World / Middle East

Three Palestinians wounded near Ramallah 29 May 2021 - 04:57 pm

Ramallah: Three Palestinians were injured with live bullets today when Israeli occupation forces attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters demonstrating in the village of...

Erdogan inaugurates landmark mosque on main Istanbul square 28 May 2021 - 04:49 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a landmark new mosque on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Friday, fulfilling a long-time dream to build...

Arab League welcomes decision to reopen US Consulate in Jerusalem 27 May 2021 - 06:43 pm

Cairo: Arab League welcomed the decision of the United States to re-open its consulate in Jerusalem, saying it represents "an important step to...

Blinken arrives in Jordan last leg of Middle East tour 26 May 2021 - 04:45 pm

BEIRUT: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Amman on Wednesday, the last leg of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring...

Blinken arrives in Egypt to shore up Gaza cease-fire efforts 26 May 2021 - 12:18 pm

Cairo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Wednesday on the next leg of a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring...

Blinken announces US aid to Gaza, pledges to reopen Jerusalem consulate 25 May 2021 - 07:59 pm

RAMALLAH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged on a Middle East mission on Tuesday that Washington would provide new aid to help rebuild...

Blinken in Israel on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce 25 May 2021 - 12:49 pm

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up...

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Jerusalem 24 May 2021 - 08:35 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: A Palestinian youth died of severe wounds sustained by bullets from the Israeli occupation forces in occupied Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses told Palestine's...

Yemenis find rare leisure time at Sanaa lake 23 May 2021 - 01:28 pm

Sanaa: A countryside dam outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa provides the city's residents with a rare distraction from the six-year civil war that...

IAEA will have no access to Iran's Nuclear sites images, says top lawmaker 23 May 2021 - 09:12 am

Dubai: Iran's parliament speaker said on Sunday that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog had expired as of...

Lebanon's president did not mean to revoke Hariri's mandate, son-in-law says 22 May 2021 - 04:15 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun did not intend to revoke prime minister-designate Saad Hariri's mandate when he wrote to parliament last week declaring...

Blinken to visit Middle East on May 26-27: Report 22 May 2021 - 12:51 pm

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday and Thursday...

US Secretary of State to visit the Middle East 'in coming days' 22 May 2021 - 10:22 am

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East "in the coming days," the State Department said after Israel...

Two-state solution only answer to Israel-Palestine conflict: Biden 22 May 2021 - 10:17 am

Washington: US President Joe Biden underlined that two-state solution was the only answer to resolving the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and pledged...

Clash between Palestinians and Israeli police in Jerusalem hours after Gaza truce 21 May 2021 - 03:33 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli police fired stun grenades towards Palestinians who threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at officers outside Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday,...