A promising life is cut short in Lebanon
Fares, a 24-year-old paramedic, was planning her wedding — instead, her family held her funeral after she died in the explosion that tore through Beirut.
Blame for Beirut blast begins with a ship
The bleak tale of chronic negligence started over six years ago, when an indebted vessel and its volatile cargo pulled into port. It ended in a giant explosion
Lebanon mourns victims of devastating blast
Dozens still missing in Beirut after Tuesday's huge blast
In Beirut, shock turns to anger
Many see the explosion as the culmination of years of mismanagement and neglect by Lebanon’s political leaders
Large fire breaks out in UAE
The fire erupts in a market in the emirate of Ajman
Search for answers,
survivors in Beirut
Rescue workers dig through rubble as fires continued to burn in the Lebanese capital where an explosion killed over 100 and left tens of thousands homeless
What we know about Beirut explosions
Over 100 people were killed, and the second blast was felt as far away as Cyprus. An investigation and a search for survivors are underway
Beirut death toll expected to rise
The blast killed at least 100 and injured nearly 4,000 in Lebanon
Beirut strangers treated me like a friend
A survivor’s account of the horrid blast in Beirut
UAE first to open nuclear power plant in Arab
The United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to open a nuclear power plant Saturday
Pilgrims arrive in Makkah for Hajj
The coronavirus pandemic has curtailed the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, limiting the number of people and barring people from outside the kingdom
Scaled-back Hajj begins in Saudi
International visitors have been banned from making the journey to Mecca in a bid to curb the pandemic
Saudi proposes political resolution to Yemeni government
ReutersSaudi Arabia has presented a resolution to implement the stalled Riyadh agreement, the Saudi state news agency said in a statement, but there was no announcement o...
Iran’s ex-president woos Saudi prince as pen pal
Ahmadinejad, known for his Holocaust denial and disputed re-election in 2009, writes a warm letter to the crown prince, calling him a man of peace
Saudi prince tried
to bring spy chief
back from abroad
Since his father became king, Mohammed has taken charge of military, economic and social policies while targeting critics and foes with travel bans, detentions and lawsui...
Hagia Sophia to host first Muslim prayers
President Erdogan declared the building once again a mosque after a top Turkish court ruled in favour of annulling its museum status
Yemen's children starve amid rising famine fears
Fears of famine in Yemen are resurfacing, the United Nations says
UAE's migrant workers fret over future
The coronavirus crisis takes a heavy toll on the economies of the oil-rich Gulf, heavily reliant on low-paid foreign workers
Saudi king in stable condition
Saudi state TV aired a video having no sound with King Salman seen behind a desk, wordlessly reading and leafing through documents
Saudi King Salman
admitted to hospital
The king, who has ruled the world's largest oil exporter and close US ally since 2015, was undergoing medical checks
25 m Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus: Rouhani
Figures were far higher than Iran's official count of 271,606 cases
