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…

Israeli PM scraps war cabinet after key departures

June 17 (BBC/GNA) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his six-member war cabinet, a widely expected decision that follows the departure of…

Hajj begins as Saudi Arabia expects 2 million pilgrims

Riyadh, Jun. 14, (dpa/GNA) – Muslims from around the world started the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Friday, with authorities expecting 2 million people to gather…

Number of casualties in Gaza ‘far too high’ says US defence minister

Washington, Jun. 14, (dpa/GNA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called on Israel to better protect the civilian population in the Gaza Strip as it seeks to…

US: Greek-owned vessel damaged by Houthi attack

Washington, Jun. 13, (dpa/GNA) – An unmanned surface vessel launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels has hit a Greek-owned and operated ship off the coast of Yemen, the…

Dozens killed in fire at Kuwait building housing foreign workers

June 12 (CNN/GNA) — At least 49 people have been killed after a fire broke out in a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait City, state…

‘Immense’ scale of Gaza killings amount to crime against humanity, UN inquiry says

Geneva, June 12 (Reuters/GNA) – Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a U.N. inquiry found on…

Blinken arrives in Cairo on latest Middle East tour

Cairo, Jun. 10, (dpa/GNA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Cairo on Monday, the first leg of his Middle East tour aimed at brokering…