UAE, Israel Unveil Joint Naval Vessel As Military Ties Grow
The unmanned surface vessel or USV was created by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Emirati defence consortium EDGE.
Facebook-owner Meta To Roll Out Paid Subscription
Meta Verified will be rolled out in Australia and New Zealand this week before coming to markets in the United States and other countries.
Pakistan Taliban Warn Of More Attacks Against Police After Compound Raid
The tightly guarded compound in the heart of the city is home to dozens of administrative and residential buildings as well as hundreds of officers and their families.
Scholz Reverses Roles On Tanks For Ukraine
On Friday, the German leader urged allies with stocks to send them now, as efforts to equip Ukraine with the powerful weapons stalled.
Israel Spat Erupts At African Union Summit
The incident occurred on the first day of the summit, where leaders are discussing a slew of challenges facing the continent, including a record drought in the Horn of Africa and several deadly conflicts.
Iranian TV Channel Halts London Broadcasts After Threats
The station has been giving extensive coverage to anti-regime demonstrations that erupted in Iran five months ago, and says two of its senior journalists received death threats in response to their reporting.
Toll Rises To Above 44,000 After Turkey-Syria Quake
Anadolu images showed rescuers placing a man and a woman on stretchers after the married couple and a child spent 296 hours under the rubble in the southeastern Turkish city of Antakya.
Snow Patrol: Ukraine Unit Faces Blizzard Of Russian Attacks
Dogs bark behind the garden walls and beyond as small-arms fire crackles in the near distance, in between the muffled sound of artillery shelling.
'Rifts' To Surface Within Iranian Regime, Says Son Of Last Shah
"The full control of Khamenei makes it almost impossible for those who are closely associated with him to take position against him," said Pahlavi, who is one of several forces opposing the Iranian regime.
Blind Saudi Horseman Clears Jumps To Gain Recognition
The 35-year-old had to train at least three times a week for nearly two years before finally being admitted this month into the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation as its first blind member.
In Old Cairo, Residents Reconnect With Their Heritage
The Athar Lina initiative, whose name means "the monument is ours" in Arabic, has carried out workshops, tours and summer camps in the Egyptian capital since 2012.
Israeli Strike Kills 15 In Syrian Capital: War Monitor
The strike targeted a meeting that included Syrian regime officers and was "the deadliest Israeli attack in the Syrian capital" since the civil war began, said Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Iran Freedom Struggle Stars At Berlin Film Fest
French-Iranian actor Golshifteh Farahani, who is serving on the jury for the top prizes with president Kristen Stewart, said as the festival kicked off Thursday that cinema was a crucial fuel for the freedom movement.
Turkey Winds Down Quake Rescue As Blinken Pledges Fresh US Aid
The 7.8-magnitude tremor that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 has killed more than 44,000 people, with the likelihood of finding survivors two weeks on extremely remote.
AU Says To Organise Libya Reconciliation Conference
The meeting will be chaired by the African Union's pointman on Libya, Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Faki said.
Asian Markets Drop As Traders Eye Higher-for-longer Rates
Data showing the US wholesale price index eased slightly last month but rose more than forecast, reinforcing the view that the central bank still had much more work to do to defeat inflation -- even after almost a year of lifting borrowing costs.
'Abandoned': Turkish Town Awaits Help 11 Days After Quake
Many in the Syrian border region town of Samandag listened to their relatives and friends slowly die under the rubble as they waited for rescuers who came too late.
Turkey-Syria Death Toll Passes 41,000 As UN Appeals For Quake Aid
Eleven days after the quake -- now one of the 10 deadliest in the past 100 years -- Turkish rescuers pulled a 17-year-old girl and a woman in her 20s out of the rubble.
US Envoy To Afghanistan Apologizes For 'Inappropriate' Tweets
US envoy Karen Decker tweeted that several of her posts earlier in the week went "awry" despite her "best intentions" when she suggested Afghan women could learn from examples such as pop culture icons Beyonce and Lizzo.
Lebanese Protesters Smash Bank Facades As Crisis Bites
Lebanon's cash-strapped banks have imposed strict restrictions on withdrawals, barring depositors from accessing their savings, especially those in US dollars.
'No Toilets': Hygiene Nightmare In Turkey's Quake Ruins
Last week's tragedy killed nearly 40,000 people across swathes of southeast Turkey and northwest Syria, becoming the area's deadliest natural disaster in centuries.
'No Infighting': Iran Opposition Seeks Elusive Unity To Unseat Regime
Opponents of the Shiite theocracy, which has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that ousted the shah, have long been known for bashing each other as much as the ayatollahs.
Russians Adapt To 'Nerve-wracking' Life Under Sanctions
Stetsenko, who has no plans to live in Russia anytime soon, had to knock off about 20 percent from the asking price, and then three people came to view it.
'Existential War': Putin Steels Russia For Long Conflict
The 49-year-old used some of the classes to teach maths instead and ignored talking points pushed by the Kremlin about the conflict raging in Ukraine.
Battle For Ukraine's Bakhmut Far From Over: Wagner Chief
Bakhmut has been at the centre of months of heavy fighting in Russia's nearly year-long offensive in Ukraine, with both sides suffering heavy losses.
Iraq Dig Uncovers 5,000 Year Old Pub Restaurant
The joint team from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pisa discovered the remains of a primitive refrigeration system, a large oven, benches for diners and around 150 serving bowls.
On EU, Ukraine Borders, Belarus Special Forces Are 'Ready'
The strongman has ruled his ex-Soviet country with an iron fist for nearly three decades and for years flirted with the West before backing Russia's intervention in Ukraine last year.
Asian Markets Retreat As US Inflation Fuels Rate-hike Bets
A number of top Fed officials also lined up to restate that borrowing costs will likely need to go higher and for an extended period if they are to bring inflation down to their two percent target.
Iran Woos Chinese, Other Tourists As Westerners Stay Away
Hoping for better days, tourism professionals are wooing visitors from countries like China and Russia which maintain good ties with Iran.
Cash-strapped Egypt Sells State Assets To Gulf Nations
Experts say the deals could be a win-win for all sides, but unlike old Gulf largesse of unconditional aid, the new deals will require reforms.