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Iran on Thursday issued a series of sanctions against several figures and entities in the United States and the United Kingdom over their support for...
Iran on Thursday issued a series of sanctions against several figures and entities in the United States and the United Kingdom over their support for...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza's far-southern Rafah city "with...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said on Monday that bilateral agreements with the United States were “very, very close” as Riyadh seeks...
BEIRUT — At least four people, including a child, were reportedly injured by stray bullets in Lebanon’s northern Akkar district during a funeral...
Representatives of the rival Palestinian Hamas and Fatah factions are scheduled to meet in China on Friday for discussions on Palestinian...
A Hamas official expressed on Wednesday the movement’s readiness to lay down its weapons and transition into a political party if an independent...
A high-level North Korean economic delegation embarked on a rare public visit to Iran this week, as the region witnesses mounting tensions amid the...
The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday with fears mounting of an Israeli invasion in the overcrowded south of the besieged Gaza Strip...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah fired several drones at Israeli military bases near Haifa Tuesday, in the deepest strikes inside...
Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah on Monday denied reports that it had resumed its armed attacks against US forces in the region following a social...
Dozens of Iranians headed to Saudi Arabia on Monday to perform the umrah pilgrimage for the first time in nine years, in the latest indication of...
A Houthi official in Yemen called this week for the resumption of food aid distribution in the war-torn country to ward off “dangerous stages of...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country will decide how to respond to Iran's unprecedented attack as world leaders...
Saudi Arabia has been leading calls for calm in the wake of the Iranian attack on Israel earlier this week that sparked fears of a wider conflict that...
A slew of threats are coming out of Iran against any Israeli response to the Iranian attack against the Jewish state over the weekend, amid an...
Israel bombed war-battered Gaza, Hamas said Monday, as world leaders awaited Israel's reaction but urged de-escalation after Iran's unprecedented...
Sudan marks on Monday one year since the devastating civil conflict erupted, triggering a humanitarian crisis that United Nations agencies and rights...
BEIRUT — Sectarian tensions are running high in Lebanon after the killing earlier in the week of a senior official in one of the country’s largest...
BEIRUT — As the Middle East celebrates the first day of Eid al-Fitr religious holiday on Wednesday, the region remains fraught with conflicts in...
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Jeddah on Tuesday, in the first visit to Saudi...
BEIRUT — The kidnapping of a local official of the Lebanese Forces (LF), one of the largest Christian political parties in Lebanon, over the weekend...
Israel’s government announced on Friday that it will reopen a key border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow for more aid into the besieged...
Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan witnessed heavy clashes overnight between Sunni militants and security forces, leaving...
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller urged Thursday the newly-formed Palestinian government to take on reforms. “We have encouraged them to...
An Iranian court this week sentenced 11 women's rights advocates to prison terms totaling 60 years, as authorities in the Islamic Republic continue...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas approved a new cabinet Thursday amid growing reports that a new government and a reformed PA will take...
In a historic first, Saudi Arabia will be represented at the Miss Universe beauty pageant this year, as the conservative kingdom moves toward more...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah fired a fresh salvo of rockets toward northern Israel on Wednesday after a deadly round of violence...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Tehran on Tuesday at the head of a high-level delegation, on his second visit to Iran since the Israel-Hamas...
As the US military continues to strike Houthi targets in Yemen in retaliation for the group’s repeated attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea,...
The world’s worst humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan, where the civil war is approaching its one-year anniversary, while the world’s...
BEIRUT — A prominent Hezbollah official headed to the United Arab Emirates this week in an unprecedented visit by a member of the militant...
China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed a meeting between Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian and the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in...
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza's Rafah would be a "mistake," as...
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday Israel had blocked him from entering the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip where the...
Russia’s allies in the region were quick to congratulate President Vladimir Putin on his reelection, as the Russian leader faces growing Western...
The Palestinian group Hamas has put forward a new cease-fire proposal that involves the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian...
The Palestinian group Hamas has put forward a new cease-fire proposal that involves the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian...
The Palestinian Hamas movement has put forward a new cease-fire proposal that involves the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian...
Amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and ensuing tensions in the region, Israeli officials are increasingly appearing in Saudi-owned print and broadcast...
BEIRUT — A Hamas official was killed when an Israeli drone strike struck his car in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the latest movement figure to be...
The Israeli military resumed airstrikes in northeastern Lebanon on Tuesday after exchanging fire with Hezbollah overnight. Late on Monday, Israel...
BEIRUT — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met on Friday in Nicosia with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to discuss...
Five months into the Israel-Hamas war, journalists continue to fall victim to Israel's relentless bombardment and shelling in the Gaza Strip, making...
The United Nations is sounding the alarm of an imminent hunger crisis in Sudan as millions of people face the growing risk of famine, which would make...
The Sudanese army has agreed to engage in indirect negotiations with the rival Rapid Support Forces through the mediation of Libya and Turkey, as the...
Mediators in Cairo persisted Monday with efforts towards a Gaza truce after Israel's top ally the United States stepped up pressure for a halt in...
BEIRUT — US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Monday for talks on a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah as Washington intensifies its...
With cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalating at an alarming rate, an incident involving the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon...