Developing US and Russia meet for talks in Riyadh on Ukraine war

US and Russia meet for talks in Riyadh on Ukraine war

  • Moscow raises new demand that NATO formally disavow membership promise it made to Ukraine in 2008
  • Conversation could pave way for summit between Trump and Putin
By Arab News ·

Arab League summit on Gaza postponed to March 4: Egypt

Arab League summit on Gaza postponed to March 4: Egypt

  • The meeting was called in response to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over the war-battered Gaza Strip
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Update UN says delay in Israel’s Lebanon withdrawal ‘violation’ of resolution on ending war

UN says delay in Israel’s Lebanon withdrawal ‘violation’ of resolution on ending war

  • UN: ‘Another delay in this process is not what we hoped would happen, not least because it continues a violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006)’
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Zelensky meets Turkiye’s Erdogan amid US shift on Ukraine

Zelensky meets Turkiye’s Erdogan amid US shift on Ukraine

  • Volodymyr Zelensky flew into the Turkish capital from the UAE late on Monday
  • Kyiv seeks to shore up its position in response to US-Russia talks
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Vatican cancels hospitalized Pope Francis’s weekend events

Vatican cancels hospitalized Pope Francis’s weekend events

  • The Holy See had already indicated that the pontiff would stay longer in the hospital than initially believed due to a ‘complex’ clinical picture
  • It is latest of a series of health issues for the pope, who has undergone hernia and colon surgery since 2021, and uses a wheelchair for a sore knee
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West Bank booksellers say arrests reflect intensifying Israeli crackdown on Palestinian culture

West Bank booksellers say arrests reflect intensifying Israeli crackdown on Palestinian culture

  • Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed were arrested on Sunday after Israeli police raided the family-owned bookshops on accusation of selling books that supported terrorism
  • “Case is not isolated event, but part of series of attack against Palestinian cultural institutions,” Mahmoud said
By Arab News ·

West Bank booksellers say arrests reflect intensifying Israeli crackdown on Palestinian culture

West Bank booksellers say arrests reflect intensifying Israeli crackdown on Palestinian culture

  • Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed were arrested on Sunday after Israeli police raided the family-owned bookshops on accusation of selling books that supported terrorism
  • “Case is not isolated event, but part of series of attack against Palestinian cultural institutions,” Mahmoud said
By Arab News ·