The Benghazi based Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity...

The Minister of Economy and Trade reported yesterday that it discussed with the Ambassador of France to Libya ways to strengthen economic and trade re...

Tehran hints retaliation as Georgia and Azerbaijan suspend Iranian flights amid mounting US sanctions on airlines.

Rogue OpenAI agents accessed an Australian government health data website, obtaining non-public information.

The local authorities reportedly seize Tigray's airports following reports of recent drone strikes.

One of those killed is believed to be a pregnant woman, police said.

Masoud Pezeshkian's defiant speech to the UN comes after the US president threatened to "annihilate" Iran if a peace deal is not agreed soon.

The figure was announced during a meeting of the group's board at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iranian elite profiting from oil sanctions International sanctions against Iran have created lucrative financial channels, generating substantial profits for people linked to the country's security institutions, local media has reported. Yashar Soltani, an Iranian investigative journalist, alleged that the Ministry of Petroleum has lost control of marketing and exporting the country's national oil industry, handing it to an exclusive network of four brokers who circumvent international sanctions. Soltani, who has previously been jailed for reporting on financial corruption, said brokers have a strong financial incentive to disrupt political agreements between Tehran and Washington, as lifting sanctions would effectively shut down the networks through which they operate. According to Soltani, Mohammad Javad Bavand, a former economic deputy at the intelligence organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is overseeing the sale of Iranian oil and has, over the past three months, granted four brokers rights to sell 80m barrels of oil. Read more: Iranian press review: Iranian elite profit billions from oil sanctions 

Italian activists challenge Israeli-linked solar projects Italian activists in a small Tuscan town have been protesting against a planned agrivoltaics park after tracing its ownership to Shikun & Binui, an Israeli company with ties to Israel's military.  The campaign by Diritti In Palestina began in early September, when activists investigating the project in the town of Ribolla traced its ownership to the Tel Aviv-based group, which operates across real estate, energy and infrastructure. Shikun & Binui Energy intends to build five solar power plants across Tuscany, a region in central Italy. To do so, the group has established five companies in Milan as special-purpose vehicles (SPVs), structures that make the projects’ ultimate ownership harder to trace.  In documents seen by Middle East Eye, the land lease contracts are formally signed by one such company, SPV Energy 3. The activists' investigation found that it had no employees and share capital of just €2,500. Read more: ‘Our land is not for sale’: Italian activists challenge Israeli-linked solar projects

🇺🇦 🇺🇳 Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "patient zero" for spreading war in the region with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president also asked world leaders to cut back on buying oil from Russia, in a bid to put pressure on Moscow to resolve the conflict swiftly.

🇺🇸 🇨🇳 As Donald #Trump welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi #Jinping for a state visit on the tarmac of an airport near #Washington, the sound of a fighter jet during the military ceremony caught the US president off guard, prompting a series of startled facial expressions.

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia intercepted 6 ballistic Houthi missiles on Thursday, said the spokesperson for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki al-Malki. Al-Malki said air defense objections thwarted an attempt to target Taif and Yanbu. “Escalations and violations by the terrorist Houthi militia will be dealt with firmly,” he said.

The United Arab Emirates has suspended flights operated by Iran’s airlines in compliance with US sanctions, according to Iranian media.

The result will determine which party gets the first opportunity to form a government, with the prime minister appointed by King Mohammed VI from the party that wins the most seats.

The developments follow a series of reported drone strikes in Tigray. Regional authorities say at least 14 people were killed and 22 injured in a strike on the town of Alamata on Tuesday, with the mayor accusing federal forces of targeting schools.