World / Middle East

Delhi BJP leader suspended after inflammatory tweet causes wide discontent in Arab world 05 Jun 2022 - 03:25 pm

Delhi BJP media cell head Naveen Kumar Jindal tweet against Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) caused wide discontent in the Arab world with hashtags calling...

Lebanon says Israel creates crisis in disputed waters 05 Jun 2022 - 03:11 pm

BEIRUT:Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Sunday that Israel was creating a new crisis by encroaching on Lebanese resources in disputed...

Lebanese security chief fears political paralysis, social collapse 03 Jun 2022 - 01:50 pm

A senior Lebanese security official has said the risk of political paralysis has increased since an election produced a fractured parliament last month,...

Qatar condemns assassination of Journalist Ghufran Warasneh by Israeli Occupation Forces 02 Jun 2022 - 02:32 pm

Doha: The State of Qatar condemned, in the strongest terms, the assassination of journalist and liberated prisoner Ghufran Warasneh by the Israeli occupation...

Lebanese parliament re-elects Nabih Berri as speaker 31 May 2022 - 12:52 pm

Beirut: Lebanon's new legislature narrowly elected veteran politician Nabih Berri for a seventh term as speaker of parliament in its first session on...

Israeli occupation forces arrest 9 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem 30 May 2022 - 09:13 pm

Occupied Jerusalem- Israeli occupation forces arrested 9 Palestinians during a massive arrest campaign in Bab Al-Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem. Palestinian News Agency...

East Jerusalem will remain eternal capital of Palestine: Palestinian Presidency 29 May 2022 - 07:10 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian presidency confirmed today that East Jerusalem will remain the eternal capital of the State of Palestine as per international legitimacy...

Israeli Occupation Forces arrest 1,530 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem since beginning of this year 29 May 2022 - 03:42 pm

Palestinian Prisoners Club revealed today that the Israeli occupation forces have arrested 1530 Palestinians in the occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of this...

Israeli boats target Palestinian Fishermen in Northern Gaza 28 May 2022 - 07:20 pm

Israeli occupation boats targeted, with machine gun fire and tear gas grenades Palestinian fishermen in northern Gaza Strip. News reports stated that the...

Iraq makes it illegal to attempt normalising ties with Israel 27 May 2022 - 10:17 am

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament approved a law on Thursday that will ban normalizing relations with Israel, at a time when several Arab countries have...

World Bank approves $500 mln for Turkey for Covid-19 vaccines 27 May 2022 - 09:31 am

Istanbul: The World Bank said on Thursday that its board had approved $500 million in additional financing to support Turkey in its efforts...

Doctors, hospitals in crisis-hit Lebanon go on 2-day strike 26 May 2022 - 04:45 pm

BEIRUT:Dozens of doctors, nurses and medical personnel rallied Thursday outside the Central Bank in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after declaring a two-day...

Death toll rises to 10 after building collapses in Iran's Abadan city 24 May 2022 - 09:43 am

DUBAI: The death toll from a building collapse in the southern Iranian city of Abadan has reached 10, with some people still missing,...

Two Iranian pilots killed after F7 jet crashes 24 May 2022 - 09:35 am

Two Iranian pilots died after their F7 fighter jet crashed near Anarak, 200 km (124 miles) east of the city of Isfahan, Iran's...

More hardship as new sandstorm engulfs parts of Middle East 23 May 2022 - 07:45 pm

BAGHDAD: A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights...

Five dead, scores trapped after building collapses in Iran -state TV 23 May 2022 - 07:38 pm

Five people were killed when a 10-storey building inIran's southern city of Abadan partly collapsed and rescuers were trying to help at least...

Lebanese authorities begin removing barriers around parliament after elections 23 May 2022 - 06:36 pm

Lebanese security forces, after elections last week, on Monday began removing concrete barriers and easing security measures around the country's parliament building that...

Three killed in Israeli 'aggression' targeting southern Damascus 21 May 2022 - 05:17 pm

CAIRO: An Israeli "aggression" launched from the Golan Heights and targeting southern parts of theSyrian capital Damascus killed three people and caused some...