7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (699+ words) ADEN/DUBAI – New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by Yemen’s Houthis threatened to worsen the wartime…...

7+ hour ago   (236+ words) PARIS – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen maintained her lead ahead of the presidential election and far-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon was second in most tested scenarios, a poll showed on Monday, stressing the electorate’s growing polarisation as Emmanuel Macron’s era…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (356+ words) ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities have detained at least 47 people following a series of raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ associations in a probe into prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government says is…...

1+ day, 7+ min ago   (866+ words) ADEN/DUBAI – Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline. The…...

22+ hour, 27+ min ago   (660+ words) ALGIERS/NIAMEY – Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb will travel to Bamako on Monday at the invitation of his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Maiga, in a move aimed at consolidating a reconciliation between the two neighbours after a period of tension and…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (180+ words) ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said on Thursday that there were no discussions about a military reaction from Islamabad under the Mecca agreement in response to the Houthis' attacks on Saudi Arabia, but added that Pakistan would act when the "time comes". The…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (501+ words) Morocco reaffirms strategic partnership with Spain, denounces domestic political scapegoating middle-east-online.com Morocco reaffirms strategic partnership with Spain, denounces domestic political scapegoating RABAT - The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Living Abroad issued an official communiqué on…...

4+ day, 5+ min ago   (893+ words) Ceuta files reveal Spain’s blind spot, Morocco’s pre-emptive response middle-east-online.com Ceuta files reveal Spain’s blind spot, Morocco’s pre-emptive response The 40 documents released by the Spanish government on the events in occupied Ceuta expose a striking paradox. Much of the…...

4+ day, 33+ min ago   (767+ words) FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank looks set to raise interest rates on Thursday for the second time this year, seeking to head off an energy-driven surge in inflation triggered by the Iran war. Attacks by both sides since the end…...

4+ day, 17+ min ago   (893+ words) Ceuta files reveal Spain’s blind spot, Morocco’s early response middle-east-online.com Ceuta files reveal Spain’s blind spot, Morocco’s early response The 40 documents released by the Spanish government on the events in occupied Ceuta expose a striking paradox. Much of the…...