Middle East

Middle East

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian looks on during a news conference in Tehran, Iran November 23, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran's foreign minister says he spoke to Saudi counterpart at Jordan conference

French President Emmanuel Macron along with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and other leaders stand for a photograph at the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, at the Dead Sea, Jordan December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni

Iran ready for dialogue at regional summit, little progress made

FILE PHOTO: Israeli President Isaac Herzog looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Israeli president touts business ties on first Bahrain visit

Local supply crunch forces Bangladesh hike urea imports from Middle East by 15% 

Local supply crunch forces Bangladesh hike urea imports from Middle East by 15% 

FILE PHOTO: The Standard Chartered bank logo is seen at their headquarters in London, Britain, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

StanChart sees Asia, Middle East as bright spots in weak global economy

Illustration: TBS

Looking at Qatar beyond the Western lens

FILE PHOTO: A view shows tents in dried out Balaa Dam in rebel-held Idlib countryside, Syria October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Middle East's Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail

Photo: Collected

Algeria hosts first Arab summit since Israel normalisation deals

From left: Josip Broz Tito, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, pioneers of the Non-Aligned Movement. PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons.

Why non-alignment is dead and will not return

Enas Taleb was pictured at the Babylon International Festival. Photo: Collected

Iraqi actress Enas Taleb set to sue The Economist for body-shaming

Sketch: TBS

Could there ever be a Middle East Nato?

FILE - Afghan farmer uses donkey to carry water canisters across the dried-out river near Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2021. The Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impact of climate change, and already the effects are being seen. This year's annual UN climate change conference, known as COP27, is being held in Egypt in November 2022, throwing a spotlight on the region. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)

Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change

Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia could be the Kingdom's biggest diplomatic coup. Photo: Bloomberg

What Saudi Arabia wants