The top Iranian and Turkish diplomats are also expected to discuss the Syrian, Nagorno-Karabakh and bilateral files during their meeting. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian would pay a visit to Turkey in solidarity after the twin earthquakes. Amir-Abdollahian, who will travel to Turkey …

Several Qatari-owned news websites had been inaccessible to UAE residents since relations worsened in 2016 over Doha’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood, but at least four are now unblocked. The United Arab Emirates appears to have unblocked a number of Qatari news websites after more than seven years of blocking …

The Russian government on Monday has branded Soros-funded Transparency International (TI) as “undesirable,” effectively banning it from operating in the country. The TI once blocked calls to help NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013. An AP report said: The Russian prosecutor’s office charged that while “formally acting as an organization …