Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AMHERST — A petition calling on University of Massachusetts Amherst administrators to save a higher-level Arabic program has drawn ...

French now ranks ahead of Arabic as the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, according to a report published this week ahead of Friday's international day of the French language. With 396 ...

The Arab League no longer defines Hezbollah as a proscribed terrorist group, an official said on Saturday. Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Shiite militia and a proxy of the Islamic regime in Iran, boasts ...

Amman, Jordan and Abu Dhabi, UAE – 16 March 2026: AB Xelerate, Arab Bank’s Fintech Accelerator, and Fuze, MENA’s leading digital assets infrastructure provider, have signed a Memorandum of ...

Foreign ministers from a number of Arab and Islamic countries called Thursday on Iran to immediately halt its attacks on regional states following a consultative ministerial meeting. Saudi Arabia ...

CAIRO, March 29 (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers agreed unanimously on Sunday to nominate Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy as secretary-general of the Arab League, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit, whose ...

The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP), established in 1999, is a comprehensive and in-depth assessment of a country’s financial sector. FSAPs in advanced economies are conducted by the IMF ...

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of ...

Session 2 – Sendai 8 April, 2026 (Wed), 13:00–15:00 TKP Garden City Sendai-ekikita, Etoile A Session 3 – Nagoya 13 April, 2026 (Mon), 13:00–15:00 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Nagoya Shinkansenguchi, ...

It’s a duel of Spanish coaches in Al Rayyan as Jose Lana’s Syria, who stunned Tunisia on Matchday 1, take on Julen Lopetegui’s Qatar, a side under growing pressure. Syria’s impressive run — capped by ...

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