Mena Today

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the turnout in the first round of the country's presidential election was "lower than expected", semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

Tunisian President Kais Saied set the presidential election date for Oct. 6, 2024, the presidency said in a statement early on Wednesday.

Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday that they, along with the Islamic resistance in Iraq, have conducted a joint military operation, attacking a vital target in Israel's Haifa.

Italian authorities intercepted and seized two Chinese-made military drones that were destined for Libya and disguised as wind turbine equipment, Italy's customs police and customs agency said on Tuesday.

Egypt's Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) is to invest $21 billion in the SouthMED tourism development that includes luxury villas and a marina on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

Laughing and joking, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cruised around Pyongyang last week in a Russian-made Aurus limousine to showcase their strengthened anti-Western alliance.

Turkey closed its main border crossings into northwest Syria on Tuesday after Turkish troops came under fire from Syrians angered by violence against their compatriots in Turkey, a Syrian opposition source and residents said.

Rima Hassan doesn’t deign to say much, but alongside Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a press conference after the vote, she kept smiling.

Qatar Airways posted a 39% jump in annual net profit to a record 6.1 billion Qatari riyals ($1.67 billion) on Tuesday.

Arouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso's ruling military junta, received a conscription order on Sept. 7 last year requesting that the anaesthesiologist start a month of military service four days later.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nagib Mikati expressed confidence in the imminence of a "solution" to the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, suggesting that a resolution could be reached in the coming days. However, he did not provide further details on the nature of this anticipated solution.