"Middle East"

The Labour Ministry is drafting a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to resume sending Thai workers to Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than 30 years.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and Wednesday is the result of six years of work by the Foreign Affairs Ministry since trilateral discussions among Bangkok, Riyadh and Bahrain in 2016, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday.

The Federation of Thai SMEs has joined up with the Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs to help local SMEs boost their market share in the Middle East.

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi unveiled an initiative on Saturday to help resolve security issues facing the Gulf region and the Middle East through political and diplomatic means while also safeguarding the Iran nuclear deal.

The peace deal between Israel and the UAE announced on Thursday seemingly came out of the blue. But for those aware of happenings in the Middle East, the relationship between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi had been blossoming behind the scenes for many years.

BEIRUT - The Middle East is shutting down as the novel coronavirus accelerates its spread across a part of the world where war, famine, financial collapse and political unrest threaten to compound the impact of the disease.

KUWAIT CITY - In the weeks since an American drone strike killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, U.S. military leaders have been sprinting to confront a dangerous new reality in the Middle East.

JERUSALEM - Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are blaming U.S. presidential adviser Jared Kushner for a delay in plans to immediately annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank as envisioned in President Donald Trump's peace plan.

A new 6,700-square-metre shopping centre in Bahrain will serve as a distribution point for Thai goods serving neighbouring Middle East countries including Saudi Arabia, a 30-minute drive away across a bridge.

Thai business operators in the construction and service industries secured orders worth some Bt500 million as a result of the trip organised by the Commerce Ministry’s Department of International Trade Promotion to Muscat and Manama last month.

THE FATE of two Australia-bound asylum seekers from the Middle East, who were stopped in Thailand, remained unclear as visiting Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne discussed the two cases with her Thai counterpart yesterday.