Abu dhabi: The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday issued a brief phone alert for “potential missile threats,” marking the first such alarm since July. The alert advised residents to “immediately seek a safe place in the closest secure building” due to th…

Beirut: Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations to maintain its international peacekeeping force in Lebanon, whose mandate is set to expire this year. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been stationed in southern Lebanon since 19…

Abu dhabi: Regional conflict has not derailed efforts to forge closer trade ties but has instead signaled the need to accelerate a free-trade agreement, the European Union’s envoy to the UAE has stated.

According to European Union, the UAE and EU ar…

Sulaymaniyah: Around 30 people were injured in a massive fire that broke out at a fuel facility in Iraq’s northern Sulaymaniyah province. According to Anadolu Ajansi, the incident was reported by local media, highlighting the alarming nature of the ev…

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he had instructed the Pentagon to limit the scale of US involvement in military exercises with South Korean units planned for this week, causing alarm among South Koreans and experts conce…

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on his US counterpart Donald Trump to continue talks with Iran and offered Ankara’s support for the diplomatic process. The appeal underscores Turkey’s interest in maintaining dialogue between Wash…

Abu dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has issued a strong condemnation of the recent Iranian aggression against Iraqi Kurdistan. The attack, which targeted the office of Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the Director of the Protection …