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  Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned over Iran’s lack of transparency with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), according to Saudi Arabia’s new permanent representative to the United Nations, Abdulaziz Al-Wasil. Al-Wasil said Iran’s lack of transparency with the IAEA and its non-compliance with obligations under international nuclear agreements constitute a threat to international peace and security. Al-Wasil expressed his country, Saudi Arabia’s “deep concerns” over Iran’s nuclear deal, citing the recent International Atomic Energy Report which doubted the peaceful nature of Iran’s plans. While attending the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, he reportedly said, “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) supports all international efforts to prevent Iran from possessing nuclear weapons.” The last review meeting took place in 2015. Abdulaziz Al-Wasil Abdulaziz Al-Wasil, vice president of the conference, said...

  Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent gratitude to French President Emmanuel Macron, after his official visit to Paris, the capital of France. While sending a series of gratitude to Macron, the Saudi prince reportedly said, “As I leave your friendly country, it gives me great pleasure to express to Your Excellency my deepest gratitude and appreciation for the warm reception and hospitality accorded to me and the accompanying delegation.” During his visit to France, the authorities of the two countries discussed various topics. Prince Mohammed said that bilateral discussions between France and Saudi Arabia stressed the mutual desire to increase the strategic partnership between both countries. The Saudi prince arrived in Paris on Thursday after spending the previous two days in Greece. On Thursday, he was welcomed by Macron at the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the President of the French Republic. Subsequently, they held a wide-ranging meeting. Macr...

  The European Union (EU) put forward a new draft text on Tuesday to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The EU’s foreign policy chief said that there is no room left for further major compromises. While referring to the deal, EU’s Josep Borrell wrote in an essay in the Financial Times, “I have now put on the table a text that addresses, in precise detail, the sanctions lifting as well as the nuclear steps needed to restore the JCPOA.” In 2015, Iran, China, France , Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed the nuclear deal, which was also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA. Borrell further said, “I have concluded that the space for additional significant compromises has been exhausted.” In the last few months, the EU made significant efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal. The JCPOA participants and the US held 15 months of intense and constructive negotiations in Vienna, the Capital of Austria, about the Iran nuclear deal. Ali B...

  Temperatures in the Middle East nations have increased significantly in the past three decades. The Middle East region is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impact of climate change. Experts have claimed that droughts will come in the region with greater frequency and severity because precipitation has decreased. The Middle East nations are already witnessing the impact of climate change. In recent weeks, temperatures in some parts of the Middle East region have topped 50 degrees Celsius. Recently, a study has forecast that temperatures in the Middle East region are set to rise by almost half a degree Celsius per decade. Effects of climate change Since the beginning of April 2022, Iraq and other countries in the Middle East have been hit by a series of severe dust storms. In Iraq, intensified storms have repeatedly smothered cities this year. Dust storms have become common in Iraq. The storms sent thousands of people to the hospital. In May, over 5,00...

  Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Tunisia's Islamist movement, was granted permission to leave during a court hearing on Tuesday on a money laundering inquiry that his Ennahda party views as a political ploy. After receiving warnings from campaigners that the authorities were considering detaining the 81-year-old Ghannouchi in pre-trial detention, the preliminary hearing before an investigative judge lasted nearly ten hours. Ghannouchi's attorney and a representative of the Ennahdaparty asserted that the judge had released him pending additional inquiry. The hearing takes place less than a week before President Kais Saied holds a referendum on a new constitution that would significantly increase his powers; Ennahda and many other parties have criticized the referendum as being unlawful. In front of the court, about 200 people gathered and chanted, "Down with the coup," alluding to Saied's usurpation of authority, as well as "Ghannouchi, you are not a...

  The national tree of Iraq, the young date palm, forms a line that stretches from the edge of the desert near the capital city of Karbala to the horizon. A campaign to save a long-in-danger heritage culture, whose fruit once symbolized riches throughout the Arab world, is focused on Iraq's treasured trees. According to Mohamed Abul-Maali, commercial director at the Fadak date plantation , "the date palm is the symbol and pride of Iraq." Iraq used to be known as the "land of 30 million palm trees," but decades of strife and environmental problems such as drought, desertification, and salinization have made it difficult for the country to produce dates. The 500-hectare (1,235-acre) Fadak plantation is a farm. The 2016 effort, according to Abul-Maali, aims to "return this culture to what it used to be." More than 90 date types, including Iraqi but also Arab species, from the Gulf and North Africa are stored in the grove, he continues. The Iraqi ...

  Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid promised that "there would be no nuclear Iran" during their Thursday meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss Iran's rapidly developing nuclear programme. The US president, who will visit Saudi Arabia on Friday, reportedly also emphasised to Lapid how crucial it is for Israel to "fully integrate" into the region. The focus of Biden's 48-hour visit to deepen the existing close ties between the US and Israel will be their one-on-one discussions. The leaders also released a joint statement highlighting military cooperation and a pledge to stop Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, which Israel views as an adversary. Lapid told reporters later that day, "We talked about the Iranian threat. Iran won't develop nuclear weapons. Israeli officials have attempted to use Biden's first trip to the Middle East as president to highlight how far forwards Iran's nuclear programme has advanced and to encourage the Bid...