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Both leaders explored ways to deepen economic cooperation and strengthen public-private sector partnerships between their countries. [Photo by IRAQI PRIME MINISTER’S PRESS OFFICE / AFP] Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit aimed at strengthening ties between Lebanon and Iraq.  During his visit, Mikati was received by Iraqi […]

Assi said participating in the relay “is to send a message that journalists should be protected and be able to work without fearing that they could die at any moment” [GETTY] A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris to honour journalists wounded

Israeli fighter jets on Saturday struck multiple targets in and around the port city of Hodeidah in Yemen, which is run by the Houthi rebel group. The Israeli attack killed at least six people, wounding 87 more, and was retaliation for a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday. It marks the first time

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that his country was ready to build a Cyprus naval base “if necessary”, 50 years after Turkish forces invaded the now-divided island. “If necessary, we can construct a base and naval structures in the north” of the divided island, the official Anadolu news agency reported him as saying.

Iraq is dependent on energy imports to meet its needs [Photo by ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images] Iraq said Sunday a new power line will bring electricity from Turkey to its northern provinces as authorities aim to diversify the country’s energy sources to ease chronic power outages. The 115-kilometre (71-mile) line connects to the Kisik

Protests calling for a return of hostages through peace have become a regular feature in Israel [Getty] Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday across several cities demanding a peace deal with Hamas and early parliamentary elections. Protesters swarmed the streets of cities such as Tel Aviv, Haifa and Caesarea calling for the government of Israeli

Activists of the student wing of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party protest for Palestine in Peshawar [GETTY] The Pakistani government has formed a committee on Saturday that will identify and boycott companies linked to supporting Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. The advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Rana Sanaullah, told reporters that companies and products that “may be directly

Compensation stems from one of the recommendations from the 2020 Brereton report that found Australian forces were involved in the ‘murder’ of 39 prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan [GETTY] The Australian Defence Department announced a compensation plan for the families of victims who were unlawfully killed or abused by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. For

The Houthis have been firing drones and missiles at international shipping in the Red Sea [Getty] Yemen’s Houthi rebels promised a “huge” retaliation against Israel on Sunday following a deadly strike on the port of Hodeidah, as violence sparked by the Gaza war gripped the region. Israel bombed the Palestinian territory, Lebanon and Yemen in

Israel’s war on Gaza has made childbirth increasingly perilous, with pregnant women facing near-daily strikes that hamper access to health facilities [Getty] A newborn baby was delivered by Gaza doctors against incredible odds on Saturday, pulling him from his mother’s womb moments after she died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike. At nine months