- Middle East
Iran denies aiding Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US strikes, threat from Trump
Tehran: Iran on Sunday once again denied aiding Yemen’s Houthi rebels after the United States launched a wave of airstrikes against them and President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would be held…
- Middle East
Death toll in US airstrikes on Yemen Houthis climbs to 31
Sanaa: The Houthi rebel-run Health Ministry says the death toll from US strikes on Yemen has climbed to 31, including women and children. Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the ministry, said Sunday…
- World
US arrests 2nd person who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia
New York: Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student, they announced Friday. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian…
- Middle East
Dozens of Syrian Druze make rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Mandal Shams: Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades. The nearly 100 Syrian…
- Middle East
Hamas agrees to release US-Israeli hostage, bodies of 4 other dual nationals
Jerusalem: Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-national hostages who died in captivity. Hamas did not…
- Middle East
Qatar to supply natural gas to Syria amid electricity crisis
Damascus: Qatar will provide natural gas supplies to Syria with the aim of generating 400 megawatts of electricity a day, in a measure to help address the war-battered country’s severe electricity shortages,…
- Middle East
Iran uses drones, facial recognition to enforce headscarf: UN
Geneva: Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those…
- Middle East
Orban aide says Netanyahu to visit Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant
Budapest: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Hungary in the coming weeks, a Hungarian minister said Thursday, despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the…
- Middle East
Emirati diplomat with Trump’s letter meets with Iran’s foreign minister
Dubai: An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from US President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Iran’s foreign minister. Iranian state television showed Emirati official Anwar Gargash meeting…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthi rebels vow to resume attacks on Israeli ships
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned shippers early Wednesday that “any Israeli vessel” travelling through nearby Mideast waters is now a target as Israel continues to block aid to the Gaza Strip. The…
- Middle East
Syria’s interim govt signs historic deal with Kurds, secures nationwide control
Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army.…
- Business
Tesla stock plummets 14% to $226.11, lowest since October
New York: Shares of Tesla are sliding again Monday as confidence in Elon Musk’s electric car company continues to disintegrate following a post-election “Trump bump”. In afternoon trading Monday, Tesla shares fell…
- Middle East
Iran open to US talks, but only on nuclear militarisation
Tehran: Iran said Sunday it would consider negotiations with the United States if the talks were confined to concerns about the militarisation of its nuclear programme. In a statement posted on X,…
- News
Tariffs to take effect April 2, Trump says amid recession concerns
West Palm Beach: President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of higher prices, and…
- World
Man with Palestinian flag arrested after 16-hour standoff on Big Ben
London: Following a dramatic 16‑hour standoff, authorities arrested a man early Sunday who had scaled the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London, barefoot and carrying a Palestinian…
