Middle East

The UN Security Council held another emergency meeting Wednesday on worsening hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, again without agreeing on a joint statement due to opposition from the US,...

Russia has vaccinated over 14 million people against COVID-19 so far with at least one dose, RIA news cited Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova as saying on Wednesday, clarifying...

German police have detained more than a dozen men in three cities suspected of damaging a synagogue with stones, burning Israeli flags and starting a fire at a memorial...

Two senior Trump administration officials plan to defend their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol when they appear before Congress, with former acting Defense Secretary...

Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an...

Pope Francis expressed his pleasure on Wednesday at being once again among his flock as he delivered his weekly general audience in public for the first time in six...

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Wednesday reported 1,508 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,477 recoveries and 2 deaths. The new cases were detected through...

The International Criminal Court’s main prosecutor said on Wednesday that she was closely watching Israel and Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, for potential new war...

Introduction of vaccine passports and other such measures making it easier for passengers to travel. Airlines in the UAE and around the world have been consistently embracing...

Iranian ultra-conservative ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put his name forward Wednesday as a candidate to succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in elections next month.“Millions of people across the country have...