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Iran slaps new sanctions on EU and UK in tit-for-tat move
Jan 25, 2023
TEHRAN — Iran imposed sanctions on Wednesday on 34 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures they have taken over Tehran’s response to months-long protests.Tehran’s move comes two days after the EU and Britain slapped another round of sanctions on the Islamic republic, which has been rocked by prot ...
UNESCO lists Yemen, Lebanon sites as world heritage in danger
Jan 25, 2023
PARIS — The United Nations on Wednesday inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war- ...
Lebanon judge probing Beirut blast takes aim at top justice officials
Jan 24, 2023
BEIRUT — Lebanon's campaigning judge Tarek Bitar, who is investigating the deadly 202 ...
Israel, Gaza fighters trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid
Jan 27, 2023
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Israel launched air strikes on Gaza on Friday in response to militant rocket fire from the Pa ...
Egypt unveils ancient ‘secret keeper’ tomb, golden mummy
Jan 26, 2023
SAQQARA, Egypt — Egypt unveiled on Thursday a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king’s “secret keeper”, discovered in ...
Beirut blast victims' relatives rally for embattled probe judge
Jan 26, 2023
BEIRUT — Families of the victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion rallied Thursday to support the judge who has resumed work on the ...
Nine killed in Israel West Bank raid: Palestinian ministry
Jan 26, 2023
Jenin (Palestinian Territories) – An Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank's Jenin refugee camp Thursday killed nine Palestinians incl ...
Beirut blast probe resumes after 13 months — judicial source
Jan 23, 2023
BEIRUT — The Lebanese judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast has resumed his work, a judicial official said Monday, after a 1 ...
Building collapse in war-damaged Syria city kills 16
Jan 22, 2023
ALEPPO, Syria — A building collapsed on Sunday in Syria’s war-damaged second city of Aleppo, killing 16 people including children, with the ...
Six dead in siege at mayor’s office in Mogadishu
Jan 22, 2023
MOGADISHU — At least six people were killed on Sunday in an attack by Al Shabaab militants at the mayor’s office in central Mogadishu, polic ...
Arab states boycott regional meet in divided Libya's capital
Jan 22, 2023
TRIPOLI — Major Arab states boycotted a ministerial meeting hosted by Libya's interim government on Sunday, with just five of the Arab Leagu ...
Al Shabaab attack kills seven Somali soldiers
Jan 21, 2023
MOGADISHU — An Al Shabaab attack killed seven soldiers on Friday at a military camp in a Somali town retaken by the army this week in a majo ...
Shakespeare in Yemen: Tragedy offers respite from war
Jan 21, 2023
ADEN — “To be, or not to be”: On a stage in Yemen, William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” rings out in Arabic, a tragedy that resonates with an audi ...
Iraq to hang 14 people for Daesh massacre of cadets
Jan 26, 2023
Iraqi central bank chief leaves post amid currency volatility
Jan 23, 2023
US forces capture Daesh members in Syria raid
Jan 23, 2023
Iran slams EU parliament for urging terror label on Guards
Jan 19, 2023
UK vows more action against Iran after execution
Jan 17, 2023
Sudan post-coup talks ‘open’ to holdout groups — US envoy
Jan 14, 2023
Tunisia jails all-women extremist group
Jan 12, 2023
US Navy says it seizes weapons en route from Iran to Yemen
Jan 10, 2023
Israel, Arab allies talk security at Abu Dhabi meeting
Jan 10, 2023
Palestinian PM says Israeli sanctions 'new war'
Jan 09, 2023
Syria Kurds say arrested more than 100 Daesh suspects
Jan 07, 2023
Iran executes two more men in connection with protests
Jan 07, 2023
Algerian poet, ex-minister says won’t run for president
Jan 07, 2023
Lebanon charges seven for Irish UN peacekeeper killing
Jan 05, 2023
UAE says it led arrest of ‘most wanted’ people smuggler
Jan 05, 2023
Dozens of Christian graves vandalised in Jerusalem
Jan 04, 2023
Turkey hosts Syria opposition after outreach to Assad
Jan 04, 2023
Tunisia opposition says hit by politically motivated probes
Jan 03, 2023
Iran's judiciary confirms death sentence for protester
Jan 02, 2023
Israeli strikes on Syrian capital's airport kill four — monitor
Jan 02, 2023
General Assembly refers Israeli occupation to UN court
Dec 31, 2022
New meeting between Turkey and Syria slated for January
Dec 31, 2022

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