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US Special Envoy for Syria Meets Shareh in Damascus
US Special Envoy for Syria Meets Shareh in Damascus

The US Special Envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, arrived in Damascus on Thursday, according to Syria’s official news agency SANA, marking a new stage in the normalization of relations between the two countries following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. He is currently meeting Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Shareh. Barrack, who also serves as the ...

Syria Inks $7 Bn Energy Deal With Qatari, Turkish, US Firms
Syria Inks $7 Bn Energy Deal With Qatari, Turkish, US Firms

Syria signed a $7 billion energy deal on Thursday with a consortium of Qatari, Turkish, and US companies as it seeks to revive the war-torn country's crippled power sector. The agreement was sealed at the presidential palace in Damascus in the presence of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US ambassador Thomas Barrack. It aims to generate ...

Switzerland Monitoring for Flood Risk after Huge Glacier Collapse
VideosSwitzerland Monitoring for Flood Risk after Huge Glacier Collapse

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village. On Wednesday the Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Wallis region collapsed, sending tons of rock, ice, and scree hurtling down the mountain ...

Witkoff’s Fragile Path to Peace: Hostages, Truce and Ultimatum
Witkoff’s Fragile Path to Peace: Hostages, Truce and Ultimatum

Steve Witkoff, special envoy to US President Donald Trump, has unveiled a new framework aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza. The proposal, delivered to Israeli officials overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, outlines a 60-day truce that would begin with Hamas releasing ten living hostages and the return of 18 bodies, to be carried out in two ...

Musk's Most Memorable Moments as Trump's Advisor
Musk's Most Memorable Moments as Trump's Advisor

Billionaire Elon Musk has said he is leaving his role in the US government, in which he was tasked with reducing federal spending, shortly after his first major break with Donald Trump over the president's signature spending bill. While classified as a "special government employee" and "senior advisor to the president," the South African-born ...

Cholera Outbreak in Sudan Capital Kills 70 in Two Days
Cholera Outbreak in Sudan Capital Kills 70 in Two Days

A cholera outbreak in Sudan's war-ravaged capital has claimed 70 lives in two days, health officials said Thursday, as Khartoum faces a mounting health emergency after more than two years of brutal conflict. The health ministry for Khartoum state said it recorded 942 new infections and 25 deaths on Wednesday, following 1,177 cases and 45 ...

Israel Announces Creation of 22 Settlements in West Bank
Israel Announces Creation of 22 Settlements in West Bank

Israel announced on Thursday the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, risking further strain on relations with the international community already taxed by the war in Gaza. Israeli settlements in the West Bank are regularly condemned by the United Nations as illegal under international law, and are seen as one of the main ...

From Syria to Ukraine: The Gulf as the New Hub of Global Diplomacy (2/2)
SpotlightFrom Syria to Ukraine: The Gulf as the New Hub of Global Diplomacy (2/2)

Read alsoFrom Iran’s Nuclear Program to Gaza: The Gulf as the New Hub of Global Diplomacy (1/2)  On Tuesday, May 13, US President Donald Trump was received with great ceremony in Riyadh by Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), marking the first stop on a tour of immense geopolitical and economic significance. ...

Gulf Surge in Registrations for Lebanon AI Conference 2025
Gulf Surge in Registrations for Lebanon AI Conference 2025

Lebanon's 2025 Artificial Intelligence Conference is witnessing an unprecedented wave of interest from Gulf countries, with organizers announcing on Wednesday a sharp rise in registration requests from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and other GCC nations. This surge of Gulf engagement comes as Lebanon resumes high-level diplomatic and cultural ...