Saudi Arabia to host US-Russia talks on Ukraine
Talks between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine are set to begin in Saudi Arabia on...
Day: 17 February 2025
Ian Proud: Suspending Russia’s gas supply will hinder Europe
European industry is being crippled by high energy prices, and we are told, this is Russia’s fault. But it is...
Macron gathers European leaders for Ukraine conference
French president Emmanuel Macron will host leaders from major European countries on February 17th to discuss continental security and Ukraine,...
First Libyan private oil firm grows rapidly
A Libyan oil firm linked to the faction that controls eastern Libya has exported oil worth a minimum of $600...
Egyptian firm charging trucks entering Gaza $20,000 in ‘bribes’
Egyptian tribal leader Ibrahim al-Organi still exercises de facto control over the entry of commercial and aid trucks into Gaza...
Algeria reaffirms solidarity with Lebanon amid sovereignty violations
Algeria reaffirmed its solidarity with Lebanon on February 16th in Israeli violations of its territorial sovereignty, reported Middle East Monitor....
UN chief Guterres urges global support for Sudan
At the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for the international community to support Sudan...
Morocco falls further down corruption index
Transparency International reported in its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, published on February 11th, that Morocco lost a point and dropped...
Syrian officers arrested over suspected involvement in massacre
Three officers from the Assad regime who were allegedly involved in the April 2013 Tadamon massacre have been arrested by...
Drone strike killed head of Hamas in Lebanon, Israel says
An Israeli drone strike in the south of Lebanon killed the head of the Palestinian Hamas group in Lebanon, according...
Oil exports from Iraq’s Kurdistan region to restart, minister says
Iraq's Kurdistan region's oil exports are due to recommence next week, bring almost two years of a dispute about Kurdish...
US man fires at “two Jewish Israelis he thought were Palestinian”
A Florida pro-Israeli man has shot at least 17 rounds on two people on the night of February 15th, after...
Fossil of ancient mammal discovered in Egypt
A "fearsome" carnivorous species that existed 30 million years ago has been discovered by scientists after they found a skull...
Israel moves forward on plans to deliver 974 West Bank homes
Israel has issued a tender for the development of almost 1000 new settler homes located in the occupied West Bank,...
