Hamas names new leader as Iran threat puts Middle East on edge

Beirut, Aug. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Yehya al-Sinwar, the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has been chosen to replace the late Ismail Haniyeh as the top…

Residents of Hezbollah stronghold leave homes, fearing onset of war

Beirut, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – Residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold on the outskirts of the capital, began leaving their homes and looking for other…

Border between Israel and Lebanon heats up as they exchange fire

Beirut/Tel Aviv, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Israel struck 10 “terror targets” including a weapons depot for the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement on Tuesday, killing one of the group’s…

Dozens feared dead after boat carrying 45 migrants capsizes off Yemen

Cairo, Jul. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Only four survivors have been found after a boat carrying 45 refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen, the United…

Militants bomb girls’ school in north-western Pakistan

Islamabad, Jul. 22, (dpa/GNA) – A girls’ school was blown up by suspected militants in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, in yet another incident targeting female…

Number of Palestinian children killed in West Bank surges, UN says

Geneva, Jul. 22, (dpa/GNA) – At least 143 Palestinian children and young people have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past nine months,…

Syria: Assad’s Baath party wins majority in parliamentary polls

Damascus, Jul. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s party and its allies have swept an expected majority of seats in the war-torn country’s parliamentary election. The…

Devastating storm in Afghanistan leaves some 40 dead, hundreds hurt

Islamabad, Jul. 16, (dpa/GNA) – A powerful storm ripped through Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, leaving nearly 40 people dead and at least 347 injured, according…

Sixteen missing after oil tanker capsizes off Oman coast

Beirut, Jul. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Sixteen crew members were missing after their Comorian-flagged oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman, the sultanate’s Maritime Security Centre (MSC) said…

Death toll rises to six in shooting near a mosque in Oman

Beirut, Jul. 16, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from a shooting near a Shiite mosque in Oman’s capital on Tuesday has risen from four to six and now includes…

UN warns nearly 500,000 face ‘catastrophic levels of hunger’ in Gaza

Tel Aviv, Jul. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Almost half a million people in the Gaza Strip are suffering from “catastrophic levels of hunger,” the United Nations warned on…

Official: Most UNRWA schools in Gaza Strip hit during war

Gaza, Jul. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Two thirds of schools run by the Palestinian relief organization UNRWA in the Gaza Strip have suffered damage since the start of…

Reports: Israeli army kills four militants in West Bank

Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Jul. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Several armed militants have been killed in an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian media…

Iranians vote in run-off election between hardliner and reformist

Tehran, Jul. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei kicked off the run-off election for the Iranian presidential elections by casting his own ballot on…

Iranians head to the polls to elect new president

Tehran, Jun. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Iran is set to elect a new president on Friday, with some 61 million voters called upon to choose a successor to…

Heatwaves prompts UAE, Saudi Arabia to shorten Friday prayers

Cairo, Jun. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are shortening the traditional Friday prayers due to intense heat, until the end of…

Police in Pakistan detain 23 people for deadly mob lynching

Islamabad, Jun. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Police in north-western Pakistan have arrested at least 23 individuals who were allegedly part of a mob that lynched a man to…

US: Greek-owned ship en route to Egypt damaged by Houthi attack

Washington, Jun. 24, (dpa/GNA) – A Greek-owned and operated ship en route to Egypt was damaged in an attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, the US Central…

41 die during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid soaring heat

Cairo, Jun. 18, (dpa/GNA) – At least 41 Jordanians have died due to heatstroke during the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Jordan said on Tuesday, as…

UN high commissioner warns of ‘full-scale’ Israel-Lebanon war

Geneva, Jun. 18, (dpa/GNA) – UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has warned of another major conflict in the Middle East. “I am extremely worried about the…