World / Middle East

France brings 51 citizens home from IS camps in Syria 05 Jul 2022 - 06:56 pm

PARIS: French authorities on Tuesday repatriated 51 women and children from the former Islamic State group-controlled areas in Syria, according to a statement...

Iran adds demands in nuclear talks, enrichment 'alarming'-U.S. envoy 05 Jul 2022 - 04:33 pm

WASHINGTON: Iran added demands unrelated to discussions on its nuclear program during the latest talks and has made alarming progress on enriching uranium,...

Egyptian President, Head of Libyan Presidential Council discuss current situation in Libya 05 Jul 2022 - 04:22 pm

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed the current situation in Libya in a telephone call with the Head of the Presidential...

Israeli Military vehicles move into Center of Gaza 05 Jul 2022 - 03:48 pm

Gaza: Several Israeli occupation military vehicles penetrated into the Palestinian agricultural border lands east of the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip,...

Back from Europe, Biden turns to diplomatically delicate Saudi Arabia trip 05 Jul 2022 - 01:13 pm

WASHINGTON:U.S. President Joe Biden turns his attention this month to a sensitive trip to the Middle East that will test his ability to...

Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region 04 Jul 2022 - 11:17 am

Iran:Schools and government offices closed in Iran's capital and several other cities in the country on Monday, after yet another sandstorm blanketed Tehran...

Second woman killed in shark attack in Egypt's Red Sea 03 Jul 2022 - 05:31 pm

Cairo: Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment...

Jordan port workers suspend work to protest deaths in chlorine gas leak 03 Jul 2022 - 04:48 pm

AMMAN: Workers at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba began a work stoppage on Sunday to protest poor safety precautions following the deaths...

Egypt shuts down Red Sea beaches after tourist killed in shark attack -sources 03 Jul 2022 - 01:36 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's Red Sea Governorate issued an order to shut down several Red Sea beaches on Friday after a 68-year-old Austrian woman was...

Israel says it will test bullet that killed reporter, Palestinians disagree 03 Jul 2022 - 12:35 pm

Israel said on Sunday it would test a bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist to determine whether one of its soldiers shot her...

At least five killed in magnitude 6.1 quake on Iran Gulf coast 02 Jul 2022 - 02:06 pm

DUBAI: At least five people were killed and 49 injured by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in southern Iran early on Saturday, state media...

Tunisian president seeks more powers in new constitution 01 Jul 2022 - 09:14 pm

Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday unveiled a new draft constitution that would bestow broad powers on the president and curtail the...

UAE, Indonesia ink economic pact to boost bilateral trade 01 Jul 2022 - 08:03 pm

The United Arab Emirates signed a wide-ranging economic pact with Indonesia on Friday as the two countries seek to boost bilateral trade to...

Turkey hikes minimum wage in face of soaring prices 01 Jul 2022 - 06:26 pm

Istanbul: Turkey will increase its minimum wage by around 30% to a net 5,550 lira ($331.26) per month with immediate effect because of...

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker, Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions President focus on human rights 01 Jul 2022 - 08:26 am

Beirut:The Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon Nabih Berri met on Wednesday President of the Doha-based Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions,...