Brussels-based depositary and clearing house Euroclear has confirmed that it will confiscate interest generated by the frozen Russian funds that it holds and will transfer the money to Kiev.
The top US commander in the Middle East has warned Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin that Washington's military operations against Houthi fighters in Yemen are "failing" to deter the group from attacking international shipping, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The top United Nations court has announced that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are unlawful and that Tel Aviv must end its presence in the occupied Palestinian territory.
A court in Russia has sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison for espionage. It's the most high-profile case against a Western journalist since the Cold War.
More than 200 anonymous staff members across 122 US Democratic and Republican congressional offices have signed a letter calling for the Congress to protest or boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech next week on Capitol Hill, citing concerns about the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt's Suez Canal has reported a 23.4-percent drop in revenues attributed to disruptions in Red Sea shipping over the past year, marked by Yemeni Houthis' attacks on Israeli-linked vessels.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country has taken over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, voiced Moscow's concern about the potential expansion of the regional conflict including Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
Italian football club Inter Milan removed newly-hired Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi's introduction video from its page which contained the phrase “the Persian Gulf” following protests from Arab fans.
Several groups that have been blocking humanitarian aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip have received financial support from donors in the US and Israel, the Associated Press has reported.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has reiterated the bloc's rejection of labeling the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) as a "terrorist organization".
Several European states are considering reopening their embassies in Afghanistan in a move that would entail diplomatic recognition of the Taliban almost three years after the fall of Kabul, people familiar with the matter have claimed.
Four people were killed and several wounded by gunfire near a mosque in the Omani capital of Muscat, police announced on Tuesday, in a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East.
As many as 44% of Ukrainians believe that it is time to launch peace talks with Russia, according to the Razumkov Center's survey commissioned by the Mirror of the week newspaper.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that he expects Russia to attend the second conference on Ukraine, which is scheduled to be held in November.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, warning that "nowhere is safe" in the besieged enclave.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has stated he would only meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if the two countries could focus on the core issues of Ankara's support for "terrorism" and the pullout of Turkish troops from Syrian territory.
The European Union has imposed sanctions against five extremist Israeli settlers and three entities for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri, in a meeting with the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)’s President Dennis Francis, called for more efforts on the part of the world body to stop Israel's crimes in Gaza.
The Russian government sought to blame the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump this weekend on the political environment under the Joe Biden administration and said it was an example of the failures of American democracy and “liberalism".
