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Regional and world developments as followed by the Al Rai newsroom.
The Saudi Ministry of Energy announced on Friday the precautionary suspension of the East-West pipeline after it was targeted in the Riyadh and Madinah regions on Thursday. The Saudi Press Agency…
Philippine coast guard personnel recovered 30 bodies on Friday from the ferry "MV Jon Aster," large parts of which were consumed by flames after a fire broke out on board and spread within seconds.…
The Acting Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said in an interview with Agence France-Presse, his first since taking office, that the attacks launched by US President Donald Trump's…
The UN Security Council decided unanimously today, Friday, to renew the sanctions imposed on the State of South Sudan until October 12 next. The Council also decided in the same resolution, numbered…
Myanmar authorities closed Mandalay Airport, the country's second-busiest airport, for two days starting Friday, security sources told AFP, a day after the military-backed government accused…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, describing Iran as "the world's leading sponsor of terrorism." Trump added, in…
Tens of thousands of worshippers performed Friday prayers at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque - Al-Haram Al-Sharif, despite the strict measures imposed by the Israeli occupation forces against those…
The Financial Times reported on Friday that the foreign ministers of Gulf states intend to meet with their Iranian counterpart, as part of an effort led by the Sultanate of Oman and Iran to secure…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that President Donald Trump's administration will impose sanctions next Monday on a "major" bank for dealing with Iran, in the latest step in an…
India is hosting prominent leaders from the BRICS bloc over the weekend, including the presidents of China, Russia, and Iran, at a summit held amid global geopolitical turmoil, ranging from the…
Informed sources at the British Foreign Office revealed that London's decision to ban the import of Israeli settlement products and impose restrictions on associated entities came after repeated…
Minister of Culture Mustafa Al-Rawashdeh affirmed that cultural and artistic festivals play a pioneering role in introducing the aesthetics and history of a place, its creators and intellectuals, and…
