Gunmen shot dead two protesters in Iraq’s southern city of Nassiriya overnight and a Baghdad district became a battlefield on the third day of a drive by security forces...

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Fars province in southern Iran on Monday, Iranian state TV reported, according to Reuters. There were no fatalities, but there was structural damage to homes...

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and other prominent Democrats, on Monday announced plans to stop President Donald Trump’s three-year-old ban on travelers from some...

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel decreed that Israeli citizens could visit Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances, CNN reported on...

US President Donald Trump said Monday he will be revealing his long-awaited “deal of the century” plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. “It’s a...

Iran’s foreign minister called US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East “delusional” in a tweet on Monday, Reuters reports. “Instead of a delusional ‘Deal of the Century’...

US President Donald Trump’s deal of the century offers a non-sovereign Palestinian state which would not have an army or call East Jerusalem its capital, Rassd reported yesterday. Quoting...

The much-derided and controversial discipline of using DNA to prove one’s race, religion and nationality has been upheld by the Israeli High Court following a legal challenge to its...

American educational children’s television series “Sesame Street” is trying to help refugee children suffering from war by airing on channels in the Middle East, including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and...

A Saudi Royal is at the centre of a bribery case involving Deutsche Bank in a scandal going back several years. According to the Financial Times, the German bank...

Lately, intense tides brought in a large variety of fish and rare breeds near Gaza's coast

The forces of the National Salvation Government, which consists of the majority of Yemen’s armed forces allied with the Houthi movement, have made significant gains against loyalist forces of...

The Syrian regime has reportedly captured ten towns and villages in less than two days in the embattled province of Idlib in the north-west of the country, marking its...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has started diplomatic action against US President Donald Trump’s deal of the century, Al Wattan Voice reported yesterday. During a meeting with the Egyptian Ambassador...

Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh reiterated yesterday his movement’s stance against the US peace initiative dubbed the “deal of the century”. In a statement, Haniyeh said: “Palestine is our land...

Palestinian Authority (PA) security services have arrested a group of Fatah members planning to target the chief of the PA’s General Intelligence Service Majed Faraj and his family, Arab48...

The protesters caused a massive shut down of public transportation, following the arrest of a young haredi man who refused to enlist in the military

Israeli occupation police interrogated Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, for at least four hours, Anadolu reported yesterday. Prior to the interrogation, Sheikh Sabri said: “I have been...

A devastating video which surfaced online shows the frozen body of the young boy, wearing a visible red jacket, being carried by several first responders.

Senior Israeli opposition leaders expressed optimism about the contents of the pending Trump administration peace plan yesterday, reported right-wing news outlet Arutz Sheva.  MK Yair Lapid, the number two...

Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennet sounded a defiant note yesterday ahead of the expected publication this week of the Trump administration’s peace plan for the region, reported Haaretz. In...

Lebanese protesters gathered yesterday to air their rejection of the newly formed government of Prime Minister of Hassan Diab. An-Nahar newspaper said the protesters accused the new government of...

Thirty Iraqi protesters were injured yesterday after security forces fired live rounds and tear gas in an effort to disperse demonstrators in the city of Nasiriyah, capital of Dhi...

A leader in Iraq’s populist cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr’s movement, Asaad Al-Nasiri, yesterday split from the movement announcing his support for thousands of anti-government protesters. On Saturday, Al-Sadr ordered the...

Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday discussed bilateral cooperation regarding the Strait of Hormuz with his Omani counterpart, Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah in Tehran, the Tasnim news...

Has Iraq's Muqtada Al-Sadr sold out to Iran?

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud said on Monday the kingdom was closely monitoring developments in global oil markets resulting from “gloomy expectations” over the impact...

With tears in his eyes, a student from the Uyghur Muslim minority, residing in Saudi Arabia, held his long-ago expired Chinese passport, making him face a mysterious fate, with...

Qatar, yesterday, disbursed financial aid to 70,000 low-income families in the occupied Gaza Strip. Local media reported that thousands of Palestinians had gathered in front of the public post...

Sudanese families organised a demonstration in front of the UAE embassy in the capital, Khartoum, Sunday to protest against an Emirati company. The company is accused of sending recruits...

Five rockets landed near the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said today, Anadolu Agency reports. No casualties or material damage was reported in the attacks on the high...

Around 31,600 more civilians have fled their homes in Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria over the last two days due to attacks by the regime and its allies, Anadolu...