Iran defiant as it holds day of anti-Israel protests
AFP | Iran held its annual day of protest against Israel on Friday, determined to show defiance at a time of mounting pressure from the...
Israel says medic killed in Gaza was ‘human shield’
AFP | Israel on Thursday said that a Palestinian medical volunteer shot dead during violence along the Gaza border had agreed to serve as a...
Seeking tourists, Israel promotes a different sun and sand
AFP | Israel has already been credited with making the desert bloom. Now it hopes to make it boom -- with tourists. Seeking to bolster tourism...
Al-Qaeda warns Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Salman over his ‘sinful’ policies of liberalization
News Desk | The extremist organization Al-Qaeda has labeled the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman's rapid liberalization project a ‘sin' that includes the re-opening...
A year of blockade: Qatar stands firm
News Analysis | A year ago, Gulf quartet Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Egypt decided to impose an air, land and sea blockade...
Netanyahu warns Germany: Stop Iran or expect more refugees
AFP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned Germany that it could see many more Syrian refugees if Berlin fails to adopt a...
Jordanian protests: Revisiting the Arab Spring and setting a benchmark
James M Dorsey | Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political crisis shed a new...
Al Qaeda threatens Prince Salman for his “sinful reforms”
News Analysis | Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is a wing of the banned militant outfits which were, in the past, spearheaded by...
In Gaza, grief and pain for slain ‘angel of mercy’ paramedic
News Desk | Too worn out to shed more tears, Sabreen al-Najjar recalls the last time she saw her daughter alive."She stood up and smiled...
2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefield
James M Dorsey | A possible Saudi-Iranian clash on the soccer pitch promises to be a highlight of this month’s World Cup in Russia. It...
Netanyahu heads to Europe seeking about-face on Iran
AFP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarks Monday on a three-day European tour in Germany set to be dominated by strategic differences on Iran,...
Hollywood biopic on UAE’s Sheikh Zayed to release soon
News Desk | A Hollywood film production company STX is set to produce the first biopic movie on the founding father of Dubai, Sheikh Zayed...