Mena Today

In a solemn gathering that brought together the conscience of the world, King Abdullah II of Jordan, accompanied by Queen Rania, paid his final respects to Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday. 

Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff's legacy of caring for migrants, the downtrodden and the environment to be kept alive.

Catalyst Mines Inc. has announced significant new findings from its trenching campaign at the Amasine Project in Morocco’s Siroua region, identifying high-grade chromite mineralization alongside cobalt and nickel anomalies. 

A huge blast probably caused by the explosion of chemical materials killed at least 14 people and injured more than 700 on Saturday at Iran's biggest port, Bandar Abbas, Iranian state media reported.    

Egypt has officially welcomed the signing of a Declaration of Principles between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, calling it a major step toward lasting peace, stability, and economic development in Africa’s Great Lakes region.

In a historic first visit to the United States, Syria’s new Foreign Minister, Asaad Al-Shaibani, raised the country's new flag at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday and urged the international community to lift the sanctions still burdening Syria.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a "very productive" meeting on Saturday in Rome, a White House official said, as both leaders attended the funeral of Pope Francis.

On Saturday, a Hamas official said the group was prepared to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a five-year truce with Israel. Hamas representatives are currently in Cairo for talks with Egyptian mediators.

At least 11 people were killed after a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hit a displacement camp in Sudan's River Nile state, the governor said in a statement, in an attack that also took out the regional power station for the fourth time.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a "new multipurpose destroyer," state media KCNA reported on Saturday.

Iran and the United States have agreed to continue nuclear talks next week, both sides said on Saturday, though Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi voiced "extreme cautious" about the success of the negotiations to resolve a decades-long standoff.

Syria has responded in writing to a list of U.S. conditions for possible partial sanctions relief, saying it had acted on most of them but others required "mutual understandings" with Washington, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.