Middle East
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Israel’s Netanyahu signs coalition deal with 2nd far-right party
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and far-right Noam party signed a coalition deal, moving Netanyahu one step…
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Bomb blast kills 5 soldiers in Yemen’s oil-rich Shabwa
Aden (Yemen): At least five members of Yemen’s government forces were killed in a bomb explosion in the country’s southern oil-rich…
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Palestinian president calls for backing soft resistance against Israel in West Bank
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for backing the soft, peaceful, and popular resistance against Israel in the West…
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Turkish Prez, Pakistani PM inaugurate new ship for Pakistan Navy
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif jointly inaugurated a corvette warship, which was…
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1 killed, 2 injured in in steel factory explosion in Iran
Tehran: At least one person was killed and two others injured in an explosion in the Bafaq steel complex in…
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Woman gives birth to child in the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah
Madina: A woman gave birth to a baby in the courtyard of Masjid Nabawi in Madinah. According to media reports, the…
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FIFA World Cup: Man caught hiding alcohol in binoculars
Doha: During the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 match in Qatar, a man was caught trying to enter the ground by…
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Houthi drone attack kills 3 govt soldiers in Yemen
Sanaa: Three Yemeni soldiers were killed in the southern province of Dhalea in a drone attack launched by the Houthi…
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Very heavy rain lashes Jeddah; emergency alert issued
Jeddah: Jeddah in Saudi Arabia witnessed very heavy rain on Thursday. Flights were delayed and schools had to be closed. The…
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Brazilian sports influencer moved by Azaan; calls it ‘one of the best things’ in Qatar
Finding himself captivated by the Muslims’ call to prayer, or Azaan, a popular Brazilian sports influencer Carter Batista described it…
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Dubai port fire: Court upholds verdict against Indian, 4 others
Dubai: The Court of Appeals in Dubai has upheld a verdict against five men, including an Indian, who were convicted…
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1 dead, 14 injured in Jerusalem explosions
Jerusalem: At least one person was killed and 14 others were injured in two separate explosions in Jerusalem on Wednesday.…
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Kharge expresses grief over loss of lives in firing incident
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the loss of lives at a firing incident…
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5.9-magnitude quake hits Turkey, 22 injured
Ankara: A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck western Turkey near the town of Duzce on Wednesday,…
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Iran denies military deployment toward Iraqi borders
Tehran: The Iranian Ambassador to Iraq has denied any Iranian military deployment toward Iraqi borders, the IRIB news agency reported.…
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Dubai NRI couple’s killer loses death sentence appeal
Dubai: A Pakistani man convicted of murdering an Indian couple in Dubai during a break-in and robbery attempt in 2020,…
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Saudi Arabia denies discussion on oil output increase
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman denied media reports that his country is mulling an oil output increase.…
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Zakir Naik trending as Qatar invites him to preach Islam amid FIFA World Cup
Controversial televangelist Zakir Naik is trending on social media as Qatar invites him to deliver lectures preaching Islam ahead of…
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Indian fined $6,806 for drunk driving, crashing vehicle in Dubai
Dubai, Nov 21 (IANS) An Indian man has been fined 25,000 dirhams ($6,806) for drunken-driving and fleeing the scene after…
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Iran’s Prez says backing ‘terrorism’ not in West’s interests
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has slammed the US, France and a number of other European countries for “flagrantly supporting…
