Middle East

Doha: Qatar says truce talks between Israel and Hamas are at their "closest point" to a deal for Gaza after the resolution of "major issues" in recent...

Tel Aviv: Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire-hostage agreement being negotiated in Doha in relation to the...

Muscat : Oman's Environment Authority Chairman, Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Amri on Thursday spoke about India-Oman ties and said it is important to work...

Muscat : Oman's Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion, Qais bin Mohammad Al Yousef, on Thursday lauded India's economic growth and...

Beirut: The Lebanese Parliament today elected Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president in its second session, ending a presidential vacuum...

GAZA: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Wednesday said that hospitals in Gaza have become death traps.UNRWA...

New York: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has warned the international community of a "human-rights catastrophe continuing to unfold in...

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 50 people on Thursday, according to Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza.

Damascus: At least 14 people were killed in clashes in Syria's western Tartus province on Wednesday as security forces of the new regime clashed with a...

Gaza City: Five journalists were killed in an Israeli strike that hit their vehicle in Gaza, CNN reported, citing a hospital and their news outlet...