ARAB NEWS

DUBAI: A candidate in Iran’s presidential election withdrew from the race late Wednesday, becoming the first to back out in order for hard...

TUNIS: A Tunisian soldier was shot dead on Wednesday in an attack on an army patrol in a desert area bordering Libya, the country’s defens...

LONDON: Desperate to escape the violence raging across Sudan, thousands of people are setting off on the perilous journey to neighboring s...

DUBAI/CAIRO: Paramilitaries from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have advanced on the southeastern trading hub of Sennar as they push t...

BEIRUT: Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on Wednesday urged warring parties in the Middle East to accept “peace proposals,” sayin...

Oslo: Norway’s largest pension fund said Wednesday it had divested from US industrial group Caterpillar because of the risk its equipment...

DUBAI: Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with lo...

NEW YORK: Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Pal...

CAIRO: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Wednesday it had received a report of an incident 52 nautical miles so...

WASHINGTON DC: Senior UN officials have warned Israel that they will suspend the world body’s aid operations across Gaza unless Israel act...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said it has succeeded in mediating an exchange of 180 prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine, Emirate...

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory ser...

CAIRO: The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has prevented the medical evacuations of at least 2,000 patients, a World...

CAIRO: Jordan said it barred 10 people from traveling and charged 28 others with human trafficking and fraud who are involved in sending J...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Russia, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yu...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel during a Monday meeting with its defense minister to avoid further escal...

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories: Rafah city center in Gaza lies deserted after most residents fled weeks of fighting between the Israeli mi...

AMMAN: The Qatar Fund for Development, and the International Rescue Committee have launched a project aimed at delivering primary healthca...

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah and French President Emmanuel Macron met on Monday in Paris to discuss the dangerous developments in Gaza an...

CAIRO: Reconciliation talks between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah due to be held in China this month have been delayed an...

GENEVA: The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) on Monday called on partners to fight back against efforts by Is...

PARIS: European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that the Middle East was close to seeing the conflict expanding into Leb...

Nearly 166 million people worldwide are estimated to need urgent action against hunger, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Cl...

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s transport minister denied on Sunday that Hezbollah was storing weapons at Beirut airport, as fears grow of all-out war b...

BEIRUT: Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah...