAE Day on Friday, 19 September, in the presence of Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. 

Iran on Friday criticised a move by European powers to impose international sanctions by the end of the month if Tehran does not meet conditions, including access for U.N. nuclear inspectors.

The Vatican “cannot at this stage” describe the war waged by Israel in Gaza as a genocide, Pope Leo XIV said in an interview conducted in July and published Friday.

European powers will likely reimpose international sanctions on Iran by the end of the month after their latest round of talks with Tehran aimed at preventing them were deemed not serious, France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

Germany will reach a decision on whether to back European Union sanctions against Israel before a European Union meeting in Copenhagen in October, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on a visit to Madrid on Thursday. 

The United States and Israel have sent complaint letters to top United Nations officials contesting their staff's impartiality over the Gaza war, documents showed, as hundreds of them protested outside the global organization's European headquarters on Thursday.

On September 19, Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and the Financial Times, with the support of the Casablanca-Settat region, will launch the first edition of the Casablanca Business Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Spain’s judiciary announced Thursday the creation of a task force to investigate “human rights violations in Gaza” with the stated goal of providing evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC). 

Hundreds of thousands took part in anti-austerity protests across France on Thursday, unions said, urging President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to acknowledge their anger and scrap looming budget cuts.

The Israeli military will attack Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon "in response to its attempts to rebuild its activities in the area", an Israeli military spokesperson said on Thursday.

The Bulgarian government led by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov survived a vote of no confidence on Thursday, BTA news agency reported.

A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from an Egyptian museum earlier this month was stolen and melted down, the country's Interior Ministry said on Thursday.