Middle East

Washington: The United Nations is seeking nearly $80 million from donor nations for an emergency operation to remove a million barrels of crude oil from a...

Muscat: Saudi Arabia has decided to increase the number of pilgrims this year to one million, and those over 65 will not be allowed to perform Hajj.Oman...

Tripoli: Stephanie Williams, the adviser to the UN secretary-general for Libya, on Friday stressed the UN priority to hold general elections in the country...

Tel Aviv [Islrael]: At least two people were killed and eight others injured in a shooting incident in Israel's Tel Aviv on Thursday night, the latest...

Beirut: Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Saade Chami on Monday announced "the bankruptcy of the state and the Central Bank of Lebanon," al-Jadeed local TV...

Beirut: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi on Saturday urged the Lebanese government to work to rebuild the country's...

Cairo: This week was a turbulent one for Egypt's 102 million people.First, the government devalued the Egyptian pound by 14% against the US dollar to combat...

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the recent Houthi-claimed attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia, a UN spokesman said...

Cairo: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities presented its recent discoveries on Saturday which include five tombs belonging to a pharaonic necropolis...

Baghdad: Four Katyusha rockets on Thursday struck the Balad Air Base, Iraq's largest military airbase in the north of the capital Baghdad, a local security...