- Middle East
Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war
Cairo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Cairo for talks on Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion…
- Middle East
Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank gun battle: Palestine
Nablus: Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said. The local rescue service…
- World
Monkeypox virus could become entrenched as new STD in the US
New York: The spread of monkeypox in the US could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet…
- World
WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an extraordinary situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur…
- World
Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms
Washington: President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a…
- Afghanistan
UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan’s Taliban
Islamabad: Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security, on the whole, has improved since then, the United Nations…
- Middle East
Vladimir Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
Tehran: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding…
- Middle East
UAE sentences Jamal Khashoggi’s former lawyer to 3 years in prison
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has sentenced the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi – the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018 – to three years…
- World
Russia increases attacks across Ukraine’s north, east, south
Kramatorsk Russian forces fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine on Saturday after Russia’s military announced it was stepping up its onslaught against its neighbour. Ukraine reported at least 17…
- Middle East
Biden says US ‘will not walk away’ from Middle East
Jeddah: President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States will not walk away from the Middle East as he tries to ensure stability in…
- Middle East
Joe Biden meets with Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Saudi Arabia
Jeddah: President Joe Biden began his final day in Saudi Arabia by meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who survived an assassination attempt with explosive drones last year. Some in the…
- Middle East
Pro-Palestinian rally gathers near Biden route
Jerusalem: President Joe Biden has announced $100 million in U.S. assistance for east Jerusalem hospitals that serve as “the backbone” of health care for Palestinians. He spoke Friday during a visit to…
- World
Biden says US won’t wait ‘forever’ for Iran on nuclear deal
Jerusalem: President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States is not going to wait forever for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, a day after saying he’d be willing to…
- Middle East
Joe Biden assure Israelis to halt Iranian nuclear program
Tel Aviv: President Joe Biden on Wednesday opened his first visit to the Mideast since taking office by offering anxious Israeli leaders strong reassurances of his determination to stop Iran’s growing nuclear program, saying…
- Middle East
Joe Biden heads to Middle East for first tour as President
Washington: Joe Biden starts the first visit to the Middle East of his presidency with a monumental task: assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear…
