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Regional and world developments as followed by the Al Rai newsroom.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on Thursday that 630 drones were heading toward the Russian capital overnight, confirming that air defenses shot down most of them, while two people were…
Libyan media reported on Thursday that two European hostages were released after more than a year and a half of being held in Niger, as they arrived in the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya. Al-Masar…
US President Donald Trump said that a settlement to the Russian-Ukrainian war is now "closer than ever." This came in remarks made by Trump to reporters on Wednesday during a roundtable meeting he…
French Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin announced the arrest of 174 people in connection with the violence witnessed during the "Yellow Vests" protests on October 17. In press statements on…
The Yemeni army announced on Wednesday that the Houthi group targeted Al-Rayan International Airport in the city of Mukalla, the capital of Hadhramaut Governorate (east), for the fourth time in…
An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Energy reported on Wednesday that two people were killed and two others injured due to falling shrapnel after air defenses thwarted a drone's attempt to…
A poll by the Hebrew Channel 12, the results of which were published on Wednesday, 6 days before the elections, showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp lost two seats, dropping to 51…
Al-Azhar Al-Sharif warned on Wednesday of "certain death lurking for patients in Gaza Strip hospitals," considering the transformation of hospitals into mass graves a "stain of shame on the forehead…
Israel released 9 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after detaining them during the genocide war and subjecting them to torture in its prisons. An Anadolu Agency correspondent reported…
One person was killed and eight others were injured in an attack on Wednesday on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, the General Authority of Civil Aviation announced on…
The French Air and Space Force reported on Wednesday that a "Mirage 2000D" fighter jet crashed on Tuesday evening near the city of Nancy in northeastern France during a training flight, resulting in…
The UAE announced on Wednesday the official nomination of Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh for the position of United Nations Secretary-General. The Emirates News Agency ("WAM") reported on…
