Middle East

Palestinian citizens of Israel have been protesting outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office against Israeli forces "complicity" in the increasing murder rates in the Arab towns. According to the...

A Lebanese military tribunal has formally accused five members of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement of killing an Irish UNIFIL officer in 2022, a senior Lebanese judicial source told...

The Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tarik yesterday presided over the launch ceremony for a new city bearing his name, which is set to be the sultanate's first smart...

A high-profile British delegation from the House of Lords touched down in Israel on Sunday for a four-day fact-finding mission, in an effort to strengthen the increasingly close relations,...

Thousands thronged the streets of Amman to witness the procession and the wedding ceremony was attended by 140 guests.

The Kremlin said, on Thursday, that relations with Saudi Arabia were constructive and based on mutual understanding and respect, ahead of an OPEC+ meeting, Reuters reports. Asked about relations with...

The President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), Yasser Al-Misehal, said he has no news on whether Lionel Messi is moving to the Saudi Pro League (ROSHN)'s tournament this summer, Arabi21 reported. "I have no...

The United Nations World Food Program is facing great difficulty in providing food aid to the Palestinian Territories due to lack of funding, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis afflicting the...

The Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has announced its aim to develop new projects in the Caspian basin and strengthen its regional connections, Anadolu Agency reports. "It is our main...

Arab experts have said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's re-election will advance Turkish-Arab relations to greater horizons, Anadolu Agency reports. Erdogan won last Sunday's runoff vote with 52.16 per cent....

The number of Palestinian prisoners spending life terms inside Israeli jails has risen to 558, including 42 from occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) announced on Wednesday. According...

A monument honouring the famed 15th century Chinese Muslim admiral, Zheng He, was unveiled in Oman's Dhofar governorate yesterday. The ten-metre tall monument located in the coastal city of...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Wednesday condemned Israel's transformation of the ancient Palestinian historical site, the Citadel of Jerusalem, into a Jewish museum with the new name...

Israeli occupation authorities are planning to apply environmental laws to the occupied Palestinian West Bank, Haaretz's Hebrew website revealed yesterday. According to the site, Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman...

The Israeli Knesset advanced two bills yesterday that stipulate increasing the security grip over Arab schools in Israel and easing restrictions on firing Arab teachers, local media reported. According...

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, has described the situation in Tunisia as "extremely complicated", Anadolu news agency reported. "The social space has begun...

Israeli Minister of Transport, Miri Regev, has emphasised that Tel Aviv recognises the importance of the Sahara issue to the Moroccan people, adding that the government will take a...

The Belgian city of Verviers has cut ties with the Israeli apartheid regime to "strengthen its support for the Palestinian people," the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) reported yesterday. According...

The Israeli army and settlers closed the entrance to the Palestinian village of Al-Laban Al-Sharqiya in the Nablus governorate, northern West Bank, hindering the movement of residents on Thursday....

The Israeli army has arrested 33 Palestinians, including 23 from the town of Tuqu' in the Bethlehem governorate on Thursday. In a statement that reached Anadolu Agency, The Palestinian...

The Syrian regime's security services have arrested a number of university students as they passed military checkpoints near the capital Damascus. Local sources said a militia force backed by...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday announced the closure of the investigation into the "suspected" nuclear facility in Iran, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about...

Jordan's unemployment rate declined to 21.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared to 22.8 per cent at the end of 2022, the Department of Statistics...

An Israeli court has sentenced two Palestinians to life imprisonment and 30 years each for allegedly carrying out a deadly shooting attack last year. The court charged Youssef Samih...

The League of Arab States has welcomed the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)'s decision to boycott products made in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a...

The population of Saudi Arabia has reached 32.2 million, 42 per cent of whom are foreign nationals, with 63 per cent of Saudis under age 30, the country's general authority for statistics said...

The UN nuclear watchdog has re-installed only some monitoring equipment originally put in place under the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers that Iran then ordered removed last year,...

The Qatari Prime Minister held secret talks with the Supreme Leader of the Taliban this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting...

Saudi Arabia has extended its 'Makkah Route Initiative' to Turkiye, making it easier for pilgrims from the country to plan and make their trips to the Islamic holy cities...

Some 35 civil society organisations and individuals have protested to the Charity Commission after it imposed a non-Muslim interim manager to oversee the affairs of Islamic Centre of England...

President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential decree making it a criminal offence to deny the Nakba. Defining the Nakba as "the crime against humanity committed against...