Middle East

Israeli military forces have once again raided the Jenin refugee camp, hours before the funeral of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot by the regime’s troops as she was covering one of the Israeli military’s raids on the camp.

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died at the age of 73, Emirates news agency WAM reported on Friday. The Ministry of Presidential Affairs declared official national mourning for the death of the president for 40 days from Friday. Flags will fly at half-mast during this period. Work …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that Israeli authorities were “fully responsible” for the killing of a veteran Al Jazeera reporter during clashes in the occupied West Bank and called for an international investigation. Shireen Abu Akleh suffered a gunshot wound to the head in Jenin on Wednesday. Al …

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has arrived in Tehran on a key daylong visit for high-level talks with Iranian officials on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues.

The international community should move now to prevent another disaster in a country already devastated by war.

Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah has accepted the resignation of the government, issuing a decree instructing the cabinet to stay on in a caretaker capacity.

Israeli authorities demolished a residential building in annexed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, leaving 35 people, the majority of them children, homeless.

Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that “It is the Resistance that protects Lebanon from the Zionist aggression.” Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks during a speech at a Hezbollah election ceremony held simultaneously in the two southern cities of Tyre and Nabatiyeh on Monday, Al-Manar reported on …

Tehran says the prolonged talks in Vienna on reviving the 2015 Iran deal can be concluded successfully if the US honors “the Iranian nation’s rights”.

Lebanese citizens living abroad began voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, with many set to back political newcomers after the worst crisis since Lebanon’s 1975-90 civil war led to widespread poverty and a wave of emigration. Nearly 200,000 Lebanese living overseas are eligible to participate in the election, the …

United Nations warns dwindling funds are affecting much-needed assistance and adding to children’s struggles.

The Zionist regime’s local media have said that the perpetrators behind the recent martyrdom-seeking operation in Elad city in the occupied Palestinian lands have been arrested.

Condemning the terrorist attack on Egypt’s the Sinai Peninsula, Hezbollah expressed sympathy for the country’s army.

According to the local news sources, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz was admitted to a hospital on Saturday in Jeddah to undergo medical tests.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says despite the devastation done to Syria by the years-long war, the country is now looked upon as a major power.

One officer and ten Egyptian soldiers were killed after “foiling a terrorist attack” on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal, an army spokesman said on Saturday. The security personnel were killed after clashing with a group of militants who attacked the station, which also resulted in five others …

The Saudi-led coalition forces have impounded another Yemen-bound oil tanker carrying thousands of tons of fuel for the crisis-stricken country in blatant breach of a two-month ceasefire brokered by the United Nations.

Israeli forces have demolished the family home of a Palestinian detainee accused of killing a settler last December, sparking violent clashes with Palestinians.

Official Syrian media on Wednesday reported airstrikes in Deir Ez-Zur, in the northeastern country. The airstrikes took place in an area near a bridge in the city of Deir Ez-Zur, SANA reported. Local Syrian sources say initial reports indicate that an unidentified military warplane targeted the area. No further details …

Two UK middlemen paid £9.7mn in bribes to top Saudi military officials to secure contracts for a British subsidiary of the European aerospace group Airbus, the opening day of a trial unveiled.