Clashes, prayers in Jerusalem on Laylat al-Qadr

Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islam’s holy night of Laylat al-Qadr.
9 May 2021, 08:26 AM

Israel boosts security forces ahead of tense night in Jerusalem

Israel said it was beefing up security forces on Saturday in anticipation of more confrontations with Palestinian protesters, a day after fierce clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque.
8 May 2021, 15:18 PM

Saudi Arabia rejects Israel’s plan to evict Palestinians from Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia has rejected Israel’s plans and measures to evict dozens of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem and impose Israeli sovereignty over them, reported Al Arabiya today.
8 May 2021, 11:01 AM

53 hurt in Jerusalem clash between Palestinians, Israel police

Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police late Friday at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a major holy site sacred to Muslims and Jews, in an escalation of weeks of violence in Jerusalem that has reverberated across the region.
8 May 2021, 02:27 AM

Talks ‘intensify’ on bringing US back to Iran nuclear deal

World powers held a fourth round of high-level talks Friday aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, with both sides signaling a willingness to work out the major stumbling blocks.
7 May 2021, 17:12 PM

Palestinian woman killed, two Israelis wounded in West Bank violence

A Palestinian woman was killed and two Israelis were seriously wounded in two separate shooting incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
3 May 2021, 05:45 AM

Crush at Israeli religious festival kills 44

At least 44 people were crushed to death at an over-crowded religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster".
30 April 2021, 01:34 AM

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ crimes against Palestinians

An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians - and against its own Arab minority - that amount to crimes against humanity.
27 April 2021, 09:23 AM

27 dead in fire at Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients

At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday at a hospital in south-east Baghdad that had been equipped to house Covid-19 patients, medical sources at three nearby hospitals said.
25 April 2021, 01:37 AM

Biden expected to recognize massacre of Armenians as genocide – sources

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, sources said on Wednesday, a move likely to infuriate Turkey and further strain already frayed ties between the two NATO allies.
22 April 2021, 06:17 AM

First batch of Covid vaccines lands in opposition-held Syria

Syria’s last rebel-held enclave received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with a refrigerated truck offloading over 50,000 of United Nations-secured jabs in the overcrowded province.
21 April 2021, 12:24 PM

11 killed, nearly 100 injured after train derails in Egypt's Cairo

At least 11 people were killed on Sunday when some train carriages derailed in Egypt's Qalyubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement.
19 April 2021, 02:30 AM

US says troops to leave Afghanistan by September 11

US President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America’s longest war.
14 April 2021, 01:15 AM

Tarabi prayers shortened at two holy mosques in Saudi Arabia

The Tarabi prayers, this Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah will be shortened to 10 raka’ts from 20 by order of the custodian of the two holy mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.
12 April 2021, 10:18 AM

Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit by terrorism: TV

An incident at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday was caused by an act of "nuclear terrorism", the country's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, according to state TV, adding that Tehran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators.
11 April 2021, 18:02 PM

Jordan's King Abdullah and estranged Prince Hamza make first joint appearance since rift

Jordan’s King Abdullah and former crown prince and half-brother Prince Hamza made their first joint appearance since a rift shook the country, attending a ceremony on Sunday marking 100 years of independence.
11 April 2021, 12:44 PM

Iran reports electrical incident at Natanz nuclear site, no casualties

A problem with the electrical distribution grid of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility caused an incident at the site on Sunday, Iranian Press TV reported, a day after Tehran launched new advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges at the site.
11 April 2021, 10:14 AM

US, Iran clash on sanctions; US sees possible ‘impasse’

US and Iranian officials clashed over what sanctions the United States should lift to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, with Washington predicting an impasse if Tehran sticks to a demand that all sanctions since 2017 be removed.
10 April 2021, 01:43 AM

Major powers meet separately with US, Iran on nuclear deal

Diplomats from major powers met separately with Iran and the United States to discuss how to bring both back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington abandoned three years ago.
8 April 2021, 02:38 AM

World powers, Iran hold ‘constructive’ talks on reviving nuclear deal

Iran and world powers held what they described as “constructive” talks and agreed to form working groups to discuss the sanctions Washington might lift and the nuclear curbs Tehran might observe as they try to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
7 April 2021, 01:31 AM