Middle East Headlines

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 ....

Government estimates a record one million Hindus from across India will join the 43-day pilgrimage in restive region....

Human rights groups are reporting grave human rights abuses, including women being forced to cook and eat human flesh....

President Xi Jinping will take part in ceremony marking 25 years since Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule....

By a vote of 92:0, the Knesset Thursday approved the final readings of the bill to dissolve parliament and hold The post Israelis head to the polls on Nov. 1 after Knesset votes to dissolve appeared first on DEBKAfile ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- NATO officially invited Sweden and Finland to join its military alliance on Wednesday, a day after Turkey dropped its reservations over having the Nordic countries jo ....

In the early days of Russia's occupation, a trio tasked with burying Ukrainian victims quickly became like 'brothers'....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The death toll of migrants who died after they were abandoned in the back of a tractor-trailer that was discovered Monday in San Antonio rose to 53 on Wednesday, acco ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Norway's public and private sector websites were temporarily down on Wednesday following a cyberattack that targeted the country's national data network, forcing it t ....

A 20-year old woman taking a walk with her three-month-old baby was shot in the head from short distance in New York City today (Thursday). The suspect remains at large....

The exchange ceremony between Prime Minister Bennett and incoming PM Lapid will take place today at approximately 12:30 p.m. in a limited format in the Prime Minister's Office, and without media presence....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement on Wednesday commended the country's meteoric progress in developing indigenous long-range ballistic missiles, st ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Moscow is not worried over Finland's and Sweden's possible accession to NATO but will give a tit-for-tat response in case the alliance deploys its military infrastruc ....

Public sector workers in the United Arab Emirates will have a long weekend for the Eid-al-Adha holiday, officials announced on Thursday.The Federal...

The protests mark the third anniversary of huge demonstrations during the 2019 uprising that overthrew long-time autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir...

'Agreements reflect close relations with Cyprus, indicate joint goal to protect soldiers' lives,' Defense Min. official says....

'Agreements reflect close relations with Cyprus, indicate joint goal to protect soldiers' lives,' Defense Min. official says....