Middle East Headlines

By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI,India (Reuters) At least seven people have died and another 55 are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide in a remote area of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, local officials said on Thursday....

LONDON (Reuters) Britain told airlines it was up to them to avoid a repeat of recent chaotic scenes at airports during the upcoming summer holiday season, publishing a 22-point plan on Thursday on what it was doing to support the industry....

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) German fashion brand Hugo Boss announced on Thursday it was returning to Formula One with the Aston Martin team, five years after leaving for the electric Formula E series....

The 5 events on the 17th of Tammuz are tied together by the astute explanation given by Rabbi Norman Lamm.z"l on why synagogues fail....

The amount of the grant will change depending on the turnover of the business in a base year....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi in a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev cautioned that security is endangered in any region that Israel finds a f ....

LONDON (Reuters) Britain's forthcoming draft financial services law will "unleash" the sector, UK financial services minister John Glen said on Thursday....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said that the two-day talks between Tehran and the world powers ended in Doha on Wednesday, and added that Iran and ....

ZURICH (Reuters) Barry Callebaut has halted production at its Wieze plant in Belgium after discovering salmonella in a production lot on Monday, the Swiss group said on Thursday....

KYIV (Reuters) The head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, Andriy Yermak, said on Thursday that Russian forces had withdrawn from Snake Island, a strategic Black Sea outpost....

The occupations by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia are often looked upon as identical twin evils, with neither considered preferable to the other....

Kuwait: Kuwait's crude oil exports to Japan in May rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier to 5.55 million barrels, or 179,000 barrels per day (bpd), up for the third month in a row, government data showed Thursday. As Japan's fourth-biggest oil prov...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi described the Caspian Sea as "a region of peace and friendship", and called on all the littoral states to respect each other's ....

By Lucy Raitano (Reuters) The British pound rose against the dollar and euro on Thursday as investors shrugged off official data revealing a record shortfall in the United Kingdom's current account deficit in early 2022....

Thats why the demand for another referendum has sparked a debate about what kind of country the UK truly is....

The 5 events on the 17th of Tammuz are tied together by the astute explanation given by Rabbi Norman Lamm.z"l on why synagogues fail....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The UK pledged a new package of military aid worth 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) to Ukraine, AFP reported citing a Downing Street statement....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin underlined the need for the two countries to support strengthening th ....

LONDON (Reuters) British consumer activity slowed in mid-June, with fewer visits to restaurants, less usage of public transport and a slight fall in credit and debit card spending, data collated by the Office for National Statistics showed on Thursday....

(Reuters) Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday its forces had destroyed a Ukrainian military control centre near the city of Dnipro in a missile strike on Tuesday....

BRUSSELS (Reuters) Euro zone unemployment fell to a new record low in May as the economy continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, even if inflation exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is expected to dampen growth....

LONDON (Reuters) The West must learn from its mistakes in failing to deter Russia's invasion of Ukraine and apply those lessons to Taiwan to "protect peace and stability in the Taiwan strait", British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Thursda...

(Reuters) A first cargo ship has left the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, a local official said on Thursday, after Russia said the port had been de-mined and was ready to resume grain shipments....

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) The U.S. government will provide $1 billion to neighborhoods that have been divided by highways, rail lines or other transportation infrastructure, officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday...

By Birsen Altayli and Zeynep Berkem ISTANBUL (Reuters) Turkey's insurance association is in talks with the country's Treasury on a potential inflation-indexed bond issue, the group's head told Reuters, as insurers seek a new mechanism to prote...

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan said that no security on Iranian borders is toleratable and urged the Afghan side to identify the perpetrators behind the recent assault on the checkpoint....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia and Ukraine held a new prisoner of war exchange on Wednesday. The swap has become the largest exchange since the beginning of the ongoing conflict, with each s ....

The last ten days showed a glimpse of what a robust, highly competitive but respectful Knesset could look like....

Election called for Nov. 1, Yair Lapid to become acting prime minister at when the clock strikes midnight....

United Hatzalah hired a private firm to surveil two senior officials at the Health Ministry, as well as their siblings and spouses, in an attempt to uncover personal ties to figures at Magen David Adom...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami underlined that the moves by Iran to install new centrifuges at the Fordow Nuclear Facility is h ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, but his forces are so degraded by combat that they likely can only achieve incremental gains ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The growth of UK house prices slowed this month, an index showed, as the weakening economy, cost of living squeeze, and rising interest rates cooled the market....

Election called for Nov. 1, Yair Lapid to become acting prime minister at when the clock strikes midnight....

Saudi Arabia tells Biden and UN: No State between Israel and Jordan. Op-ed....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian Investigative Committee launched a criminal probe on Wednesday over remarks made by the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, who threa ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- NATO has been preparing to face off Russia since 2014, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday....

Moscow: Russia announced Thursday it was pulling its forces from Ukraine's Snake Island, calling it a "goodwill gesture" to allow Kyiv to export agricultural products. "On June 30, as a gesture of goodwill, the Russian armed forces complet...

Parliament formally disperses a year after inauguration of diverse coalition, sending Israel to its 5th national vote in less than 4 yearsParliament formally disperses a year after inauguration of diverse coalition, sending Israel to its 5th national vote...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Washington and allies have blocked $300 billion worth of Russia's central bank assets, and over $30 billion worth of sanctioned individuals' assets in the past 100 da ....

KUWAIT, June 30 (KUNA) 1946 -- State of Kuwait exported the first crude oil shipment for commercial use on board British Fusilier Tanker from Ahmadi Port. 1968 -- The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a monetary law about the Central Bank of Kuwa...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Beijing on Wednesday urged the Group of Seven (G7) to stop attacking and smearing it, and to cease all forms of meddling in China's internal affairs, following a rece ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- A top-ranking Yemeni official announced US and British military trainers have arrived at a port in the country's Southeastern province of Al-Mahrah bordering Saudi Ar ....

Ukraine's Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov said that World War Three had already started, in reference to the latest developments of the Russian...

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) The local US media have quoted the US Department of Defense said that a flight test of a hypersonic missile system in Hawaii on June 29 failed due to a malfunction after ignition....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Two-thirds of Americans polled who believe former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results say he should be prosecuted for it, according to ....