Privately owned Libyan airliner, Medsky, is making progress in discussions to launch direct flights to Bosnia Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo.The revel...

Misrata Maritime Terminal announced that the Misrata-Benghazi passenger ferry service aboard the vessel Gothica will commence next Thursday 10 Septemb...

Two wrestlers have become the latest to flee while abroad, drawing a wave of sympathy as well as legal threats.

Pacific island nation Nauru has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the ninth country to do so.

Hafidh Ameir Hassan kept a low profile and was rarely seen in public with the president.

Kenya is due to start enforcing measures to restrict foreign nationals from operating small-scale businesses.

Lebanon says a recent Israeli escalation is jeopardising a US-brokered ceasefire meant to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

The comments came a day after Washington said it had struck Iranian oil tankers in response to Tehran's attacks on US warships in the region.

Report: US official says Hormuz fully open, under US control The Strait of Hormuz is fully open and under US Navy control, a US official told Al Jazeera. The official said the assessment follows a covert US Navy mine-clearing operation in the Strait since April, adding that the official said shipping traffic is expected to increase as a result. The US remains satisfied with current oil and gas flows through the strait, the official said.

US presence in Gulf 'not enough' for security, Qatari official says Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 17:12 Foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari seemed to encourage a diversification away from sole reliance on Washington Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson, Majed al-Ansari, attends a session at the Hili Forum 2026 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 7 September 2026 (Fadel Senna/AFP) Off Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari on Monday appeared to indicate that the presence of US forces in the Gulf is no longer the protective shield it was once believed to be. Qatar hosts the largest US military base in the Arab world, which is also the regional headquarters for US Central Command. It has borne the brunt of repeated Iranian retaliatory attacks for the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, which began on 28 February. "We need to realise in the Gulf that having international forces in the region, having a strategic alliance with the United States, is very important, but is not enough," he said during the Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi, UAE.  "Self-sufficiency when it comes to security is the only way forward. Yes, we need our partners. Yes, we need our allies. But we cannot depend on them alone for our security," he added. His comments come as Avril Haines, the former US director of national intelligence under President Joe Biden, told the Financial Times Festival over the weekend that a reduction of the US footprint in the region would spell more trouble than remaining fully engaged. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "Honestly, when you try to pull away from it, and you sort of minimise to the greatest degree your resource allocation, often it doesn’t work out well, is what you see," Haines said.  Thousands of US military and embassy personnel were evacuated from the Gulf earlier this year as Iran ramped up its retaliation against US assets and energy infrastructure in the region. It's unclear whether they will all return. Qatar-Iran ties  In an interview with the Emirati paper, The National, Ansari acknowledged that rebuilding trust with Iran will take time, but it remains necessary because Iran will always be a neighbour. "As we have found peace and harmony with all of the nationalities living in our countries, we will for sure find a way of living next to Iran," he said.  Vance: US investigating strike on Iran wedding 'very fully' Read More » "Most of the responsibility for that lies on the Iranian side – in exercising good neighbourly relations and realising that they are living next to neighbours, not enemies, and that using military pressure or any other means of pressure will not deliver the results they seek for the people they should be working for," he added.  "Our goal is to extend our hands when the time is right, and at the same time to keep the deterrence and show very clearly, as we have shown during this crisis, that we are able to defend ourselves." Despite reassurances for months from US President Donald Trump that the conflict - which his administration does not want to label a "war" - will be over "soon", Ansari warned that its days must be numbered. "The world cannot afford for this conflict to continue. The world cannot afford for the Strait of Hormuz to remain closed. Our region cannot afford for missiles to go back and forth across the Gulf," he said. Last week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent alluded to the strait as becoming "worthless" in two years' time, when oil pipelines are constructed to bypass it.  But Ansari insisted the waterway will remain a vital passage regardless of the alternatives being devised around it.  "The Strait of Hormuz has been a crossroad for international trade for millennia. No one action or situation will change that," Ansari told The National. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He also disagreed with Washington's "Operation Economic Outcast" strategy of ratcheting up sanctions on Iran to "asphyxiate" it, as Bessent had described. "We have seen economic sanctions in Iraq, Libya and other countries,” Ansari said. "It has never delivered a straightforward desired outcome. For us, a straightforward desired outcome will happen" at the negotiation table, he added. GCC News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike to protest the “sidelining” and “replacement” of female employees during a recent visit by a Hindu delegation. The Paris landmark's operator said the group had requested that the private visit be organised in such a way as to limit “interactions with women”.

⁠At least ​11 people were killed and six ​others injured after an avalanche struck a group of climbers in Russia's ​southern Kabardino-Balkaria ‌Republic, local emergency services said. The ‌avalanche swept down Mount Mizhirgi, ⁠one of the highest peaks in Russia's North Caucasus.

Amid considerable uncertainty over global economic growth, the prospect of higher interest rates and long-term government bond yields, and volatile energy prices, business activity worldwide has come under pressure. Trade disruptions resulting from higher customs duties, supply chain disruptions caused by geopolitical conflicts, and mounting challenges facing major international institutions have further compounded these pressures. These conditions underscore the need for resilient businesses

Islamic and Arab countries condemned Israel’s plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza, citing risks to US peace efforts.

The Arab League gathers in Cairo as tensions escalate across the region. Maritime security in the Gulf is under growing strain after renewed Iran-U.S. exchanges, including attacks near the Strait of Hormuz.

For Dangote, the stock market debut is not only about raising capital — it is also aimed at bringing more investors into one of Africa’s most ambitious industrial projects.