Mena Today

For the first time in over thirteen years, Turkey was invited to participate in a meeting of the Arab League. On Monday in Cairo, the foreign ministers of the regional organization gathered to discuss, among other topics, the situation in Gaza, where Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan delivered a speech with significant regional implications.

Abu Dhabi has awarded oil and gas production rights for an onshore block to a joint venture of Indian state-run refiners Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and Indian Oil Corp , BPCL said in a statement on Wednesday.

Billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild Gaza when the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas ends, according to assessments from the United Nations.

Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Tehran had not delivered any ballistic missiles to Russia and sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and three European powers would not solve any problems between them.

Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition made significant gains in Tuesday's parliamentary election, initial official results showed on Wednesday, boosted by anger over Israel's war in Gaza.

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris put her Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on his fitness for office, his support of abortion restrictions and his myriad legal woes.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on Wednesday on his first foreign trip, signalling his intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of both Tehran and Washington as tensions rise in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia has officially resumed operations at its embassy in the Syrian capital, more than twelve years after severing diplomatic ties with Bashar al-Assad's regime following the brutal crackdown on the 2011 revolution.

Georgia's ruling party on Tuesday selected Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire ex-prime minister who is widely believed to be the country's most influential figure, as its lead candidate for a parliamentary election on Oct. 26, Georgian media reported.

Sweden appointed Maria Malmer Stenergard as foreign minister on Tuesday, choosing the former migration chief to lead policy on Ukraine just six months after her predecessor helped secure traditionally non-aligned Sweden's accession to NATO.