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Clashes on Syria’s coast kill three after Alawite mosque bombing

Latakia: Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others, health officials said. The…
Israel’s far-right party moves to restrict Adhan across occupied Palestine

Jerusalem: Israel’s far-right Otzma Yehudit party has advanced new legislation seeking to restrict the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan) within the Green Line (the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948), according to Israeli…

Freezing rain floods Gaza camps, leaves displaced Palestinians in dire conditions

Khan Younis: Rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding makeshift encampments with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by the two-year war attempted to stay dry in tents frayed by months…
Iran’s President says his country is in full-scale war with West

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the US, Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Monday with US President…
Syria mosque bombing: Hundreds mourn as fears of sectarian violence rise

Homs: Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday in the rain and cold outside of a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs for the funeral of eight people killed in a bombing,…
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland rejected by African bodies

Nairobi: Africa’s regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected the recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation by Israel a day earlier, the first by any country in more…
Video: Israeli soldier rams into Palestinian man offering Namaz

An Israeli reservist soldier rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian man who was offering Namaz in the occupied West Bank on December 25, with the Israeli military claiming they have terminated the…

UAE: Indian expat student dies of cardiac arrest

Sharjah: A 17-year-old Indian expat student in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Thursday, December 24, just two weeks after celebrating her birthday, according to media…
Israel recognises Somaliland, Arab states condemn move

Israel has become the first country in the world to formally recognise the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland as an independent state, a move that has sparked fierce regional and international condemnation…
Saudi Arabia deports more Indians than US in 2025: MEA

More than 24,600 Indians were deported from 81 countries in 2025, according to the data tabled by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in the Rajya Sabha on December 18, with Saudi…
Palestinian attacker kills 2 in Israel with car; IDF raids his hometown

Jerusalem: A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an…
Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 6 dead, 21 wounded

Beirut: A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least six people and wounded 21 others, authorities said. Images released by Syria’s state-run…
Israel’s global brand ranking sinks to bottom for second time

Israel has ranked last in the 2025 Nation Brands Index (NBI), according to data released by BrandIL on Thursday, December 25, the second consecutive time it has happened and the steepest annual…
Yemen separatists accuse Saudi Arabia of launching airstrikes against their forces

Aden: Separatists in southern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of targeting their forces with airstrikes, something not immediately acknowledged by the kingdom after it warned the forces to withdraw from governorates…
Buried 18K Palestinian bodies since Oct 2023: Funeral director

A 65-year-old mortician in Gaza said he has buried at least 18,000 Palestinian bodies since the Israel-Palestine conflict re-emerged in October 2023. Yousef Abu Hatab, who witnessed one of the worst tragedies…