- Middle East
After 3 Israel attacks, sidelined Palestinian issue reemerges
Tel Aviv: Three deadly attacks in Israel in a week have raised questions over Israel’s approach to its conflict with the Palestinians, after years of efforts to sideline the issue and focus…
- World
Russia vows to scale back operatios near Kyiv as talks progress
Kyiv: Russia announced Tuesday it will significantly scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as the outlines of a possible deal to end the grinding war came into view…
- Middle East
Israel: Five killed in mass shooting spree
Tel Aviv: A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, killing at least five people in the second mass shooting rampage this week. While…
- Middle East
Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jeddah attack
Sanaa: A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city, officials said Saturday. At least eight people were killed.…
- World
COVID: China continues ‘severe and complex’ fight against outbreak
Taipei: China continues to battle its worst COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the omicron variant, with health officials on Friday calling the situation severe and complex.” The country has counted more than 56,000…
- Middle East
Iran blames US for nuclear deal delays
Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister claimed Thursday that his country is ready to reach a lasting agreement with world powers, blaming the latest failure to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal on an allegedly…
- World
Russia-Ukraine war: US to accept 100,000 Ukraine refugees
Brussels: The United States will expand its sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, targeting members of the country’s parliament and the central bank’s gold reserves, the White House…
- Middle East
Iran’s FM in Syria to discuss Ukraine war, ties with Arabs
Damascus: The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria, two allies of Russia, will here on Wednesday discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and other developments, Syria’s foreign minister said. Syrian Foreign Minister…
- World
Russia attacked humanitarian convoy in Mariupol: Zelenskyy
Lviv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces not only blocked a humanitarian convoy trying to reach besieged Mariupol with desperately needed supplies on Tuesday but took captive some of the rescue…
- Middle East
Satellite photos show Yemen rebels hit Saudi oil site again
Dubai: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels this week struck the same oil storage tank in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah they had previously hit two years ago, satellite photos showed Tuesday. Satellite…
- Middle East
Israeli PM, UAE crown prince in Egypt for diplomatic talks
Cairo: Israel’s prime minister and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi were in Egypt for meetings with its president on Monday, officials said, including discussions on the repercussions of the Ukraine war.…
- World
US official: Biden fortified Saudi’s Patriot missile supply
Washington: The US has transferred a significant number of Patriot antimissile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in recent weeks as the Biden administration looks to ease what has been a point of tension…
- Middle East
Kuwait, among world’s hottest places, lags on climate action
Jahra: Kuwait reached a scorching temperature of 53.2 degrees Celsius (127.7 degrees Fahrenheit), making it among the hottest places on earth. It was so hot in Kuwait last summer that birds dropped…
- Middle East
General says Iran, Israel missile strikes put US troops at risk
Washington: The exchange of missile strikes by Iran and Israel in Iraq and Syria puts US forces at risk, the top US commander for the Middle East said Friday, just days after an…
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Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nighttime video address to the nation that he is thankful to U.S. President Joe Biden for additional military aid but won’t say specifically what…
