BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Parliament on Tuesday voted to extend the terms of municipal council members and other local officials, delaying elections to avoid further political paralysis in the country. Some members of the parliament, including from the Lebanese Forces party, boycotted … read more
PRAGUE: Twenty artefacts repaired by Czech art restorers after being damaged during the civil war in Syria are on display at Prague’s National Museum before their return back home next month. The objects include three limestone funerary portraits from the … read more
DUBAI: Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, COP28 president-designate, has returned from a two-day visit to Beijing, where he held a series of bilateral meetings with Chinese officials, Emirates News Agency reported on Tuesday. Discussions centered around Emirati-Chinese partnerships in … read more
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Monday offered to mediate between Ukraine and Russia to try and find an end to the war in Europe, but Ukraine’s top diplomat rejected the offer during a rare visit to Baghdad. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba … read more
DUBAI: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Monday renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and urged the involved parties to resort to dialogue. OIC Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha expressed “his deep concern about the ongoing fighting and … read more