Washington: US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, warned on Wednesday that Tunisia urgently needs to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, after the European Union expressed concern about the deteriorating political and economic situation in this country. “The most important thing they can do in Tunisia, from an…

Saudi Arabia has freed a dual US-Saudi national it had imprisoned for tweets critical of Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, his last tweet confirmed Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The State Department said in October that it raised concerns about Saad Ibrahim Almadi directly with the Kingdom after he was…

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, reiterated today, Monday, 20 March 2023, his country’s commitment to stand by Tunisians in the face of ongoing economic challenges and economic reform efforts and to continue to support the aspirations of the Tunisian people to a prosperous democratic future. A statement issued by…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has received an official invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to visit Riyadh, a senior Iranian official said. Mohammad Jamshidi, deputy chief of staff for political affairs, said the Saudi king had welcomed the recent deal between the two “brotherly countries” on the normalization of bilateral ties and called for strong economic and regional cooperation between Riyadh and Tehran.

The National Salvation Front in Tunisia (NSFT) has decided to launch an open sit-in next week to demand the release of all political detainees. The NSFT called on the judiciary to address the detentions, emphasising that the sit-in would continue until the demands were achieved, confirming that it may escalate…

Four Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli occupation army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has said. It added that a 16-year-old boy was among the dead. A further 20 Palestinians were injured in the raid. Witnesses said that Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Jenin and opened fire on two Palestinians. There has been an increase in the number of Israeli raids across the occupied West Bank over the past few months, coupled with violence carried out by illegal settlers who have, at times, even turned against Israeli forces.

China, Iran and Russia will hold five-day trilateral naval drills in the Gulf of Oman as of Wednesday, Beijing said, Anadolu News Agency reports. The trilateral maritime exercises, Security Belt-2023, will conclude on Sunday, China’s Defence Ministry said in a statement. Militaries from Beijing, Moscow and Tehran have held several…

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI announced on Tuesday that his country is to join Spain and Portugal in a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, Anadolu has reported. The statement by the king was read out at a meeting of the Confederation of African Football. “This joint bid…

The European Union granted, on Monday, the status of “Protected Geographical Indication” for the Turkish dessert Antakya Kunefesi, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Antakya Kunefesi is one of the few desserts that contains cheese” in Turkiye, the European Commission explained in a statement announcing the decision. The dessert is produced in…