Baku, June 9, AZERTAC Representatives of Azerbaijan’s Food Safety Agency and Israel’s Ministry of Health held a bilateral meeting to discuss the expansion of food trade, review import requirements, and explore the mutual recognition of food safety systems. The parties also exchanged views on prospects for exporting products of animal origin to Israel. The meeting…
EU’s first Hormuz move: Brussels sanctioned two Iranian officials and an IRGC Navy unit for restricting shipping, marking the first use of its new maritime freedom sanctions regime. Shipping under strain: Despite some covert transits, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains far below normal as US and Iranian forces control rival corridors. Regional tensions…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran appeared to back away from further strikes Monday, hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. Both countries warned that they were ready to launch retaliatory attacks if provoked. The renewed hostilities raised…
Türkiye-Saudi Arabia Hejaz Railway Revival Could Redraw Middle East Power Balance, Bypass Strait of Hormuz and Reshape Eurasian Trade – Defence Security Asia Home English Türkiye-Saudi Arabia Hejaz Railway Revival…
Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced on Tuesday that Türkiye and Saudi Arabia have signed memorandums of understanding covering railway and logistics cooperation, launching what he described as a new phase of technical exchange, according to the Turkish Transport Ministry. The agreements were inked by Uraloglu and his Saudi counterpart Saleh bin Nasser…
The UK in alliance with a group of other western powers including Australia, France and Norway has announced it is imposing sanctions on six firms and one individual involved in enabling and financing the recent upsurge in settler violence in the West Bank. However, the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, disappointed many of her own backbenchers…
Gold prices advanced while crude oil and broader energy markets retreated on Tuesday as investors priced in growing optimism for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict between Washington and Tehran, according to early trading data. Precious metals gain The ounce price of gold rose by 0.6% to $4,340 as of 0610GMT while silver gained 0.4%…
Justine Triet, Arnaud Desplechin, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Claire Denis and Apichatpong Weerasethakul are among the signatories of an open letter in support of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid after he was forced to pull out of French film festival FID Marseille this week as part of a cultural boycott of Israel due to the actions of…
Saudi Arabia and Turkey’s transport ministers signed memorandums of understanding on railway connectivity and logistics services between the two countries on Tuesday. The agreements include reviving and upgrading a more than century-old railway connecting Turkey to Saudi Arabia via Jordan and Syria. What happened: Turkish Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu traveled to Saudi Arabia on…
Iran and Israel say on June 8, 2026 that hostilities between them had halted, after the two countries exchanged strikes that threatened to reignite the Middle East war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the ‘fire on that front is contained’ hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action. Tehran launched missiles…
