- Middle East
Etihad Airways says it is buying Boeing aircraft during Trump trip
Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways announced Friday it would purchase 28 wide-body Boeing aircraft during a visit by President Donald Trump to the United Arab Emirates. Etihad is the government-owned airline of Abu Dhabi…
- Middle East
Indian scholar freed by US judge after detention over support for Palestine
Alexandria: A Georgetown scholar from India who was arrested amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign college students was released from immigration detention Wednesday after a federal judge’s ruling. Badar Khan Suri,…
- Middle East
Trump says only two solutions for Iran are ‘intelligent’ or ‘brutal’
Doha: President Donald Trump kept up pressure Thursday on Iran, warning Tehran that a deal over its nuclear programme or potentially airstrikes are the only two solutions to the diplomatic impasse. Speaking…
- Middle East
Trump to visit US troops in Qatar as he rejects America’s ‘interventionist’ past in region
Doha: President Donald Trump on Thursday will visit a US installation at the centre of American involvement in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject…
- Middle East
54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says
Khan Younis: A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis. An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes…
- Middle East
Trump’s Qatar trip off to flying start as Air Force One gets another fighter jet escort
Doha: President Donald Trump’s trip to Qatar is off to a flying start. Like Saudi Arabia a day earlier, Qatar didn’t bother waiting for Trump to land before setting out to impress…
- Middle East
Scores of migrant workers, including Indians, dying on Saudi job sites, say rights groups
Riyadh: Scores of labourers from countries including India, Bangladesh and Nepal have faced preventable deaths from electrocution, road accidents, falling from heights, and more while working in Saudi Arabia, according to a…
- Middle East
Trump tells Gulf leaders Iran must end proxy support for nuclear deal
Riyadh: President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday that he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear programme but that Tehran must end its support…
- Middle East
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 60 people, including 22 children
Gaza Strip: At least 22 children were killed in Gaza early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, according to local hospitals and health officials. The strikes killed at…
- Middle East
Trump meets interim Syrian President in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: US President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years. The meeting, on the sidelines of Trump…
- Middle East
Syrians cheer Trump’s announcement on sanctions
Damascus: Syrians cheered Trump’s announcement that America will move to lift sanctions on the beleaguered Middle East nation. People in the capital, Damascus, whistled and cheered the news as fireworks lit the…
- Middle East
Trump to ease sanctions on Syria, restore relations with new leader
Riyadh: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalise relations and lift sanctions on Syria’s new government to give the country “a chance at peace.” Trump was set to meet…
- Middle East
UN humanitarian chief blasts Israel for ‘deliberately’ blocking aid to Gaza
United Nations: The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel on Tuesday for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians, including the risk of famine — one of the strongest condemnations…
- World
Trump warns Iran of ‘massive maximum pressure’ on Nuclear deal
Riyadh: President Donald Trump in a speech in Saudi Arabia urged Iran to take a “new and a better path” as he pushes Tehran for a new nuclear deal, but he also…
- World
Canadian PM Carney shakes up Cabinet, names new foreign minister
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a major Cabinet shakeup, including a new foreign minister, on Tuesday as he shapes a newly re-elected Liberal government. Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau earlier…
