The Secretary-General of the Arab League said a ministerial meeting would be held next month to discuss the return of Syria to the organization, al-Watan writes. On Wednesday, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, announced that an Arab ministerial meeting will be held next month to discuss …

Turkish forces have “neutralised” 43 Kurdish militants in northern Syria in retaliation for a bombing in the town of al Bab that killed nine people, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The ministry said the militants had also opened fire on Turkish bases in al Bab and three others in …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Ukraine Thursday saw the countries deepen their defense industry cooperation. The growing ties come in the face of Moscow’s criticism as Russian forces continue to mass on the Ukrainian border. After signing eight agreements with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday afternoon, stressing the further deepening of “back-to-back” strategic coordination in upholding international fairness and justice and adhering to the four consensuses in supporting each other’s sovereignty, security and development interests to better tackle external interference and regional threats, …

The White House dismissed a Friday meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the leaders unveiled a strategic alliance geared against the U.S. “What we have control over is our own relationships and the protection of our own values and also looking for ways …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have called on the West to “abandon the ideologized approaches of the Cold War” as the two leaders showed their deepening “no limits” relationship amid a standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Xi and Putin, who was in …

Kosovo has been urged to find a way to establish the Association of Serb Municipalities (ASM) in Kosovo, without infringing on state sovereignty. Pristina has previously refused, saying it would create a state within a state, like in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has failed. The request has come from the …

After buying second-hand fighter jets from Portugal and Norway, Romania will continue its plans to upgrade its air force, but new generation fighters will only enter service after 2030. The planes that recently became operational, mainly F-16 fighter jets, will allow the Romanian army more efficient mission completion, said president …

The US will send 1,700 additional troops to Poland, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby has announced, a decision which Warsaw is happy with. Due to the tense situation in Eastern Europe, components of the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) of infantry from the 82nd Airborne Division will be sent to Poland. The …

Italy’s inflation rate has reached a 26-year high of 4.8% mainly due to the increase in energy prices, preliminary estimates for January 2022 published by Italy’s national statistics institute (ISTAT) show. “The national consumer price index (CPI) for the entire community, gross on tobacco, increased by 1.6% on a monthly …