Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday called on Azerbaijan to begin consultations on signing a peace treaty, a text of which the arch-foe Caucasus neighbors agreed upon last week. Baku and Yerevan fought two wars for control of Azerbaijan’s Armenian-populated region of Karabakh, at the end of the Soviet Union and again in 2020,…
Iranian authorities have released French citizen Olivier Grondeau, detained by the country since October 2022 on security charges, and he has returned to France, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. Grondeau, 34, “is free and with his loved ones,” Macron wrote on X, adding that “our mobilization will not weaken” to ensure the release of two…
Istanbul’s powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, remained in police custody Thursday over graft and terror allegations after his arrest the day before, as his party called for more protests in Turkey’s largest city. Imamoglu of the main opposition CHP is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival and his detention came just days before the party…
Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early on Thursday as hostilities with Iran-backed Houthi militants intensified. Sirens sounded in several areas in Israel after the projectile was fired, the military said. The Israeli police said sirens were heard in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel’s ambulance service said no serious injuries were reported….
US President Donald Trump’s administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to US foreign policy, the student’s lawyer said on Wednesday. The US Department of Homeland Security accused Badar Khan Suri of ties to the Palestinian militant group Hamas and…
Barely a month ago, a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sent an unmistakable message across the Atlantic: the United States may not be there forever to keep Europe safe from an aggressive Russia. Barely a month ago, a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sent an unmistakable message across the Atlantic: the…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Gaza and the Russia-Ukraine war among a range of issues, both sides announced on Thursday. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that both leaders touched on Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza “and the efforts exerted in order to stop these…
Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the embassy during a visit to Damascus, her second since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December, German news agency dpa reported. Germany is one of…
Sudan’s state TV said on Thursday that the army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, marking a significant shift in the two-year-old conflict that threatens to fracture the country. Late on Wednesday, heavy clashes erupted near the palace, with explosions heard and airstrikes by…
Several US national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine. Former President Joe Biden last year ordered his national security team to establish working groups to monitor the issue amid warnings…
Deterring renewed attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia on US warships and growing threats on international commercial shipping in the Red Sea will take “significant” diplomatic and military efforts, despite better international preparedness, experts have told Al Arabiya English. Houthi forces claimed on Wednesday to have carried out a fourth attack in 72 hours on an…
More than 63,000 pages of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump , many without the redactions that had confounded historians for years and helped fuel conspiracy theories. The US National Archives and Records Administration posted to its website roughly 2,200 files…
Taiwanese troops will simulate possible scenarios for a Chinese invasion in 2027 during the island’s annual war games, the defense ministry said Wednesday, as Beijing maintains military pressure on Taipei. China insists self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to seize the island by force. Officials in the United States – Taipei’s main…
Hamas has not shut the door on negotiations, an official from the Palestinian militant group said Wednesday, after Israel launched its most intense bombardment of Gaza since a January 19 ceasefire. “Hamas has not closed the door on negotiations but we insist there is no need for new agreements,” Taher al-Nunu told AFP on the…
The Israeli army on Wednesday urged Gazans to evacuate what it called “combat areas” in the north and south of the Palestinian territory, after it resumed airstrikes following a ceasefire breakdown. In a post on X, military spokesman Avichay Adraee warned people in Beit Hanun, Khirbet Khuza’a and Abasan al-Jadida that “these areas are dangerous…
