Middle East Headlines

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pope Francis said the treatment of the Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a "genocide", after a six-day trip in which he apologised to survivors of abuse at Cath ....

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss cemented her place as front-runner in the race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, winning endorsement Saturday from an...

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Joe Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday. Biden is currently dealing with declining su ....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The UK Foreign Office admitted a catalogue of errors over its handling of Britain's exit from Afghanistan, but has shut the door on many Afghans who helped the UK pri ....

Around 5,000 train drivers across almost a quarter of Britain's rail network went on strike on Saturday, as part of a campaign for higher pay after the country's inflation rate hit its highest in 40 years....

BAGHDAD, July 30 (KUNA) -- Sadrist movement staged renewed demonstrations near Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday amidst heightened security measures, barbed wires and cement barricades. Iraqi news agency reported that protestors flooded Tahrir Square and ...

Istanbul: Istanbul Airport ranked first in Europe in terms of the average number of daily flights during the period of July 22-28, with 1,327 flights. According to a report issued by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)...

India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of...

Two people were killed in the grenade explosion that shook Kabul's main cricket stadium during a domestic league match on Friday, police said on Saturday,...

Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian...

Caracas, SANA- Chairman and members of the Syrian-Venezuelan Parliamentary Friendship Committee were appointed during an official ceremony held at the Venezuelan National Assembly building. Acting Charge d'affaires of the Syrian Embassy in Venezuela W...

JAKARTA (Reuters) Zambia's creditors committed to negotiating a restructuring of the country's debts and expressed support for the "swift adoption" of a proposed $1.4 billion IMF program, G20 chair Indonesia said on Saturday....

Lebanon was already in an economic crisis which has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and now the war in Ukraine has cut off the grain imports that the country relies on....

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) The Sindh government in Pakistan renamed a park in Karachi after Iranian companion of Holy Prophet Muhammed Salman Farsi to show the solidarity between the two neighboring countries....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Intelligence Ministry said it has arrested a Swedish national on a charge of espionage....

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) A specially selected team in Saudi Arabia on Saturday replaced the old Kiswa of the Holy Kaaba in Mecca with the new one. The new Kiswa consists of four distinct side panels and a door curtain....

Kuwait: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences Saturday to the President of UAE Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan over the victims of the floods that swept through some parts of the UAE. In the cable, H...

By Krisztina Than and Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary has narrowed the scope of eligibility for price-capped fuel and is raising a windfall tax on oil and gas group MOL in its latest batch of measures to tackle the cost of living crisis and pres...

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MADRID: Spain on Saturday reported its second monkeypox-related death, bringing to three the number of fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.Spain and Brazil......

ODESA/KYIV, Ukraine: The Ukrainian military said on Saturday it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focu......

COLOMBO: Police said on Saturday they arrested a Sri Lankan trade union leader who allegedly took two official flags from the deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace and......

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday outlined a draft referendum question in a bid to change the constitution to set up a representative Indigenous body i......

Two people were killed in the grenade explosion that shook Kabul's main cricket stadium during a domestic league match on Friday, police said on Saturday, updating their previo......

North Korea reported no new fever cases on Saturday for the first time since its acknowledgement in mid-May of a Covid-19 outbreak in the isolated country, state-run media reported......

ROME: Pope Francis said on Saturday the decades-long abuse of Indigenous schoolchildren across Canada amounted to "genocide", as he warned upon his return to Rome that he......

KENTUCKY, US: The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to at least 16 on Friday as flooding unleashed by "epic" torrential rainfall swept through homes, washed out roads a......

Around 5,000 train drivers across almost a quarter of Britain's rail network went on strike on Saturday, as part of a campaign for higher pay after the country's inflation......

Holiday traffic led to crowding across France on Saturday, especially on motorways heading towards the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic coast.Around noon (1000 GMT), cars were ba......

RIO DE JANEIROA Brazilian woman and her two adult children, all suffering from dehydration and malnutrition, were freed by police following 17 years of captivity by her husband, au......

The arrest comes amid increasing tensions between Tehran and Stockholm....

"The more people leave [the] Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill," Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said....

KUWAIT, July 30 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti crude oil gained five cents during Friday's trading sessions to hit USD 112.25 per barrel (pb), compared with USD 112.20 pb the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said Saturday. Brent futures also rose by ...

BEIJING (Reuters) A prominent Chinese commentator said on Saturday he deleted a tweet warning of military retaliation should U.S. fighter jets escort House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on any visit to Taiwan, after Twitter blocked his account....

IDF says Air Force commander will make decision in coming days over fate of 5th generation stealth jets, but currently assesses risk as 'low'IDF says Air Force commander will make decision in coming days over fate of 5th generation stealth jets, b...

LONDON (Reuters) Russia is "running out of steam" in its assault on Ukraine, the chief of Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency, Richard Moore, said in a brief comment on social media on Saturday....

Spain on Saturday reported its second monkeypox-related death, one day after announcing what is believed to be the first fatality linked to the current...

Russia announced Saturday it was banning 32 New Zealand officials and journalists from entering its territory, in response to similar measures taken by...

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) In a statement on Saturday, the Russian envoy to Tehran offered his sincere condolence to the families of victims of recent floods in Iran....

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) Taliban officials announced that several people have died and dozens of houses have been destroyed after flash floods hit different parts of Afghanistan....

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) Taliban officials announced that several people have died and dozens of houses have been destroyed after flash floods hit different parts of Afghanistan....

LONDON (Reuters) British businesses are cutting ties with China due to concerns about political tensions, a shift that is likely to stoke inflationary pressures, the head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said in an interview published on Sat...

Since Kothari's interview, a number of countries have spoken out against his remarks including the United States, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, France and Canada....