Middle East

Jordan’s King Abdullah received a phone call from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the royal palace said on Sunday in what officials said was the first such communication since the ...

Bahrain hosted the Israeli foreign minister on Thursday for the highest-level visit since the countries established ties last year and which included a tour of a U.S. naval headquarters ...

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and a Palestinian woman who tried to stab officers in Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli police said. ...

Hundreds of relatives of victims of last year’s Beirut port explosion, some chanting and some silent, took to the streets on Wednesday angry that an investigation into the disaster ...

Etihad Airways is working on what would be its third financing transaction linked to sustainable investment considerations, the Abu Dhabi government-owned airline’s treasurer said on Wednesday. Environmental, social and ...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed to officially launch the Cyprus Lebanon IT Hub (CLITH). Signed and confirmed during an online press conference, this initiative aims to bring the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Iran had crossed “all red lines” in its nuclear program and vowed that Israel would not allow Tehran to acquire a ...

Saudi Arabia plans to issue green bonds soon, an official said on Monday, as the oil-producing kingdom seeks to embrace environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns to expand its investor ...

Bahrain is considering doubling value added tax to 10 per cent to boost state revenues and reduce its budget deficit, a Bahraini parliamentary source and a source close to the government ...

Several thousand demonstrators rallied in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to protest against President Kais Saied’s seizure of power, calling on him to step down in the biggest show ...

Israeli forces killed at least four Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in a statement, ...

Venezuela has agreed to a key contract to swap its heavy oil for Iranian condensate that it can use to improve the quality of its tar-like crude, with the first ...

Cyprus is moving closer to its goal to end energy isolation, with significant developments concerning electricity interconnections with its neighbouring countries. According to Cyprus News Agency (CNA) sources, developments on ...

Cyprus will be at the EXPO2020 world fair between October 1 2021 and March 31 2022 to share its history and cultural heritage with visitors, promote the island as a tourist destination, advance its ...

Majed Sait and his wife are spending their honeymoon on a cruise in the turquoise waters off Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, a voyage that is still a novelty ...

The first world fair to be held in the Middle East, Expo 2020 Dubai, opens its doors to exhibitors from almost 200 countries on Oct. 1 after being delayed for a year by ...

The United Arab Emirates’ economy minister will lead a high-level delegation to Britain this week, the ministry said on Sunday, as the Gulf state seeks to deepen trade ties. Abdulla ...

The United Arab Emirates will give favourable treatment to a locally-owned conglomerate after it pledged on Saturday to hire thousands of citizens, days after the government unveiled a $6.5 billion plan ...

A drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many as 10 civilians, including seven children, the U.S. military said on Friday, apologizing for what it called a “tragic mistake”. ...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday that authorities had executed nine men who were convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Samad, then the armed group’s ...

The United Arab Emirates could invest at least a further 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) in the United Kingdom this year after pledging 10 billion pounds this week to its investment partnership with ...

The mooted deal for Bahrain’s national airline Gulf Air to use Larnaca airport as a hub for a number of international destinations has the potential to open up the ...

Israel’s economy grew faster than previously estimated in the second quarter, bouncing back strongly after most COVID-19 related restrictions were lifted. Gross domestic product grew 16.6 per cent at an ...

Lebanon’s outgoing finance minister Ghazi Wazni said on Tuesday a contract for a forensic audit of the central bank would be signed in a few days by the new ...