Middle East news
- India
Maha: Woman stranded in Oman due to agent’s handiwork brought back to India
Palghar: A woman from Maharashtra’s Palghar district who was stuck in Oman as her passport and visa were allegedly confiscated by an agent has been brought back to the country and reunited…
- Middle East
UAE: Filipino expats take home suitcases full of onions as prices hit Rs 737/kg
From salads to stews, onions are a staple in almost every Filipino dish, but now this vegetable costs nearly three times as much as chicken in the Philippines, expats in the UAE are taking…
- Middle East
Turkish envoy presents credentials to Israeli President
Jerusalem: Turkey’s new Ambassador to Israel, Sakir Ozkan Torunlar presented his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, marking the latest step in rebuilding relations between the two countries after years of acrimony.…
- Middle East
Putin, Raisi discuss bilateral cooperation, Syrian crisis in telephone call
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral cooperation and the situation in Syria in a phone call. The leaders stressed the need to further develop bilateral…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to establish joint venture to invest in mining assets
Riyadh: The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) have announced that they would jointly establish a new company to invest in global mining assets. The company’s…
- Middle East
Palestinian stabs Israeli settler, killed: Israel
Jerusalem: A knife-wielding Palestinian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli settler before being shot and killed at a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said. The Palestinian, a resident of…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia planning to increase investments in Pakistan to USD 10 billion
Riyadh: Pakistan, which is facing a severe cash crunch, has found a ray of hope in Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has directed officials to…
- Middle East
4 killed in massive fire in Iran
Tehran: A massive fire that broke out in a company in Iran’s northern province of Qazvin killed at least four people and injured two others, Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. The…
- Middle East
Israel completes sale of Haifa Port for $1.15 bn
Jerusalem: Israel has finalised the privatisation of Haifa Port, one of the country’s leading ports, Israel’s Finance Ministry said in a statement. The state-owned Mediterranean port, located in northern Israel, was sold…
- Middle East
Israeli hi-tech’s fundraising down 42% in 2022: Report
Jerusalem: Israel’s hi-tech companies have raised a total of $14.95 billion in 2022, the Israeli IVC Research Center reported. This is a sharp decrease of nearly 42 percent, compared with the record-high…
- Middle East
Trump admin’s decision to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal great strategic blunder: Official
Washington: The previous Donald Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the JCPOA, a crucial agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, is one of the greatest strategic blunders of US foreign policy in recent…
- Middle East
Iranian Speaker holds Trump legally accountable for killing Soleimani
Tehran: Speaker of Iran’s Parliament said that former US President Donald Trump and all his “accomplices” must be held legally accountable for the assassination of late military commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020.…
- Pakistan
Iran, Pakistan call for setting up joint military task force
Tehran: Top Iranian and Pakistani military commanders have called for establishing a joint military working group, the official IRNA news agency reported. The remarks were made in a phone conversation on Sunday…
- Middle East
Iraq reopens Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone to traffic
Baghdad: The Iraqi authorities decided on Sunday to reopen the entrances and streets to traffic in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad. The decision was made under the directives of…
- Middle East
Iran executes two more men over ongoing anti-hijab protests
Tehran: The Iranian authorities on Saturday, executed two men for allegedly killing a security official during ongoing anti-hijab protests movement in the country for nearly four months. The two men, who were executed,…
