World / Middle East

TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Palestinians to calm tensions as he visited on Monday during the worst...

Abu Dhabi: The fight against global warming should not be at the expense of economic growth, the UAE oil chief who will lead...

Cairo: The United States will continue to encourage Egypt to take steps on human rights, including freeing more political prisoners and guaranteeing freedom...

Doha: The Volatile situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, specially in Jerusalem City, casts grim shadows on the anticipated tour of the US...

Tehran: Iran on Sunday condemned a "cowardly" night-time drone attack that targeted a defence ministry site, at a time of high tensions over...

Dubai: A loud explosion struck a military industry factory near the central Iranian city of Isfahan overnight in what Tehran said on Sunday...

Amman: Lebanon's top Christian cleric called on Sunday for the judge struggling to investigate the Beirut port explosion to be able to pursue...

CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East on Sunday, beginning a three-day visit as violence flares between Israelis...

Baku: Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot...

Doha: The Saudi Embassy in the United States announced, in a press release, that the woman suspected of murdering Saudi student Al-Walid al-Gharbi...

BBC's first foreign language service - BBC Arabic Radio - on Friday formally ceased operations, signalling the end of an era for most...

The Hague: The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited...

Beirut: The World Food Programme warned on Friday that hunger rates in Syria have soared to record highs after more than a decade...

Beirut: Two Lebanese lawmakers on Friday entered the second week of a sit-in inside the crisis-hit country's parliamentary chamber, vowing to remain inside...

Tehran: A guard has been killed in an attack on Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. "The attacker...

Jenin: Israeli forces in a West Bank raid killed nine Palestinians and fired tear gas inside a hospital children’s ward, Palestinian officials said,...

Beirut: Lebanon's central bank said on Thursday it has frozen the accounts of a foreign exchange trader and his sons, after the US...

Doha: A royal decree in Saudi Arabia was recently approved with regard to the amendment of Article 8 of the Saudi nationality law,...