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‘Negotiations with Iran have to happen,’ Steve Witkoff tells Arab News

DAVOS(RAHNUMA): Iran must come and sit at the diplomatic table, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Arab News on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. “That has to happen. It’s important. If Iran goes, so the region goes, and so we have to get that straight,” […]

Egypt says it paid $5 billion to foreign oil partners, targets arrears cut

CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Egypt has paid about $5 billion in overdue bills to foreign oil and gas partners and aims to bring remaining arrears down to $1.2 billion by June 2026, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said. Arrears stood at $6.1 billion on June 30, 2024, he said in a statement, adding the government was also ⁠meeting the […]

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian house near Salfit

LONDON(RAHNUMA): Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian house under construction in Kafr Ad-Dik, a town west of Salfit in the northern occupied West Bank, on Wednesday. Israeli troops, accompanied by military bulldozers, stormed the town and proceeded to the Sha’ab area, where they began demolishing a house that was under construction belonging to Sami Samir Naji, […]

WEF panel told grassroots aid workers keep Sudan afloat even as conflict puts them at risk

LONDON(RAHNUMA): Grassroots Sudanese aid groups are filling critical humanitarian gaps left by limited international access, but their volunteers are facing hunger, arrest and deadly risks as the conflict enters its fourth year, speakers warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. More than 20 million people in Sudan are facing acute hunger, while […]