World Deadly attacks on Gaza, cold weather making it ‘uninhabitable’: UN GENEVA: Relentless attacks against infrastructure and cold weather in Gaza are making the Palestinian enclave... Updated 26 Jan, 2024 10:40pm
World Iran’s Raisi to visit Turkiye for delayed talks with Erdogan ISTANBUL: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will pay an official one-day visit to Turkiye on Wednesday for talks... Published 23 Jan, 2024 06:21pm
World Israel says 24 troops killed in Gaza, highest single-day toll GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, the biggest... Updated 23 Jan, 2024 01:46pm
World New Zealand to send defence team to support Red Sea security SYDNEY: New Zealand will deploy a six-member defence team to the Middle East as part of an international coalition... Published 23 Jan, 2024 10:23am
World EU pushes Israel on two-state solution after war in Gaza BRUSSELS: EU foreign ministers on Monday pressed Israel for an eventual two-state solution with the Palestinians... Published 22 Jan, 2024 05:54pm
World Saudi's foreign minister: No normal Israel ties without path to Palestinian state: CNN WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said there can be no normalization of ties with Israel without resolving... Updated 21 Jan, 2024 10:35pm
World Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say 178 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours in Gaza 62,681 injured in the enclave since October 7 Updated 21 Jan, 2024 09:30pm
World Hamas dismisses Biden comments on Palestinian state GAZA STRIP: A senior Hamas official dismissed on Saturday comments by US President Joe Biden about the possibility... Published 20 Jan, 2024 05:39pm
World Israeli minister says deal needed to free hostages, rescue raid unlikely JERUSALEM: A lightning raid to free Israeli hostages in Gaza is extremely unlikely to succeed and a deal will soon... Published 19 Jan, 2024 06:34pm
World Hezbollah sees all maritime navigation in danger after US strikes on Yemen BEIRUT: The Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday that the United States was wrong if it thought the Houthis of... Published 14 Jan, 2024 10:07pm
Business & Finance Israel’s budget deficit to rise to 6.6%/GDP in 2024 due to Hamas war OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s budget deficit ceiling is expected to rise to 6.6% of gross domestic product in 2024... Published 14 Jan, 2024 05:27pm
World Israel-Hamas war enters 100th day as Netanyahu vows 'no one will stop us' GAZA STRIP: The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 100th day on Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Updated 14 Jan, 2024 10:13pm
World Gaza ministry says dozens killed in Israeli strikes on 99th day of war GAZA STRIP: Health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Saturday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 60... Published 13 Jan, 2024 04:54pm
World Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself THE HAGUE: Israel on Friday rejected as false and “grossly distorted” accusations brought by South Africa at the... Updated 12 Jan, 2024 06:57pm
World UN deplores Israel’s ‘systematic’ refusal to grant access to north Gaza GENEVA: The United Nations humanitarian office said on Friday that Israeli authorities were systematically denying... Published 12 Jan, 2024 05:08pm
World Blinken meets Egypt’s Sisi as Middle East diplomacy tour wraps up CAIRO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Thursday, as... Published 11 Jan, 2024 05:50pm
World South Africa accuses Israel at World Court of genocidal acts in Gaza THE HAGUE: South Africa accused Israel on Thursday of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of... Updated 11 Jan, 2024 10:00pm
World Blinken meets Saudi crown prince before heading to Israel AL-ULA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler before heading to Israel... Published 08 Jan, 2024 09:39pm
World Israel attacks south Gaza as top US diplomat seeks de-escalation GAZA STRIP: Israel attacked in south Gaza and across its border with Lebanon, the army said Monday ahead of a visit... Updated 08 Jan, 2024 09:26pm
World Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians, bomb arms cache in Gaza, military says JERUSALEM: Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip and, in operations in central... Updated 08 Jan, 2024 04:03pm
World Boy survives Gaza strike that kills family after futile search for tents KHAN YOUNIS: Fearful of Israeli air strikes on buildings, Rami Awad spent days looking for tents so that he could... Published 07 Jan, 2024 12:49pm
Markets Oil prices higher on ME tensions HOUSTON: Oil prices settled higher on Friday as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a week-long sweep through... Published 07 Jan, 2024 02:43am
World US and Europe launch new diplomatic drive to stop Gaza war escalating CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Europe’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, embarked on a... Published 05 Jan, 2024 08:13pm
Business & Finance McDonald’s CEO says several markets in Middle East impacted by conflict McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said on Thursday several markets in the Middle East and some outside the region... Published 05 Jan, 2024 02:49pm
World Israel focuses aggression on southern Gaza amid concern over wider war Israeli shelling kills another 14 Palestinians, including nine children Published 04 Jan, 2024 09:36pm
World Israeli forces search house to house in West Bank city RAMALLAH: Israeli forces searched houses in the Nour al-Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm... Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:48pm
World EU’s Borrell urges world to ‘impose’ solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict LISBON: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday said the international community had to “impose” a... Published 03 Jan, 2024 08:24pm
World Killing of Hamas deputy leader in Beirut raises risk of Gaza war spreading BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA: Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 12:05pm
World Israeli drone kills senior Hamas official in Beirut: Security sources BEIRUT: Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut's... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 12:02am
World UK’s Blair denies link to role in ‘resettlement’ of Gazans LONDON: Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair has strongly denied an Israeli media report linking him to talks... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:25pm