Turkey will host next year's UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump's lavish welcome of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington this week, touted by many as rehabilitation of human rights record of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, has been followed by the kingdom ramping up its planned U.S. investments to $1 trillion.
The F-35 fighter jets the U.S. plans to sell Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than those operated by Israel, in line with a U.S. law that guarantees Israel’s military edge in the region, U.S. officials and defense experts said on Wednesday.
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to seize around 40 luxury apartments and villas in Dubai suspected of being linked to major drug-trafficking networks operating in France, French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an unannounced visit to the buffer zone along the Syrian border, his office said on Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with Turkey's president on Wednesday and was due to meet U.S. Army officials in Kyiv on Thursday, as word emerged that Washington was discussing possible peace conditions with Russia.
Egyptian restorers are reconstructing a dilapidated neighbourhood in Cairo's historic centre, dismantling houses and then rebuilding them with materials from the old structures in a model they hope can be applied to other districts.
U.S. lawmakers are set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday on the second day of his visit to the United States, aimed at touting stronger-than-ever economic and security ties with Washington while brushing off scrutiny over his human rights record.
An Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed 13 people and wounded several others, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Iran released a tanker on Wednesday, five days after seizing it in the Gulf in its first such action since it curbed its regional military activity following Israeli-U.S. airstrikes this year.
Dubai International Airport (DXB) recorded its highest quarterly traffic in 65 years in Q3 2025, welcoming 24.2 million passengers between July and September, up 1.9% year-on-year.
The Economist Intelligence, in its latest report “Middle East Outlook 2026”, anticipates an economic rebound across much of the region—provided a fragile calm holds after years of geopolitical volatility, conflict, and energy market disruptions.
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