Middle East

US designates 16 Saudis for Khashoggi killing

Protesters hold pictures of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian Consulate. Photo…

UAE, Saudi Arabia pledge US$200 million for Yemen

Foreign Correspondents Club of the UAE Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy. Photo courtesy of WAM ABU DHABI, April 9 (NNN-WAM)…

Ankara, Moscow eye clearing Idlib, Syria of terrorism

Idlib must be completely cleared of terrorism, Turkish President Erdogan tells joint news conference with Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy of…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah condemns US blocking aid to Iran’s flood victims

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 8 (NNN-IRNA) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah in a message late on Sunday denounced US blocking of relief aid…

Top Waqf official returns to Al-Aqsa after 40-day ban

JERUSALEM, April 8 (NNN-Ma’an) — Following a 40-day ban order from Israeli authorities, Waqf Council chairman, Sheikh Abd al-Athim Salhab,…

PPS: Israel detained over 6,000 Palestinian children since 2015

RAMALLAH, April 8 (NNN-Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained more than 6,000 Palestinian children since 2015, according to the Palestine Prisoner’s…

Palestinian prisoners shelve planned mass hunger strike in Israel’s jails

RAMALLAH, April 8 (NNN-WAFA) — Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails Sunday shelved their planned mass hunger strike in protest of…

Israel to impose general closure on West Bank during election

RAMALLAH, April 08 (NNN-WAFA) — Israeli occupation authorities said they will impose a general closure of the West Bank and…

UN envoy arrives in Yemen’s rebel-held capital to offer new plan for salvaging peace deal

SANAA, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday for crisis…

Iraqi forces capture IS militants in operations in eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Iraqi forces dismantled three Daesh sleeper cells and arrested a number of militants, including a…