Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat met with Iraq's Ambassador in Cairo, Ahmed Nayef Al-Dulaimi, to discuss preliminary steps for activating the joint High Committee for Economic Cooperation.
The officials discussed holding (...)
Former White House aide Alexander Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment of President Donald Trump, said on Wednesday he was retiring from the Army after what his attorney described as a "campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation" by the (...)
The Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET), organised by Egypt's Ministry of Culture, will kick off its 27th edition online on 1 September.
The festival's new management announced that this year's edition will be held online (...)
Iraq partially reopened its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran on Tuesday after more than three months of closure to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, border officials said.
The crossing was being opened only for the trade of (...)
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic provides new opportunities for the Islamic State extremist group, al-Qaida and their affiliates as well as neo-Nazis, white supremacists and hate groups.
The U.N. chief (...)
Ordinary Iranians did not need to hear it, but nonetheless top Iranian officials stated the obvious many times in the last few days: this year has been the toughest so far on Iranians.
The economic situation is getting worse and coronavirus (...)
Arab League Permanent Representative to the UN Maged Abdel-Fattah on Tuesday said that the UN Security Council is waiting to hear from the current chair of the African Union (AU), President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, on the outcome of (...)
One hilarious joke once circulating in Iraq referred to an imaginary “anti-concern” medicine named after former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, known as much for his diplomatic clichés voicing concern over the tragic events in the country while (...)
Iraqi troops are reinforcing their positions along the border with Turkey to prevent Turkish forces from advancing deeper into Iraqi territory after more than two weeks of airstrikes and Turkey's establishment of more than ten posts inside Iraqi (...)
A rocket fired towards Baghdad's Green Zone, which hosts the U.S. and other embassies, fell just short causing damage to a home and injuring a child early on Sunday, the Iraqi military said.
Security forces at the same time stopped another Katyusha (...)
Egypt has condemned the continuing Turkish violations of Iraq's sovereignty under the pretext of preserving its national security, the foreign minister said on Friday.
The foreign ministry said that the continuation of this unacceptable approach (...)
Iran's financial and military support for Shia proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and US sanctions, according to people familiar with the (...)
Known to be a man who loves making deals, US President Donald Trump apparently came close to talking about the ultimate deal – a comprehensive new nuclear deal with Iran – only for his aides in the White House to sabotage his efforts.
The revelation (...)
Along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Iraq sit places of worship where Muslim imams, sheikhs and sages are buried. For centuries, devotees have been drawn to the sites for prayers and meditation as well as to tap into the mystical (...)
Egypt was spot on when it left Cairo's Tahrir Square void of a statue of a notable figure.
True, there is a statue of Omar Makram standing to one side, but the square could have enjoyed the presence of a statue of, say, late president Gamal (...)
Economic chaos, soaring food prices and the coronavirus pandemic are plunging Syria deeper into crisis as the country's civil war grinds into its 10th year, European Union and United Nations officials said Tuesday at an online conference to raise (...)
The World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, has called for accelerated worldwide public health response measures as countries gradually reopen from lockdowns against the novel coronavirus (...)
The death toll from coronavirus surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first (...)
A British judge said Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must attend his next court hearing unless he can provide medical evidence to support his absence.
Lawyers for Assange said he could not attend the latest hearing on his U.S. (...)
The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first (...)
Iraqi security forces arrested over a dozen men suspected of a spate of rocket attacks against the U.S. presence in Iraq, the Iraqi military said Friday.
Two senior Iraqi officials said the 14 men who were arrested had ties to an Iran-backed militia (...)
Growing desperation in Syria could trigger another mass exodus unless donor countries send more funds to alleviate hunger and the international community ensures aid shipments can reach the war-ravaged country, the head of the U.N. food agency said (...)
Iraqi security forces raided a headquarters belonging to a powerful Iran-backed militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group, government officials and paramilitary sources said.
The raid was the (...)
The European Union will help Cyprus try to negotiate its maritime border with neighboring Turkey in order to end an ongoing wrangle that has raised tensions in the east Mediterranean, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday.
Borrell said (...)
Tenth of Ramadan for Pharmaceutical Industries and Diagnostic Reagents (Rameda) has received several requests from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Yemen for the purchase of the antiviral Anviziram for treatment of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), (...)
