The International Committee of the Red Cross is preparing for a prisoner swap to move hundreds of detainees held by forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Ansarullah movement, according to a statement released by the agency. The prisoner swap will be done with two aircraft with a combined […]

The Qatari foreign minister called on all the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council member states to engage in talks with Iran, which is an “important part of the region”. “Turkey, Iran and Iraq are important parts of the region and Qatar needs to build strong relationships and partnerships with other countries in the region. Qatar needs […]

US President Donald Trump backed down late Wednesday in a spat with Democrats over his State of the Union address, agreeing to delay it until a government shutdown ends, although the more than month-long impasse dragged on. The US Senate prepared meanwhile Thursday to hold two showdown votes on measures to reopen the shuttered federal […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered preparations for a second summit with US President Donald Trump, saying he’ll “wait with patience and in good faith” to work toward a common goal, the North’s state media reported Thursday. Despite Kim’s determination for another meeting with Trump, the two remain at odds over fundamental issues. […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on Wednesday, winning over the backing of the Washington and many Latin American nations and prompting socialist Nicolas Maduro to break relations with the United States. Speaking to supporters outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, socialist leader Maduro said he would give US diplomatic personnel […]

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left Tuesday for a two-day visit to Qatar amid ongoing anti-government protests at home, the state-run Qatar News Agency reported. President al-Bashir is scheduled to meet with the emirate’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to discuss “brotherly relations and ways to bolster them” as well as issues of mutual interest. […]

On the delicate and critical relations between the United States and Russia, we interviewed Professor Claudio Moffa, professor of History of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Teramo. Q: Shall we think of Russia collusion case as a mere political plot to destroy Trump or Russian interference in the […]

Yemen is one of the most populous countries on the Arabian Peninsula. With a population that is 35 percent Shia, Saudi Arabia has also been concerned by what it sees as Iranian meddling in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has worried that the presence of Iran in Yemen could be risky for Sunni order, especially along part […]

In the most direct challenge yet to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaidó swore himself in as interim president Wednesday as tens of thousands gathered in anti-government protests nationwide. President Trump quickly recognized Mr. Guaidó as the interim leader of Venezuela, adding new fuel to the turmoil convulsing the impoverished country, once […]

Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC session on Tue. slammed a planned US-Polish conference on the Middle East as “counterproductive” because of its narrow focus on countering Iran. Addressing the UN Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said the conference would fail to bolster Middle East security because of its “one-country aspect” and failure […]