The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) saw a 23% drop in venture capital (VC) funding deployed in 2023, according to a new report, with Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates seeing the steepest decreases.
Slovaks vote in a presidential election on Saturday that could strengthen Prime Minister Robert Fico's grip on power as he seeks more control over public media, softer anti-corruption laws and a dissenting voice to EU support for Ukraine.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Saturday the "unacceptable" attack that killed at least 133 people on Friday night at a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow.
Fighting raged on Saturday around Gaza's main hospital where Israel says it has so far killed more than 170 gunmen in an extensive raid.
Shipping company Maersk said on Friday it was too early to resume sailings through the Red Sea due to a continued elevated risk level, despite an initiative by the European Union to increase safety in the region.
The U.S. has intelligence confirming Islamic State's claim of responsibility for a deadly shooting attack at a concert near Moscow on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters.
KHAMSA, the latest digital magazine catering to the chic youth of the Middle East, has recently been launched in Dubai.
U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes against three Houthi underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday.
President Joe Biden will host Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Chia al-Soudani on April 15th for an official visit to Washington to discuss, among other things, the future of the international anti-jihadist coalition.
The Tunisia public prosecutor detained prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb on Friday on suspicion of insulting a public official, which the journalists union said was aimed at silencing the voices of journalists.
A long line of blocked relief trucks on Egypt's side of the border with the Gaza Strip where people face starvation is a moral outrage, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to the Rafah crossing on Saturday.
Turkey said on Saturday it had "neutralised" 12 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq's Metina region as part of a cross-border military campaign that it has warned could expand in coming months.
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