Category: News

The British Royal Navy has seized more than a ton of illicit drugs worth almost £15 million ($20.3 million) in the Gulf of Oman, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) … Read More

Lebanon’s former three-time Prime Minister Saad Hariri has pulled out of the country’s political scene, suspending a turbulent 17-year career as the country’s most prominent Sunni politician, and throwing the … Read More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the decision by a major European human rights group to begin infringement proceedings against Ankara over its failure to free Osman Kavala, a … Read More

Three hostile drones were intercepted over the United Arab Emirates at dawn on Wednesday, the country’s defense ministry said.

Iraqi-Kurdish politician Hoshyar Zebari’s bid to run for the presidency faces a major hurdle, dealing a blow to kingmaker Moqtada al-Sadr’s ambitions to form a government without Iran’s allies.

The beheading of a 17-year-old girl​,​ allegedly by her husband​, in ​western Iran’s Khuzestan province last week has once again raised concern over ​the country’s laws around murder and gender-based … Read More

Large crowds turned out in the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday for the funerals of three men shot dead by Israeli forces.

Iran and the United States return to Vienna Tuesday for another attempt at reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement abandoned by the Trump administration. Here are some issues to watch out … Read More

Israel’s government is set to consider opening a commission of inquiry into the police amid growing anger over the alleged police use of Pegasus hacking software against a wide array … Read More

The so-called caliphate has lost its leader again, but experts warn the resurgence of the group is likely to press on undeterred.