Israeli president on first-ever visit to UAE

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog started his first visit to the United Arab Emirates yesterday, the latest high-profile diplomatic trip since the countries normalised ties.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Israel supports security needs of UAE: President on first visit

Israel's president, making his first visit on Sunday to the United Arab Emirates, said his country supports the Gulf state's security needs and wants more countries in the region to join its new detente with the Arab world.
30 January 2022, 17:23 PM

Restaurant in conservative Saudi Arabia offers meals with 'vampires and zombies'

A restaurant in Saudi Arabia is offering patrons in the conservative kingdom a unique experience -- dishes with a side of skull and blood in the company of zombies and vampires.
30 January 2022, 10:19 AM

Syria Kurds retake prison, ending six-day IS attack

Kurdish forces yesterday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.
26 January 2022, 18:00 PM

KSA, Thailand restore diplomatic ties

Saudi Arabia and Thailand have announced the resumption of diplomatic ties, after more than three decades of frozen relations linked to the theft of jewels from
26 January 2022, 18:00 PM

South Korea pays Iran’s UN dues

Iran is expected to regain its vote in the UN General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran’s delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds in the country, South Korea said yesterday.
23 January 2022, 18:00 PM

IS-Kurds battle toll in Syria crosses 120

At least 120 people have been killed in Syria including seven civilians as battles between US-backed Kurdish forces and Islamic State group fighters raged for a fourth day, a war monitor said yesterday.
23 January 2022, 18:00 PM

70 killed as IS, Kurds clash for 3rd day in Syria

Fighting raged for a third day yesterday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, in violence that has claimed over 70 lives, a monitor said. 
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen prison: Death toll climbs to at least 82

The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday.
22 January 2022, 13:21 PM

Iran in talks with Russia to build nuclear power units

Iran is in talks with Russia over the construction of two new units at its sole nuclear power plant, the Islamic republic’s atomic energy agency said yesterday.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Dozens killed in Iraq, Syria

The Islamic State group on Friday attacked a Syria prison housing fellow jihadists and a military base in Iraq in near simultaneous deadly operations that revived fears of a IS resurgence. 
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Yemen raids kill at least 60

Three children and more than 60 adults are reported to have been killed in air strikes in Yemen on Friday, Save the Children said, after a Reuters witness said several people including African migrants were killed in a raid in Saada province.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM

At least 70 killed in Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni prison

More than 200 people were either killed or wounded in an air strike on a prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation of violence on Friday.
21 January 2022, 16:32 PM

Iran deal still possible after ‘modest progress’: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday that he believed reviving the Iran nuclear deal was still possible after “modest progress” in talks, after meeting with European allies in Berlin.
20 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Indonesia passes law to relocate capital

Indonesia’s parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the planning minister said yesterday. 
18 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Deadly Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi will not go unpunished: UAE

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group attacked the United Arab Emirates using drones on Monday, setting off explosions in fuel trucks that killed three people and causing a fire near the airport of Abu Dhabi, capital of the region's commercial and tourism hub.
17 January 2022, 18:54 PM

Philippines to buy Indian missile system for $375m

The Philippines has finalised a deal to acquire a shore-based anti-ship missile system from India for nearly $375 million to beef up its navy, the Southeast Asian nation’s defence minister said.
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM

UN voices ‘concern’ over key Yemen port after military claim

The UN mission in Yemen’s rebel-held port of Hodeida yesterday expressed “great concern” over claims it was being used for military purposes and demanded access for an inspection.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Saudi princess, proponent of women's rights, freed from jail after 3 years

Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital, a human rights group said on Saturday.
8 January 2022, 14:12 PM

Palestinian killed by Israel army in West Bank: medics

A Palestinian was killed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank early yesterday, Palestinian medical and security sources said. 
6 January 2022, 18:00 PM