Mena Today

As Jordan celebrates the silver jubilee of King Abdullah's reign, the monarch has embarked on a diplomatic tour that will take him to the United States, Canada, France, and Germany in a bid to garner support for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The bodies of 13 Sudanese migrants have been recovered and 27 others are missing after a boat sank on Wednesday off the coast of Tunisia having set off from Sfax, a Tunisian judicial official said on Thursday.

Turkish authorities have detained 147 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State terror organization in operations across 33 provinces.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has won re-election with more than 90% of the vote, the head of the oil and gas rich country's electoral commission said on Thursday, according to state media.

War underwriters have raised the premiums they charge to U.S., British and Israeli firms by as high as 50% for ships transiting the Red Sea and some providers are avoiding such business due to targeting of the vessels by Yemen's Houthis, sources said.

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a U.S. strike on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

Morocco's unemployment rate rose to 13% in 2023 from 11.8% a year earlier, as the farming sector continues to shed jobs due to a drought, Morocco's statistics agency HCP said.

Hosts and defending champions Qatar edged Iran 3-2 in a thrilling Asian Cup semi-final on Wednesday at Al Thumama Stadium where striker Almoez Ali scored the winner to set up a title clash with Jordan.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday voiced hopes for a deal for the release of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas in return for an extended pause to the war in Gaza.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raissi asserted on Wednesday that there was no "justification" for the continued presence of American troops in the Middle East, labeling them as a "security threat."

Jordanian armed forces killed three individuals Wednesday morning, after foiling an attempt to smuggle narcotic substances across the border from Syrian territory.

French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Wednesday to the 42 French and Franco-Israeli victims of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel during a sombre ceremony in the heart of Paris.