Yemeni gives her time, wages to treat children
Mahmoud offers treatments and maternal health, malnutrition and vaccine advice in Jarb to help displaced people fleeing the frontlines of Yemen's war
10% of UAE private sector
workers should be Emiratis
The Gulf state plans to spend $6.53bn to create 75,000 private sector jobs for its citizens over five years
Lebanon gets new PM amid economic meltdown
Najib Mikati, a billionaire telecommunications tycoon, takes the reins in a country careening into an economic abyss
Palestinians still free after jailbreak
A huge manhunt has failed to find six Palestinian prisoners who escaped an Israeli jail early on Monday morning
Syrian refugees tortured on return
The report comes as pressure piles on Syrian refugees in some Western countries such as Denmark to go home
Turkey, UAE rein in dispute that fuelled conflict
The two countries are expected to focus on building economic ties and de-escalating, rather than resolving, an ideological rift
IS claims responsibility of attack on Iraqi police, killing 10
Islamic State, whose militants are active in the area, claimed responsibility for the attack through its Amaq News Agency on Telegram
Palestinians finally have vaccines
But disinformation and conspiracy theories have led to widespread hesitancy
Arabian nights buzz
While Saudis usually escape the desert country over the summer when temperatures can reach over 50 degrees Celsius, the pandemic has seen them flock to restaurants and ca...
New Israeli leader backs hard line on Iran
In an interview before meeting with President Biden, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he opposed US efforts to reinstate a nuclear agreement with Iran and ruled out pe...
Israel quietly allows Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Jewish activists say they are exercising their right to free worship at a site holy to Jews and Muslims. But the change upsets a longstanding compromise aimed at staving ...
Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza
Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel
Iran resumes fuel
exports to Afghanistan
It follows a request from the Taliban, union says
Millions of Lebanese face water shortages: UNICEF
Lebanon is at a low point in a two-year financial meltdown, with a lack of fuel oil and gasoline meaning extensive blackouts and long lines at the few gas stations still ...
20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion
At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said
Iran’s health system ‘beyond disastrous’ from COVID surge
The Delta variant has overwhelmed the country, which has been reeling from the pandemic since it began, presenting a stark test for its hard-line president
Traders bid for sweetest
dates at Saudi festival
Farmers, traders and consumers wend their way through piles of the fruit stacked on metal carts at the annual seasonal market
Rocket fire from Lebanon
triggers sirens in Israel
Rockets are fired towards Israel from southern Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese security source says
Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president
The mid-ranking Shi'ite cleric formally started his four-year term on Tuesday when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed his victory in the June election
Tensions flare again along Israel-Lebanon border
Amid rising frictions in the region, Israeli officials hinted they would respond forcefully to recent escalations linked to Iran
Is Iran’s supreme leader truly supreme?
Ebrahim Raisi won a June election and became Iran’s president. Critics said Raisi’s victory reflects the choice of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
