Middle East

The United Nations General Assembly has voted in a favor of a pro-Palestinian resolution to commemorate the Nakba (Catastrophe) Day, which marks the Israeli regime’s claiming existence in 1948. According to Press TV, the Assembly adopted the resolution on Wednesday, with 90 votes in favor, 30 negative votes, and 47 abstentions. …

Dubai has turned into a “safe haven” for drug smugglers, a media report says, following the busting by Europol of a prolific criminal network involved in large-scale drugs trafficking and money laundering. The operators of the drug cartel, which was run from Dubai, said they felt they were “untouchable and …

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the Iraqi official decision to deploy border guards between Iraq and Iran. On Monday, the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaani revealed details about the visit of the Iraqi PM, Muhammad S. Al-Sudani to Tehran, which is his third trip abroad …

More than 18,000 Yemeni people, including women and children, have been killed and some 30,000 injured since the Saudi-led aggression against the impoverished country began in 2015, a report says. The Humanity Eye Center for Rights and Development issued a report on Saturday showing the total number of victims had …

The Israeli occupation forces launched a number of armed incursions on Thursday across the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, arresting a number of young Palestinian men, amid ongoing illegal settler attacks on Palestinians and their property in Nablus and al-Khalil. Israeli soldiers arrested thirteen Palestinians who were taken away for …

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned the meeting and resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council, noting that “multifaceted political goals” are behind these anti-Iranian measures. In a statement late on Thursday, the ministry blasted the measure of a few Western countries in “imposing” an anti-Iranian resolution to the …

Lebanese lawmakers have failed to elect the country’s next president for the seventh time, nearly a month after the previous head of state Michel Aoun left the Baabda Palace. Christian MP and presidential hopeful Michel Moawad, who is seen as close to Washington, was the front-runner with 42 votes in …

Two separate explosions have rocked two bus stations at the entrance of occupied al-Quds, killing at least one Israeli and wounding several others. According to initial reports released by Palestinian media, the explosions occurred on Shaari Street in occupied al-Quds on Wednesday morning. The Jerusalem Post said one Israeli died …

Iran has started enriching uranium to the purity level of 60% at its Fordow nuclear facility, following the recent resolution that the US and the European troika initiated at the UN nuclear agency’s Board of Governors to mount pressure on the Islamic Republic. Tehran has informed the International Atomic Energy …

Israeli raids on Monday arrive after a wave of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians on Saturday when dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in Hebron’s old city in the southwest Bank. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded five other Palestinians on Monday during a morning raid in the …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he was mulling going beyond air strikes and launching a ground operation in Syria following a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish border town. Erdogan also renewed warnings that those attacking Turkey will pay dearly, a day after Ankara’s forces launched air raids …

The Detainees Affairs Commission of the Palestine Liberation Organization says the Israeli regime has detained over 50,000 Palestinian children since the occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967. The PLO Detainees Affairs Commission said on Sunday the majority of children were arrested from their homes at night …

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday met with his British counterpart, James Cleverly, on the sidelines of the Manama dialogue 2022 in Bahrain. According to a readout issued by the Iraqi foreign ministry, the pair discussed the bilateral ties between Iraq and the United Kingdom, and Baghdad’s role in …

Saudi Arabia has executed twice as many people in 2022 as it did last year, according to an AFP tally, highlighting a rise in capital punishment that is condemned by rights groups. The latest execution was of a Jordanian national convicted of smuggling amphetamine tablets, the official Saudi Press Agency …

The US Department of State has given Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi despite Joe Biden’s earlier promise to hold the de facto ruler accountable for the crime. In a statement on Thursday, the US State Department announced that it …

COP27 host Egypt is close to signing final agreements to build two wind and solar projects with a combined capacity of a gigawatt (GW) to boost the country’s lagging renewable power development. High levels of solar irradiation, strong winds, and expanses of desert in which to construct plants mean Egypt …

The family business of former US President Donald Trump has signed a licensing deal worth $1.6 billion with a real estate developer based in Saudi Arabia to build a resort in Oman, as the 76-year-old businessman-turned-politician prepares his return to presidential politics. The Trump Organization, a group of about 500 …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Americans announce they are “in hurry” for returning to the 2015 nuclear deal in their ongoing messages to Tehran but “hypocritically” tell the press that rejoining the deal is not their priority. According to Press TV, speaking to reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines …

A Liberian-flagged oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck in an exploding drone attack off the coast of Oman, reports say. A defense official based in the Middle East, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the oil tanker was targeted by a bomb-carrying …

The Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) says the Saudi Arabia and its coalition has seized yet another Yemen-bound fuel tanker and prevented it from docking at Hudaydah port, in a new act of piracy against the besieged Yemeni people. Essam al-Mutawakel, a spokesman for the YPC, said in a tweet on …