Two Israeli hostages killed in Israeli strikes, Hamas says

Gaza [Palestine], February 12: Israeli strikes on the Gaza strip over the past 96 hours have killed two Israeli hostages and seriously injured eight others,...

Nato chief says Donald Trump comments 'undermine all of our security'

Washington [US], February 12: Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect Nato allies by failing to spend enough on defence "undermines all of our...

Netanyahu insists on Rafah offensive as warnings mount

Jerusalem [Israel], February 12: Israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in Rafah - the city in southern Gaza crammed with Palestinian...

UAE President receives condolences from Emir of Qatar over Emirati martyrs

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 12: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a call offering condolences from His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin...

Mohammed bin Rashid meets with IMF Managing Director

Dubai [UAE], February 12: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today met with Kristalina Georgieva,...

Expo Centre Sharjah, World Trade Centre Istanbul discuss boosting cooperation

Sharjah [UAE], February 12: The Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) and the World Trade Centre Istanbul (WTCI) have discussed ways of boosting cooperation and coordination to...

Lebanon to resume returning Syrian refugees to homeland: minister

Beirut [Lebanon], February 11: Lebanon will soon resume returning Syrian refugees to their homeland, Lebanese Minister of the Displaced Issam Charafeddine said on Saturday.

1 wounded in armed attack during Istanbul mayor election campaign

Istanbul [Turkey], February 11: A woman was injured in an armed attack on Saturday during the mayoral election campaign of Türkiye's ruling Justice and Development...

Israel's finance minister defends economy outlook after Moody's downgrade

Jerusalem [Israel], February 11: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Saturday brushed off Moody's downgrade of Israel's credit ratings for the first time.

At least 25 killed in Israeli bombing on southern Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], February 11: At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombing of a house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on...

Chinese New Year festivities in Germany kick off with traditional concert

Berlin [Germany], February 11: Chinese New Year celebrations in the German city of Duesseldorf kicked off here with a traditional Chinese concert on Saturday.

No survivors found in California helicopter crash

California [US], February 11: No survivors have been found Saturday, 16 hours after a helicopter with six people on board crashed near the California-Nevada border,...

Death toll climbs to 35 in Tuesday's landslide in Philippines, with 77...

Manila [Philippines], February 11: The death toll in a massive landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province in southern Philippines has climbed...

Afghanistan's permanent seat in U.N. must be given to Islamic Emirate: senior...

Kabul [Afghanistan], February 11: Afghanistan's Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlawi Abdul Kabir said Afghanistan's permanent seat in the United Nations must be given...

3 killed, 14 injured as van blows tire on Philippines' highway

Manila [Philippines], February 11: A van blew a tire on a highway in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, and crashed into a roadside barrier, killing...

4.7-magnitude quake rocks Japan's Noto region

Tokyo [Japan], February 11: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 jolted Japan's Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture, the weather agency said here on...

Palestinian families torn apart amid war in Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], February 11: Wisam Hamada, a Palestinian woman in Gaza, could not forget the trembling voice of her child Hind, when the six-year-old girl...

Iraq calls for int'l intervention to thwart Israeli military plan in Rafah

Baghdad [Iraq], February 11: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged the international community to thwart an Israeli plan to launch a military operation in...

Yemeni leader meets with UN envoy on political solution to civil conflict

Aden [Yemen], February 11: Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Saturday received UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg in Aden to...

U.S.-British airstrikes hit Houthi targets in Yemen's Hodeidah

Sana'a [Yemen], February 11: The United States and Britain launched new airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Saturday,...

Iranian FM discusses Gaza situation with Palestinian resistance group leaders

Tehran[Iran], February 11; Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday exchanged views with the leaders of the Palestinian resistance groups on the latest developments of...

Malaysia: Top Court Declares "Void And Invalid" Some Sharia Laws'

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 11: In a historic ruling that may have an impact on comparable sharia laws in other Muslim-majority regions of the nation,...

Hungarian president resigns over sex abuse case pardon

Budapest [Hungary], February 11: Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual...

Canadian man opens Thai Airways plane door before takeoff

Ottawa [Canada], February 11: A Canadian tourist opened the door of a Thai Airways (THAI.BK), opens new tab flight that was preparing to take off...

Philippine landslide death toll climbs to 35

Manila [Philippines], February 11: The number of people killed by a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 35, an official said on Sunday,...

US: Oregon reports first human case of Bubonic plague in nearly a...

Oregon [USA], February 11: The Oregon state of the US reported its first human case of bubonic plague in nearly a decade, the New York...

Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

United Nations, February 10: UN humanitarians on Friday highlighted a harrowing statistic: 700,000 children in Sudan are now facing the most severe form of malnutrition...