Politics

NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Japanese anti-nuclear weapons organisation Nihon Hidankyo which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

The grassroots movement of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshim…

ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affair, discussed, during a phone call today with Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, the relations of cooperation and …

Some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stepped up pressure on Thursday on China to respect international law following skirmishes in the South China Sea.

However, Chinese Premier Li Qiang was defiant since he blamed “exter…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday called for “collective diplomacy” to halt the Israeli occupation aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.

The minister, in a statement posted by the foreign ministry on iits website, made the call in message…

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, affirmed that the Israeli occupation forces committed war crimes against the Palestinians under direct orders from ministe…

Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi stressed on Thursday that both Iran and Saudi Arabia could contribute in preserving regional stability and security.

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited Araghchi in a statement by saying th…

France on Thursday demanded clarifications from the Israeli occupation authorities after they opened fire on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement that France expresses its deep concern o…

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed on Thursday to strengthen their long-term strategic and economic partnership.

This came during a meeting between President of Pakistan Asif Zardari and the visiting Saudi Minister of Investment, Khalid Al-Falih in Isl…