Middle East

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...

Controversial judicial changes proposed by the Israeli government have caused divisions inside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, local media reported on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Israel has seen mass...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Sunday called on the US to assume its responsibility towards responding to Israeli measures and statements against the Palestinians, Anadolu reports. Last week,...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has spoken out against a US airstrike in the vicinity of Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zour region, which was in response to a suspected Iranian drone...

The Yemeni government on Saturday called on the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to provide help amid heavy rainfalls in the war-torn country. Local authorities said more than 9,000...

Two Israeli soldiers were injured in a shooting attack near the Palestinian town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli media, Anadolu reports. The...

The United Arab Emirates has pardoned and released an Israeli woman who was jailed for drug trafficking last year and had initially faced execution, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said...

Morocco clinched a historic victory against Brazil yesterday in a friendly international match in Tangiers, beating the five-time World Cup winners for the first time ever and during the...

Iran's top security body on Saturday warned that US strikes on military bases in Syria would draw a "swift response" as tensions escalate between the two arch-foes in the...

Iraq halted crude exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and northern Kirkuk fields on Saturday, an oil official told Reuters, after the country won a longstanding arbitration case against...

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Saturday called for sacking Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for demanding a halt to judicial overhaul plans, Anadolu reports. In a televised...

Thousands of Israelis on Saturday joined several rallies across Israel to protest controversial government plans to change the judicial system, Anadolu reports. According to the Times of Israel, nearly...

Palestine strongly condemned on Saturday Israel's announcement of a tender to build nearly 1,000 new Jewish settlement units in occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu reports. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said...

Jordan on Saturday decried new Israeli settlement plans in occupied East Jerusalem as a violation of international law, Anadolu reports. On Friday, Israel issued tenders for the construction of...

A top lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party echoed on Sunday a call by the defence chief to pause a contested judicial overhaul, and raised the...

Turkiye's presidential spokesman said Saturday that Ankara has left the door open to Stockholm's bid to join NATO if it shows will and determination, Anadolu reports. "The door is...

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Saturday called on the government to halt legislation on changes to the judiciary, saying the bitter dispute over the measures poses a danger...

The final exchange, caught on camera between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian host and counterpart, Vladimir Putin, sums up the current geopolitical conflict, still in its...

Qatayef pies, the most famous Arab dessert in Ramadan

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for the trial of those responsible for the attack on the Church of Gethsemane in occupied Jerusalem. On Friday, Russian Foreign...

The Grand Mufti of Oman Ahmed Bin Hamad Al-Khalili has called for providing the Palestinian people with financial aid to help them withstand the Israeli occupation. Al-Khalili shared in...

Israeli Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis revealed on Thursday that Israel is running a water project in Western Sahara, which it recognises as Moroccan territory, Moroccan...

Senior Israeli army officials have warned of a major crisis in light of "tangible threats of multi-front escalation," Akka news website reported on Friday. The senior army officials, according...

Despite the recent pledge made at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit to suspend new settlement units, the Israeli occupation government issued tenders for 1,029 settlement units, Israeli rights group Peace...

Between Thursday and Friday morning, the Syrian National Earthquake Centre recorded 34 tremors hitting Syria and Turkiye with intensities ranging between 4.1 and 4.9 magnitudes, with a depth of...

The National Democratic Assembly (NDA) on Friday condemned the "cowardly attack" on the house of the Salesian Sisters in the city of Nazareth several days ago, Arab48.com reported. In...