Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the United Kingdom after her British passport expired, according to local media.
The foreign ministers of Iran and China emphasized the necessity of preserving Syria's national unity and territorial integrity and ensuring a peaceful and secure transition to governance that meets the aspirations of all segments of Syrian society.
Almost one in five of the world’s children live in areas affected by conflicts, with more than 473 million children suffering from the worst levels of violence since the second world war, according to figures published by the UN humanitarian aid organisation for children, UNICEF on Saturday.
Egypt’s Suez Canal has seen its revenues plunge by more than 60 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, amounting to a staggering $7 billion loss, according to a report.
Beijing has imposed sanctions on seven American defense companies and their executives in response to Washington’s sale of arms and military equipment to Taiwan in violation of the One-China principle, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced.
US President Joe Biden has directed the Pentagon to "continue its surge" of weapons and military equipment deliveries to Ukraine in response to Russia's mass attack on the country on Christmas Day.
Russia has accused the West of “stealing” its assets after the US transferred $1 billion from Moscow’s frozen central bank funds to Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that Noscow could take legal action in response.
Pope Francis has urged the world “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” in his traditional Christmas message, using his address to call for peace in West Asia, Ukraine and Sudan. He has also expressed concern over the “extremely grave” humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities has announced, adding that 32 people have survived.
An Egyptian intelligence-owned television channel has released a propaganda video of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warning that Syria has been destroyed and unnamed forces are trying to do the same in the African country.
Nine countries will officially join BRICS as partner states in 2025, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has said, adding that the economic group is open to like-minded partners.
Doha will stop gas shipments to the EU if member states enforce new legislation on carbon emissions, Qatar’s energy minister Saad al-Kaabi has told the Financial Times (FT). Qatar has become an important supplier to the bloc after Brussels resolved to wean itself off Russian gas following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.
The United States Navy has inadvertently shot down its own F/A-18 fighter jet in a friendly fire incident over the Red Sea, the Pentagon has announced shortly after issuing a press release about another attack against Houthi targets in Yemen.
China’s Defense Ministry has accused the Pentagon of fabricating false narratives and twisting reality in order to deceive the public with incorrect perceptions, in its latest annual report on Beijing's military and security developments.
Iranian nationals Mohammad Abedini and Mehdi Mohammad Sadeghi have been arrested in Milan and Massachusetts respectively on charges of aiding in the equipping of drones used in an attack on American soldiers, an allegation that Iran strongly denies.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed gratitude to Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian in a letter, thanking him for Tehran's support for Baku in its bid to join the D-8 group of countries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend an event marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland over fears he would be detained and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Polish media has reported.
The Joe Biden administration announced Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces led the ouster of President Bashar Assad earlier this month.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has publicly admitted that over the past two decades Washington had conducted experiments seeking regime change in Iran. The endeavours to topple the government in Tehran, however, have resulted in failure, he confirmed.
The Iranian Embassy in France has provided details regarding the tragic shooting that claimed the lives of two Iranian citizens in Dunkirk, northwestern France.
Democratic legislators in the United States have urged the administration of President Joe Biden to cease the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel, noting that the Israeli government has not complied with US demands for more aid to enter Gaza.
Five Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and the United States have sued the US government to try to cut off American assistance to the Israeli military over its involvement in serious human rights abuses.
Nearly 13,000 students have been killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank since the regime launched its onslaught against the besieged enclave more than 14 months ago.
