EU holds 1st meeting on Human Rights with Saudi Arabia

The EU welcomed Saudi Arabia’s social and economic reforms, but expressed concern over certain human rights issues, said a statement issued on Tuesday following the first bilateral meeting on human rights.The EU and Saudi…

Menfi calls for stronger relations with Moscow

The head of Libya’s Presidency Council, Mohammad Menfi, has called for strengthening relations between Libya and Russia.This came during a meeting Menfi held late Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New York on the…

Thousands protest against Saied government in Tunisia

Thousands of Tunisians Sunday took out a rally in the capital Tunis to protest President Kais Saied’s move to expand powers.This came days after Saied issued decrees, making amendments regarding legislative and executive powers of the…

Martyrs’ Square Draws Crowd to Support Libyan PM

Several thousand Libyans thronged the central Martyrs' Square in Tripoli late on Friday for a state-funded mass wedding celebration that also drew supporters of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and protesters against the eastern-based…

Spain suspends flights due to volcanic eruption

Airlines reportedly canceled about 30 flights Friday to the Spanish islands of La Palma and La Gomera due to an ash cloud caused by the spectacular volcanic eruption.Iberia, Binter, Canaryfly and Vueling are among airlines that canceled…

Iran says nuclear talks expected to resume soon

Iran will return to talks on resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal “very soon,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters on Friday, but gave no specific date.“The Islamic Republic of Iran will return…

China oppose US sanctions move on Ethiopia

China said Wednesday that it is opposed to US sanctions on Ethiopia, Anadolu reports. "China always holds that international law and basic norms governing international relations must be adhered to in state-to-state relations," said…

Mohamed al-Menfi meets Turkish president in New York

Turkey's president and the chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya met Wednesday in New York, where they are attending the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mohamed al-Menfi held a closed-door…

Iran urges UK to pay debt payments

In the meeting of the two countries’ new Iran foreign ministers Hossein Amirabdollahian and British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly they exchanged viewpoints on bilateral ties, the Joint…