Middle East

The Iranian parliament is planning to introduce new articles to the Islamic Penal Code which would criminalise "expressing opinions on social networks". If approved, this will further limit freedom...

More than 200 Palestinian protesters started an open ended sit-in at Khan Al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, to prevent the Israeli occupation forces from demolishing it and displacing its residents....

China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang wants to build stronger ties with Saudi Arabia and set up a China-Gulf free trade zone "as soon as possible", according to a...

The Qatar Investment Authority's Maha Capital has submitted an offer to acquire majority stakes in two state-owned terminal operators in Egypt, the Al-Mal economic newspaper reported. Quoting unnamed sources,...

Executions have doubled in Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, at least 147 people were executed in 2022 including 81 in 1 day

Direct flights between Bahrain and Qatar are to resume "soon" amid warming relations between the two Gulf states, according to Bahraini Minister of Transportation Mohammed Al-Kaabi. Al-Kaabi made the...

Palestinian resistance factions condemned on Tuesday the latest Israeli crackdown on Palestinian prisoners, describing the aggression as "playing with fire". The factions released the statement after meeting in Gaza....

A former senior security aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the Palestinian Authority with a "Defensive Shield II" military offensive in the occupied West Bank if...

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday rejected "anti-Iran remarks" made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing them as "ridiculous". The...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Greece on Tuesday to vote in Israel's favour at the UN, his office has revealed. The request was made during a meeting between...

The Unified National Leadership of Popular Resistance (UNLPR) yesterday called for the formation of popular committees to protect Palestinian villages and municipalities from illegal Jewish settlers. This came during...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has dismissed reports published by an Israeli channel that his ministry transferred tax money to the Palestinian Authority. According to the Israeli media, Smotrich...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that an agreement has been reached regarding Iran's participation in the process of improving relations between Turkiye and Syria, Anadolu Agency reported....

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, held separate phone talks with Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the Kremlin said in a statement, Anadolu News...

Saudi Arabia will invest up to one trillion riyals ($266.40 billion) to generate "cleaner energy", Saudi state TV reported on Monday, citing the Kingdom's Energy Minister, Reuters report. According...

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday for talks with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Anadolu News Agency reports. The visit...

UNRWA today appealed for help to meet the humanitarian needs of Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, Thomas White, said the occupied...

Factions in Gaza also called on Arab states to stop normalising ties with the occupation

The United States, on Tuesday, added seven Iranian entities to its trade blacklist for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, according a posting by the US Department...

The money exchange shop in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley was buzzing with business. Cell phones pinged endlessly and employees shouted out various rates as customers flocked in carrying plastic bags...

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched an electronic four-day transit visa on Monday for those arriving in the kingdom by air. The visa will be issued free of...

Adalah yesterday filed an objection against the Jerusalem District Planning Committee over the US' plan to build a new embassy on illegally confiscated Palestinian land in Jerusalem. Action was...

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited the West Bank on Tuesday on a tour where he is appealing for a halt to violence and reaffirming Washington's backing for...

Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has told Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar that his country is acting for the sake of Palestine. Observers believe that this means that...

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein has reiterated the importance of building close relations with regional countries, stressing that Baghdad needs the Gulf Arab states. In an interview with Saudi...

Unidentified drones attacked, on Sunday night, a convoy of refrigerated trucks in Al-Herri village in Al-Bukamal countryside in eastern Deir Ez-Zor, eastern Syria, destroying the trucks and killing and...

With Israeli attacks on Palestinian prisoners for the third day in a row, 120 of them in the Negev Prison announced yesterday the start of a hunger strike in...

The Palestinian baseball team qualified for the final of the 15th West Asia Cup after defeating Bangladesh in the semi-finals, reported Wafa news agency. Organised by the Pakistan Baseball...

Turkiye signed a natural gas purchase agreement with Oman to buy an annual 1.4 billion cubic metres of gas for 10 years, Turkish Energy Minister, Fatih Donmez said, Reuters...

The UK's High Court of Justice in London will consider, on Tuesday, the legality of the British government's decision to resume the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia that...

"Over the past years, Gaza Strip Municipalities have been struggling and trying to spare no effort to maintain the people's living conditions by innovating new alternatives to keep providing the citizens with the municipal services, even at a minimum."

Israeli banks impose higher interest rates on Palestinians citizens of Israel when compared to Jewish citizens of the occupation state. The Finance Committee of the Israeli Knesset also revealed...