World / Middle East

Prime Minister of Lebanon's Caretaker Government condemns Israeli onslaught on southern suburbs of Beirut 31 Jul 2024 - 12:11 am

Beirut: The Prime Minister of Lebanon's Caretaker Government, Najib Mikati, on Tuesday, condemned the Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut, which...

Woman killed, others injured in Israeli raid on southern suburb of Beirut 30 Jul 2024 - 11:40 pm

Beirut:A woman was killed and others were injured, some of them in critical condition, in an air raid launched by the Israeli entity...

Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian takes oath of office 30 Jul 2024 - 09:19 pm

Tehran: Irans new president, Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in, on Tuesday, before the Consultative Assembly, in a ceremony attended by delegations from 86...

Algeria says withdraws ambassador to France over W.Sahara rift 30 Jul 2024 - 05:33 pm

Algiers: Algeria said Tuesday it was withdrawing its ambassador to France over French President Emmanuel Macron's statement that Rabat's plan for Western Saharan...

IOF bombs Al-Bureij refugee camp, murders nine Palestinian civilians 30 Jul 2024 - 04:33 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) murdered nine Palestinian civilians today, after carrying out an airstrike on Al-Bureij refugee camp, at the center...

Palestinian health ministry declares Gaza Strip a polio epidemic zone 29 Jul 2024 - 08:07 pm

Gaza: The Palestinian Ministry of Health on Monday declared the Gaza Strip a polio epidemic zone, stressing that the matter poses a health...

Arab Observatory for Human Rights slams Israeli evacuation orders in south of Gaza 29 Jul 2024 - 09:15 am

Cairo: Arab Observatory for Human Rights (AOHR) has condemned the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli occupation army in the north of Rafah...

Jordan's Umm al-Jimal added to UNESCO heritage list 28 Jul 2024 - 11:04 pm

Amman: Jordan's Umm al-Jimal village has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, in a move hailed on Sunday by the country's tourism...

Gaza death toll rises to 39,324; wounded 90,830 28 Jul 2024 - 08:13 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) murdered more than 39,324 Palestinian civilians and injured more than 90,830 others, since the beginning of Israel's...

13 Palestinian martyred as occupation strikes South Gaza 28 Jul 2024 - 07:01 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation army bombarded the city of Khan Younis, on Sunday, killing 13 Palestinians, among them women and children, and injuring...

Iran's Khamenei formally grants Pezeshkian presidential powers 28 Jul 2024 - 10:17 am

Tehran: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following...

Gaza death toll due to Israeli aggression surges to 39,258 martyrs, 90,589 wounded 27 Jul 2024 - 05:05 pm

Gaza:The number of casualties due to the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, since Oct.7, 2023, has surged to 39,258 martyrs, and 90,589...

Israeli air strike on school shelter kills 30 in Gaza 27 Jul 2024 - 02:57 pm

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said an Israeli strike hit a school housing a field hospital...

Electricity consumption soars as heat wave forces Iran to shutter government offices 27 Jul 2024 - 02:47 pm

Tehran, Iran: A heat wave blanketing Iran has forced authorities to cut operating hours at various facilities Saturday and order all government and...

WHO dispatches million polio doses to Gaza 26 Jul 2024 - 06:20 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today the dispatch of over one million doses of the polio vaccine to Gaza. The vaccines...

Oman oil prices rise to $81.7 a barrel 26 Jul 2024 - 04:42 pm

Muscat: The official price of Omani oil, for delivery in September, today, was recorded at $81.70 per barrel. The price of Omani oil...

OIC welcomes Palestinian factions' signing of Beijing Declaration 25 Jul 2024 - 06:03 pm

Jeddah: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the signing, in Beijing, of the Declaration on Ending Division and...

UN official calls on Israeli authorities to stop targeting Palestinian human rights defenders 24 Jul 2024 - 10:33 pm

Geneva: The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Mary Lawlor, on Wednesday, called on the Israeli authorities to stop targeting the Palestinian human...