Middle East IMF lowers Saudi Arabia’s 2024 growth forecast to 1.5% ABU DHABI: The International Monetary Fund further lowered its GDP growth forecast for Saudi Arabia for 2024 to 1.5%... Published 22 Oct, 2024 07:06pm
Middle East Lebanon’s Hezbollah says there will be no negotiations during fighting BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Tuesday that there will be no negotiations while fighting continues, and that it... Published 22 Oct, 2024 05:23pm
Middle East War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says BERLIN: The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza’s... Published 22 Oct, 2024 05:14pm
Middle East Iran says neighbours won’t allow use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for attack KUWAIT CITY: Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their “soil or airspace” for any attack,... Published 22 Oct, 2024 02:09pm
Middle East Israeli strike kills 13 including child near south Beirut hospital BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry on Tuesday said 13 people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike... Updated 22 Oct, 2024 06:40pm
Middle East Antony Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East... Published 22 Oct, 2024 12:02pm
Middle East KDP leads in Iraqi Kurdish parliamentary election results SULAIMANIYA: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has emerged as the leading party in the long-awaited Iraqi Kurdish... Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say