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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated on Tuesday that Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al-Saeed had informed him that Egypt wants to restore relations with Tehran. Raisi informed Sultan Haitham that Tehran welcomes the position. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, however, has not commented on the…

While the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) was holding its 20th meeting in Marseille, on the southern coast of France, the region was witnessing the most terrible humanitarian disaster it has known for decades. A fishing boat smuggling migrants sank in international waters…

Syria is not the only country facing water scarcity in the eastern Mediterranean. This is a prevailing situation across the region's countries (excluding Türkiye), as each country faces varying degrees of issues related to water. However, the Syrian problems in this regard are the most severe…

As of April 24th last year, India's population has exceeded 1,425,775,850 billion individuals, surpassing China in terms of population priority. Does this indicate a significant advantage? No. Numbers do not make a difference anywhere and can even become a burden to many countries. The ten most…

By Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank; Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank; Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, and Ilan Goldfajn, President…

Only in Lebanon will French special envoy and former Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian come across a mathematical equation - unlike any seen in history - when he meets with some parties that are obstructing the presidential elections. The parties will attempt to persuade him that the equation,…

“Let’s not politicize oil!” How many times have you heard that admonition? It was first coined in the late 19th century when oil was beginning to emerge as the key lubricant of a modern industrial society. Having started as a new venture by private entrepreneurs, what took shape as the oil…

Lebanon’s presidential vacuum has almost completed its eighth month. The “loyalty” group, as well as the “opposition” bloc and those who joined its ranks from the “intersection” with the Aounist movement, succeeded in falsifying the real division in the country that emerged from the “October 17”…

Question: How Should We Read What Happened Last Wednesday in the Lebanese Parliament? Answer: It should be understood on two levels: the failure of Hezbollah and its allies to elect their candidate to the presidency of the republic, and the attack that the party and its allies have launched to…

Apart from all the details of the visit of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to China, and the outcomes resulting from the meetings and statements, what truly stands out is the fact that Blinken is indeed the first US Secretary of State to visit China in the past five years. This is…

The anticipated clash between Iran and the West has become a joke. The US and Israel have failed to follow through on their threats, and Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program unconcerned... Why is it a joke? Because it stands in the face of reality, from President Bush’s threats to Iran…

In U.F.O. arcana, one of the figures claiming a whistle-blower’s knowledge of a secret US program to reverse-engineer recovered alien technology is a man named Bob Lazar. Here’s how Lazar has told the story: As a physicist educated at M.I.T. and Caltech, he was hired by the US Navy in the 1980s…