Aide to Iran’s Khamenei visits family of woman killed in custody
An aide to Iran’s supreme leader paid condolences to the family of a woman whose death in police custody has sparked days of protests and promised their rights would ...
Palestinian police clash with gunmen in West Bank, one killed
Palestinian gunmen clashed with Palestinian Authority security forces in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and one man was killed in the confrontations, which broke out after the arrest of ...
Lebanon says to take Novatek’s 20 per cent share in oil and gas consortium
Lebanon said on Monday it will take over Novatek’s 20 per cent share in a consortium licensed to explore two offshore oil and gas blocs after the Russian gas giant ...
Gulf, Egypt stocks tumble on global growth worries
Gulf markets and Egyptian stocks sharply declined on Sunday as global economic growth woes kept oil prices under pressure and pushed investors away from the region.
Investors are bracing for ...
Protests break out at funeral of Iranian woman who died after morals police arrest
Protests broke out in western Iran on Saturday at the funeral of a young woman who died after being detained by morality police enforcing strict hijab rules, as security forces ...
Israel attacks Damascus airport, five soldiers killed, Syria says
Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria’s Damascus International airport and other positions south of the capital, killing five soldiers and causing material damage, the ministry of defence said ...
Bank holdups snowball in Lebanon as depositors demand their own money
Five Lebanese banks were held up by depositors seeking access to their own money frozen in the banking system on Friday, in a spiralling spate of holdups this week spurred ...
Israel to reprimand Chile for snubbing its new ambassador to Santiago
A diplomatic tussle intensified on Friday after Chile’s president put off accepting the credentials of Israel’s new ambassador to Santiago over the killing in the occupied West Bank ...
Lebanon parliament postpones budget talks, slowing IMF reform checklist
Lebanon’s parliament on Friday suspended talks on the 2022 budget after a walk-out by lawmakers sent attendance below quorum, further delaying efforts to complete requirements to access IMF funds to ...
Israel annual inflation dips to 4.6 per cent in August after topping 5 per cent in July
Israel’s annual consumer price index (CPI) of inflation dipped to a 4.6 per cent rate in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, easing from a 14-year high ...
Just how bad is Lebanon’s economic crisis?
Savers held up two banks in Lebanon on Wednesday to demand access to their own deposits frozen in the country’s paralysed financial system, underlining desperation among citizens unable to ...
Israeli-Palestinian violence simmers in West Bank with raids, clashes
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Thursday during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, the latest in a string of deadly incidents that have ...
Depositors hold up two Lebanese banks to grab their own money
Two seemingly armed and desperate Lebanese depositors held up banks on Wednesday to force access to their own money, which has been blocked during a national financial meltdown.
One woman ...
Majority of fans want FIFA to compensate Qatar’s migrant workers – Amnesty
A majority of football fans from 15 countries would support FIFA compensating migrant workers in Qatar for human rights violations during the country’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International ...
Two Palestinian gunmen, Israeli army officer killed in West Bank clash
Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian gunmen on Wednesday in a clash near the boundary with the occupied West Bank in which an army officer was also killed, a military ...
Long lines and lack of water mar Qatar World Cup stadium trial
“Stop! Can’t you see the metro station is full? Stop!” a frazzled supervisor shouted as green-vested marshals linked arms to contain thousands of fans streaming from the stadium that ...
Lebanon central bank stops providing dollars for gasoline imports
Lebanon’s central bank said it has entirely ceased providing dollars for gasoline imports in a move that will likely lead to higher and more volatile prices as well as ...
Iran says ready for nuclear cooperation but threatens it can hit Israeli cities with drones
Iran said on Monday it was ready to continue cooperating with U.N. nuclear watchdog while revealing a drone capable of hitting major cities in Israel, which has threatened to ...
Israel’s El Al Airlines agrees to repay state’s COVID loan by year end
El Al Israel Airlines (ELAL.TA) plans to repay a $45 million loan that it took from the government during the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year, under a ...
UAE H1 tourism revenues top $5 bln – vice president
The United Arab Emirates’ tourism revenues were 19 billion dirhams ($5.17 billion) in the first half of 2022, its vice president said on Sunday in a tweet.
Numbers of hotel guests rose 42 per ...
Saudi GDP up 12.2 per cent in second quarter, exceeding initial estimate
Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product expanded by 12.2 per cent in the second quarter compared with the same period of 2021, data showed on Wednesday, as the world’s top ...
Gulf states demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive
Gulf Arab states have demanded that U.S. streaming giant Netflix NFLX.O remove content deemed offensive to “Islamic and societal values” in the region, Saudi Arabia’s media regulator ...
Iran sentences two women to death for ‘corruption on earth’
Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of “corruption on earth” and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported ...
Credit Suisse expands in Qatar, launches tech hub
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will expand in Qatar via a partnership with the Gulf country’s Investment Promotion Agency (IPA Qatar), the Swiss bank said on Monday.
It will create ...