Middle East

Scores have taken to the streets of Israel, regardless of their political alignments, although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, heading arguably the most far-right government in the country's history, seemingly...

Before a T20 match, Afghan and Pakistani cricketers join together in prayer

Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faced increasing pressure on Monday to put the brakes on his government's drive to enact sweeping changes to the Israeli judiciary, with hundreds of thousands of...

People left behind as Najaf is flooded by heavy rain

Qatar's Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani has submitted a fresh bid to buy English Premier League football club Manchester United, according to reports on Saturday. The son...

Iraq's Parliament approved, on Monday, amendments to the elections law, a move that has angered independent lawmakers and small parties who say the new legislation could weaken their chances,...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his Defence Chief piled pressure on the government to halt...

Ahmad Tibi, a Palestinian-Israeli member of the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, used the famous Arab Spring slogan Monday amid mass anti-government rallies across Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The...

Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad...

Israel's National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Monday said he would resign from the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu halts the judicial change plan, Anadolu News Agency reports....

Israeli police have warned of the threat of violent clashes between protestors demonstrating against the judicial overhaul and supporters of the far-right government. Senior police sources told Haaretz that...

Israeli technology company CNG Labs was warned by the US on Friday when it was added to Washington's "red-flag" list. The list includes companies, organisations and individuals in foreign...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has demanded that the government's judicial reform plan should be stopped immediately. Herzog's demand came in a written statement, a copy of which was obtained...

A senior Israeli security official said on Sunday evening that the police have lost control of the demonstrations taking place in various parts of the country in protest against...

The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia are to meet during the holy month of Ramadan, according to an announcement today by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA)....

Israel's Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, has resigned in protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies and his decision to dismiss Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. "The past...

Widespread opposition has been raised by the Lebanese caretaker government's decision to postpone the start of daylight saving time until after Ramadan.

Israeli occupation forces have enforced a complete siege on the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, after an attack on soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in the town...

The UAE strongly condemned on Sunday Israel's decision to allow Jewish settlers to go back to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank from which they had been removed...

Hate crimes including vandalism and assaults carried out by Israeli Jews against Arab Christians in occupied Jerusalem have been rising sharply since the start of this year, Haaretz revealed...

The health of Palestinian hunger striker Sheikh Khader Adnan, 44, has deteriorated seriously as he enters the fifty-first day of his protest against his administrative detention in an Israeli...

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education will lay off more than 2,000 expatriate teachers and department heads in 14 specialisations by the end of the current academic year 2022-2023, Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper...

The chairman of the Israel Medical Association (IMA), Zion Hagay, yesterday slammed the recent reform in Israel's judicial system that was proposed by the country's far-right Likud-led coalition. "A...

Israel is currently holding 967 Palestinians in prison with neither charge nor trial, Haaretz revealed on Sunday. The Israeli daily pointed out that this is the largest number of...

The occupation state’s “militarisation” and attempts to overturn hundreds of years of Islamic tradition are clearly aimed at the spatial and temporal division of the Noble Sanctuary and to impose Jewish control over Al-Aqsa Mosque.

FIFA yesterday canceled the draw for the Under-20 FIFA World Cup that was slated to take place in Indonesia next week, due to Jakarta's refusal to host Israel's team....

Israeli authorities yesterday issued a decision to seize Palestinian lands in West Bank's northern occupied villages of Jinsafut, Al-Fanduq and Hajjah. A senior official in the Wall and Settlements...

Yoav Gallant was dismissed after her called upon the Israeli prime minister to halt reforms to the judicial system

Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday signed a free trade pact into effect, reducing or removing tariffs on about 96% of goods traded between the nations, Israel's...

Saudi Arabia has condemned new Israeli plans to build hundreds of settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. On Friday, Israel issued tenders for the construction of 1,029...

Palestine on Sunday called for US and international action to stop Israeli violations in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. On Saturday, Israeli forces raided...

The next Arab summit will be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on May 19, the Arab League said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. A statement by the Cairo-based league...