Thursday, June 11, 2026

Algeria’s Tebboune and Macron discuss Sahel: presidency

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Sahel and Libya's conflict over the phone on Saturday,...

Bahrain slams British and U.S. interference in internal affairs

Bahrain on Monday dismissed as "unacceptable interference" U.S. and British criticism of its decision to dissolve the main Shi'ite Muslim opposition party, as senior...

ISIS income fell by 30% after territory losses

Islamic State (ISIS) group revenues have dropped by around 30 percent since last year, forcing the group to introduce a range of new taxes...

China's Xi offers support to Egypt ahead of uprising anniversary

China supports Egypt's efforts to maintain stability and believes every country has the right to set its own path, President Xi Jinping told his...

Syria peace talks to start in Geneva on Friday

Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will instead begin in Geneva on Friday and last for...

Soldiers pour into european capitals on new year terror alert

Tight security will be in place to protect New Year’s Eve revelers around the world after a year when Islamist terrorism spread far beyond...

Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes

Riyadh (AFP) - Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness -- and fears of economic ruin -- haunt the usually...

18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding

Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday. In...

At least 4 officers killed in Saudi bombings

Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least four security officers in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks as...

Solar plane's arrival highlights UAE's clean-energy push

The United Arab Emirates might not seem like an obvious spot to begin and end a globe-spanning flight promoting renewable energy. It is OPEC's fourth...

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