Middle East

The International Monetary Fund has announced that it now expects Middle East and North Africa economies to grow by just 2.6 per cent in 2025 as uncertainties stemming from a global trade ...

Saudi Arabia’s economy grew in the first quarter, supported by activity in the non-oil sector as the kingdom pushes on with diversifying away from hydrocarbons. Real gross domestic product (...

Cyprus was among the countries which Israel asked for help to combat wildfires raging near Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed. Sa’ar wrote in ...

Israel said it carried out a warning strike against an extremist group that was preparing to attack Druze in Syria, following through on its pledge to protect the minority group ...

Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a “significant breakthrough,” two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday. There was no immediate ...

Corpses covered in dust and debris were scattered in the wreckage of a detention centre for African migrants in Yemen, after what Houthi-controlled television described on Monday as a U....

Israel’s army is flattening the remaining ruins of the city of Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, residents say, in what they fear is a part ...

Qatar’s prime minister said on Sunday that efforts to reach a new ceasefire in Gaza have made some progress but an agreement between Israel and Hamas to end the ...

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to settle Syria’s outstanding arrears of around $15 million to the World Bank, both countries said in a joint statement, paving the way for the ...

Hamas is open to a years-long truce with Israel in Gaza but is not willing to lay down its arms, an official said on Saturday, as leaders of the Palestinian ...

Global ratings agency S&P Global downgraded Bahrain’s outlook to “negative” from “stable”, citing ongoing market volatility and weaker financing conditions that could increase the government’s interest ...

An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel’s military said it ...

The World Bank has granted Lebanon a $250 million loan aimed at helping alleviate persistent power cuts worsened by last year’s war between Israel and Hezbollah, the country’s finance ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas on Wednesday to lay down arms and hand the running of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority, part of efforts to answer international doubts ...

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza killed at least 10 people, while another hit a children’s hospital, local health authorities said, taking Wednesday’s ...

The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes in Gaza for weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total ...

The head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid to sack him followed his refusal to fulfil requests that included spying on Israeli ...

Gulf issuers, including Saudi Arabia’s $925 billion sovereign wealth fund, are working on a round of bond offerings, according to sources, braving debt markets despite recent turmoil ignited by US ...

The Israeli military said a review into last month’s killing of emergency responders in Gaza found there had been “several professional failures” and that a commander would be dismissed ...

A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria’s Latakia port, the first delivery of its kind since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebels in December, the government ...

Hamas’ armed wing said on Saturday the fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was unknown after the group found the guard who was holding the hostage killed. On Tuesday, Hamas ...

By Erin Banco Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that ...

Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, ...

The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president’s office said, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation Israel ...