Middle East Headlines

WASHINGTON, April 17 (KUNA) -- Roughly half of US adults have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Saturday. Across the country, more than 128 million p...

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has hailed Leeds United's fearless approach under coach Marcelo Bielsa and warned his players of the unique challenges the Yorkshire outfit pose, unlike any other team in the Premier League....

TUNIS, April 17 (KUNA) -- Tunisia reported 78 deaths attributed to coronavirus, while 2,199 people returned positive results over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Saturday. The North African nation has registered 283,976 COVID-19 cases and 9,71...

Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) today reported 827 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) and 659 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people recovered in Qatar to 173,257....

PARIS, April 17 (KUNA) -- France confirmed 189 COVID-19 deaths, and 35,861 infections in the past 24 hours on Saturday. A statement by the Ministry of Health said that the total fatalities reached 100,404 casualties, along with 5,260,182 infections since ...

Protesters press on with weekly demonstrations against PM, as he struggles to form a governmentProtesters press on with weekly demonstrations against PM, as he struggles to form a government...

Philippine authorities said yesterday they have seized some 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25mn in one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country....

Former president George W Bush has stepped into the US debate on immigration, saying migrants are "a force for good" and arguing for a gradual process to allow undocumented immigrants to earn legal status....

The EU, Russia and Iran hailed progress at nuclear talks yesterday as discussions resumed in Vienna following an attack on one of Tehran's nuclear sites....

Libya launched yesterday its coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination campaign for the general population in Tripoli, with the elderly and healthcare workers given priority in the conflict-hit North African nation....

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will join a special Asean summit next week, the Thai foreign ministry said yesterday, his first official trip since masterminding a coup which deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi....

A series of attacks in Iraq this week illustrates the increasingly dangerous tangle of local and regional rivalries confronting the country's security in an election year, Iraqi security and government officials say....

At least five people were killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh yesterday after police opened fire on a crowd of workers protesting to demand unpaid wages and a pay rise at a Chinese-backed power plant, officials and police said....

IAF attacks Hamas terror targets in retaliation for Gaza rocket fire....

IAF attacks Hamas terror targets in retaliation for Gaza rocket fire....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Protests have taken place six nights in a row in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic sto ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Protests have taken place six nights in a row in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic sto ....

Canada on Saturday reported a second case of rare blood clots with low platelets after immunization with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in a week, while it...

The State Department on Saturday ordered non-essential diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Chad to leave the African nation due to potential insurgent attacks...

Tunisia on Saturday announced the closure of all schools until April 30, as well as restrictions on movement, to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus....

AMMAN, April 17 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society launched the (Iftar) fasting project, which includes distributing meals to 15,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan throughout the holy month of Ramadan. Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani told KUNA,...

'Unthinkable that day after day we hear about attacks on Jews in the city of Jerusalem,' MK says....

'Unthinkable that day after day we hear about attacks on Jews in the city of Jerusalem,' MK says....

The man accused of going on a shooting rampage at a Southern California business, killing four people, should not have been allowed to buy or own guns...

Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology giant and give up control, as meetings with Chinese regulators signaled to the company that the move could help draw a line under Beijing's scrutiny of ...

Doctors demand access to jailed Kremlin critic as his health rapidly deterioratesDoctors demand access to jailed Kremlin critic as his health rapidly deteriorates...

South Africa's health regulator, on Saturday, recommended that the government lift the pause on administering drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19...

In a recording, NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales can be heard claiming Israel is an 'apartheid state,' criticizing 'propaganda trips.'...

In a recording, NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales can be heard claiming Israel is an 'apartheid state,' criticizing 'propaganda trips.'...

Lebanon records 32 coronavirus deaths, 1,695 cases in 24 hours...

A senior Iranian official offered an upbeat assessment of progress in talks aimed at bringing the United States back into world powers' 2015 deal with Tehran on its nuclear program, saying Saturday that a "new understanding" appears to be taki...

France will impose a 10-day quarantine on arrivals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and South Africa over concerns about variants of the coronavirus, the...

WASHINGTON, April 17 (KUNA) -- The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering three million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. The...

Rights groups and US lawmakers had criticised US president over earlier plan to keep Trump-era limit in place for 2021....

The IDF has begun field testing a new unmanned vehicle which will read the battlefield automatically and use machine learning to reach targets and react to situations....

The United Arab Emirates has sparked anger among Palestinians by congratulating Israel on its so-called Independence Day, declared in 1948....

Indian coronavirus mutation has 'several signs' that are 'not good,' show it may be vaccine-resistant, coronavirus czar Prof. Ash says....

Indian coronavirus mutation has 'several signs' that are 'not good,' show it may be vaccine-resistant, coronavirus czar Prof. Ash says....

UN watchdog confirms Iranian claim to enrich to near weapons-grade level; underground enrichment at plant was hit by bomb last weekUN watchdog confirms Iranian claim to enrich to near weapons-grade level; underground enrichment at plant was hit by bomb la...