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Palestine rejects Netanyahu’s remarks on strengthening settlements in West Bank
Ramallah: Palestinian authorities have rejected the remarks of Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on strengthening settlements in the West Bank. “The announcement is contradictory to all resolutions of international legitimacy, most notably…
- Middle East
10 IS militants killed during airstrike in Iraq
Baghdad: The Iraqi aircraft bombarded two hideouts housing about 10 Islamic State (IS) militants in the eastern province of Diyala, possibly killing all of them, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence…
- Middle East
Window for reviving nuclear deal not to open forever: Iranian FM
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that the window for achieving an agreement on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal won’t remain open forever, official news agency IRNA…
- Middle East
One killed, 15 injured in a 17-vehicle pileup in Iran
Tehran: One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a 17-vehicle chain-reaction pileup in the central Iranian city of Arak, Markazi province, reported the semi-official Mehr news agency. The accident…
- Middle East
Israel’s new govt puts West Bank settlement top priority
Jerusalem: Israel’s incoming government led by comeback leader Benjamin Netanyahu released its policy guidelines, putting settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank as its top priority. The policy document, a copy of…
- Middle East
Visa on Arrival resumes in Qatar
New Delhi: As of December 23, Hayya card requirements will be replaced with Visa on Arrival regulations in Qatar. Visa on Arrival is available to travellers from more than 95 different countries,…
- Middle East
Turkey revises up reserves in offshore gas fields: Minister
Ankara: Turkey has revised up its natural gas recoverable reserves in the Sakarya gas field off the Black Sea coast after a re-evaluation work in the existing wells and a new discovery…
- Middle East
Israel launches project to keep water level of Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem: Israel has launched a first-of-its-kind project to flow desalinated water from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee in the northeast of the country. With a cost of about 1 billion…
- Middle East
Israel arrests Palestinian suspected of Jerusalem twin bombings
Jerusalem: Israeli authorities have announced the arrest of a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out deadly twin bombings in Jerusalem on November 23. Israeli police and the internal security agency Shin Bet…
- Opinions
Saudi-Iran ties on mend
Recent developments in Saudi Arabia and Iran seems to be on an upswing and may lead to a better understanding amongst two old foes besides unfolding a new regional and global security…
- Middle East
Netanyahu vows not to allow anti-LGBT laws in Israel
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that his coalition government will not pass bills allowing discrimination against LGBTs and denying them access to services. His remarks came in response to statements…
- Middle East
Mine explosion in Iran kills 2, injures 5
Tehran: At least two people were killed and five others injured in a mine explosion in Iran’s central Semnan Province on Sunday. Mohammad Ali Taheri, head of the Center for Management of…
- Middle East
2 IS militants killed in Iraq
Baghdad: Two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and one soldier wounded in a clash in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, a provincial police source said. Earlier on Sunday, a fierce clash…
- Middle East
‘Israeli govt wants to replace two-state solution with annexation, settlement’
Ramallah: A senior Palestine official said that the new Israeli government formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently is replacing peace and the two-state solution with annexation and settlement. Ahmad Majdalani, a…
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Israel’s exports reach record-high in 2022
Jerusalem: Israel’s exports have registered a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent in 2022 to reach a record high of over $160 billion, according to estimates issued by the Ministry of Economy…
