United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates has decided to appoint an ambassador to Turkey after three years of coldness in ties, the Turkish foreign minister has said, noting that the new envoy would begin his job in Ankara on May 7. 

There is no need to recall how Turkey and Saudi Arabia clinched the alliance they have built over the past year, especially after the new Saudi King Salman came to the throne, through consecutive high-level visits.

The lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran by the US and other Western powers has opened up new horizons for India. For the last few months, India has been trying hard to boost its ties with Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other countries in West Asia in an attempt to stamp its authority in the Indian Ocean (which currently bears only its name).

A senior Turkish government member has refuted international calls for Turkey to return to the negotiation table with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), asking whether these countries could guarantee that militants would lay down their arms.

Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane flying around the world without consuming a drop of fuel, has landed in California, one leg closer to completing its trailblazing trip.

Voters in Serbia on Sunday choose new national and provincial parliaments as well as the largest number of local asemblies.

In the parliamentary elections, 20 political lists with a total of 3,270 candidates will be competing for 250 seats.

Some 15 election lists are taking part in the race for 120 seats in the assembly of the autonomous northern province of Vojvodina.

An indictment for Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-born Turkish businessman who was arrested in Miami a month ago over attempting to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran, has expanded from New York to include "Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere" as places where the crime may have been committed. 

The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support the country's troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said April 18 in Baghdad.

Art Jameel and The Crossway Foundation have recently announced "Jameel Journey to Turkey," the latest in a series of collaborative initiatives to give young artists from the Gulf region the opportunity to work and travel across international borders.

The 2nd International Üsküdar Poetry Festival, which kicked off on April 9, is continuing with a total of 33 poets from 16 countries sharing their art with audiences at different locations and streets in Istanbul's Üsküdar neighborhood.