Mena Today

Iran's judiciary on Tuesday denounced the arrest of an Iranian cleric in Saudi Arabia who shared a video criticising the kingdom's recent policies to ease many social restrictions in its bid to open the economy for tourism and Western businesses.

For the first time on record, Israeli and Syrian officials have held direct, face-to-face meetings in the sensitive border zone separating their two countries — a development with potentially far-reaching implications in a region still reeling from the fall of the Assad regime.

Palestinians voiced wariness on Tuesday toward a U.S.-backed foundation set to bring aid to Gaza amid signs of famine, with Hamas warnings about biometric screening procedures keeping many away from distribution points.

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it intercepted a missile and a projectile in separate launches from Yemen toward Israel.

Georgian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested an ex-aide to Georgia's most powerful man who fled the country earlier this year while on trial on charges of embezzling cryptocurrency worth more than $800 million from his former boss.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's foreign minister discussed at a meeting in Moscow efforts to end the war in Ukraine and developments since direct talks between the warring parties, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said.

Morocco’s leading mining conglomerate, Managem, announced on Monday a 20% year-on-year increase in first-quarter revenue, reaching 2.32 billion dirhams ($250 million). 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he is hopeful that news regarding Israeli hostages held in Gaza may emerge within the next 48 hours, suggesting progress in international mediation efforts.

Morocco is accelerating efforts to modernize its electricity grid as part of a broader strategy to integrate 12.5 GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Algeria’s fragile democratic façade suffered another serious blow on Monday as three former presidential hopefuls were sentenced to ten years in prison for alleged corruption, in what critics see as further evidence of the country’s repressive political environment.

Cyprus has received 13 mobile desalination units from the United Arab Emirates, delivered free of charge to help the island deal with a severe water shortage just ahead of the water-intensive tourism season.

Hamas has executed four men for looting some of the aid trucks that have begun entering Gaza, sources familiar with the incident said on Monday, as a clan leader in southern Gaza issued a challenge to the militant group over guarding the convoys.