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…
Middle East
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…
Gantz quits Israeli emergency government in row over Gaza’s future
Tel Aviv, Jun. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Influential Israeli politician Benny Gantz is leaving the emergency government formed in Israel following the attack by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas…
Iran approves six candidates out of 80 for presidential election
Tehran, Jun. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s Guardian Council, an appointed council made up of six clerics and six jurists charged with interpreting Iran’s constitution, has excluded a…
Sources: Yemen’s Houthis detain 12 UN workers
Sana’a, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have detained 12 United Nations employees in a crackdown in several areas of the war-wracked country, local sources close…
Taliban court whips 63 convicts in northern Afghanistan
Islamabad, Jun. 4, (dpa/GNA) – The Taliban Supreme Court said on Tuesday that a court in Afghanistan’s northern province of Sar-e-Pul has whipped 63 convicts, including 14 women,…
Iran’s former nuclear negotiator Larijani submits presidential bid
Tehran, May 31, (dpa/GNA) – Ali Larijani, Iran’s former parliamentary speaker and chief nuclear negotiator, has submitted his candidacy to run for president, in a snap poll…
Slow-moving convoy sets off in protest against the Israeli government
Tel Aviv, May 28, (dpa/GNA) – A slow-moving convoy of Israeli protesters set off in their vehicles on Tuesday morning to show their anger at Prime Minister…
Dozens reported killed in fresh Israeli attacks on Rafah
Gaza, May 28, (dpa/GNA) – Palestinian medics on Tuesday said dozens of people have died in fresh Israeli attacks on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, two days…
The ICJ orders Israel to halt its Rafah military offensive
May 24 (Reuters/GNA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a…
Iran to hold presidential election on June 28
TEHRAN, May 22, (Xinhua/GNA) — Iran’s government decided on Monday, that the country’s 14th presidential election would be held on June 28, the official…
Syria’s first lady has leukaemia, presidency says
Damascus, May 22, (dpa/GNA) – Syria’s first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday. “After the appearance of several clinical…
Food distribution in Rafah suspended due to security situation
Tel Aviv, May 22, (dpa/GNA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) temporarily suspended food distribution in Rafah…
US military says 569 tons of aid delivered through Gaza pier
Tel Aviv, May 21, (dpa/GNA) – The US military on Tuesday said that over 569 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered to the Gaza Strip through…
Huge crowd attends funeral procession for Iran’s president
Tehran, May 21, (dpa/GNA) – The first of several funeral ceremonies began in Iran for president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of Sundays…