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Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills 22, injures 63

At least 22 people were killed and 63 others injured in a suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, Syrian authorities said Sunday evening. The deadly attack took place during an evening service at the Church of the Prophet Elias in the Dweila neighborhood. According to the...

Oil prices soar after US airstrikes target Iran’s nuclear facilities

Oil prices surged sharply in early trading Monday following U.S. airstrikes on Irans nuclear facilities, intensifying concerns over potential conflict in the Middle East and disruptions to global energy supplies. Brent crude and U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) both rose more than 4%...

Airlines keep avoiding Middle East airspace

Airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East on Sunday after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, with traffic already skirting airspace in the region due to recent missile exchanges, Arab News reported. Following US attacks on...

Iran accuses IAEA chief of enabling Israeli strikes with "biased" report

Iran has accused Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of distorting facts in a recent report that Tehran claims helped justify an Israeli military strike on its nuclear facilitiesdenouncing the move as a betrayal of the agencys mandate, reads an RT...

Trump to decide on US action in Iran-Israel conflict within 2 weeks

President Donald Trump will announce within the next two weeks whether the United States will intervene in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, the White House said Thursday. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, reading a prepared statement from the president, acknowledged...

Dubai-based Careem suspends ride-hailing operations in Pakistan

Careem, Ubers ride-hailing arm in the Middle East, will suspend its Pakistan service on July 18, citing economic challenges, rising competition, and capital constraints, ending its core business in a country where it helped pioneer app-based transport nearly a decade ago. The move underscores...

N. Korea slams Israel a "cancer" to Middle East peace

North Korea on Thursday condemned Israels recent air strike on Iran as a hideous act of aggression, saying Israel, backed by the United States and the West, is a cancer-like entity in threatening peace in the Middle East. A spokesperson at North Koreas foreign ministry voiced serious concerns...

Fordow nuclear facility 'hard to destroy', says ex-UN inspector

Irans Fordow nuclear site, located 80 metres (262 feet) underground, is very difficult to destroy, according to nuclear physicist and former UN weapons inspector David Albright. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast, Albright said lessons learned during inspections in Iraq enabled the...

Iran launches new missile barrage on Israel as conflict escalates

In a sharp escalation of hostilities, Iran has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes on Israel over the past six hours, targeting the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. According to Israeli emergency services, at least five civilians were killed and dozens more wounded as multiple ballistic and...

Nuclear talks only solution to Israel-Iran conflict: Erdogan to Trump

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told U.S. President Donald Trump that Turkiye views nuclear negotiations as the only viable path to resolving the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. In a phone call, Erdogan expressed support for the U.S. position that talks with Tehran must continue and...

US evacuates personnel from Middle East

The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and has authorised the voluntary departure of dependants of US personnel from locations across the Middle East, including Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, as regional security concerns rise, reports Al Jazeera....

US to partially evacuate embassy in Iraq amid rising Iran tensions

The United States has announced a partial evacuation of non-essential embassy personnel and their families from Baghdad due to escalating security concerns tied to increasing tensions with Iran. While officials have not specified an exact trigger, reports indicate that the US was warned Israel may...

Israeli airstrikes kill over 70 in Gaza amid growing crisis

Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip have killed more than 70 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, according to local health authorities. The dead include numerous women and children, with some strikes reportedly hitting residential neighborhoods and areas near aid distribution points in Rafah...

Trump says Iran participating in Gaza peace talks with US, Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran is taking part in current negotiations aimed at resolving the Gaza conflict, joining the United States, Israel, and Hamas at the table. Gaza is currently in the midst of major negotiations involving us, Hamas, Israeland Iran is actually involved,...

Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen, detain international activists

In a high-profile maritime confrontation, Israeli forces intercepted and seized the Madleen, a humanitarian aid ship attempting to reach Gaza, early Tuesday morning. The vessel, carrying 12 international activists and journalists, was stopped in international waters roughly 100 miles from the Gaza...

Iran slams new US sanctions, calls them 'inhumane, futile'

Iran has sharply criticized the United States for imposing a new set of sanctions on more than 30 Iranian individuals and entities, calling the move a continuation of Washingtons entrenched hostility toward the Iranian people, reports IRNA. Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Irans Foreign...

Iran claims to have obtained sensitive Israeli nuclear docs

Iranian intelligence agencies have secured a substantial cache of sensitive Israeli documents, including materials allegedly related to Israels nuclear facilities and strategic plans, Irans state media reported on Saturday. The revelation, broadcast by state-run PressTV, did not specify the...

Syria closes Rukban Refugee Camp after final families return home

Syrian authorities announced Saturday the official closure of the Rukban refugee camp, a remote desert settlement once home to tens of thousands displaced by war, reports AFP/ DS. The camp was established in 2014 at the height of Syrias civil conflict, within a U.S.-controlled de-confliction...

UAE secures deal with Israel to allow urgent humanitarian aid into Gaza

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it has secured an agreement with Israel to facilitate the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, amid growing global concern over the escalating crisis. According to the UAEs state news agency WAM, the deal was finalized in a phone call...

Trump meets Syria’s former insurgent leader al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia

In a historic diplomatic shift, U.S. President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Syrias interim President Ahmad al-Sharaathe first face-to-face encounter between leaders of the two nations in 25 years. The closed-door meeting took place in Riyadh on the sidelines of Trumps talks with Gulf...

Trump secures $600B Saudi investment, lifts Syria sanctions, approves $142B arms deal

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria and has secured a $600 billion investment agreement with Saudi Arabia, including a record-breaking $142 billion arms package, reports Reuters. Speaking in Riyadh during a high-profile Gulf...

Trump cuts off communication with Netanyahu, Israel media says

U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly cut off communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over suspicions that the Israeli leader was attempting to manipulate him, according to multiple Israeli media sources. Yanir Cozin, a correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, stated on X...

Middle East’s largest coral garden to boost marine biodiversity

To protect and restore marine biodiversity, Abu Dhabi has launched the largest coral garden initiative in the Middle East. The Abu Dhabi Coral Gardens project, set to run from 2025 to 2030, aims to create vibrant coral gardens by installing 40,000 eco-friendly artificial corals across 1,200sqkm...

Trump calls for full dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program amid postponed talks

US President Donald Trump has called for the complete dismantling of Irans nuclear program, rejecting any limits on its capabilities. In an interview with NBCs Kristen Welker on Sunday, Trump was asked if he aimed to limit or entirely eliminate Irans nuclear program. Trump made it clear that he...

Iran strengthens ties with Pakistan, India, focuses on regional cooperation

Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Islamabad on Sunday night, to discuss strengthening bilateral relations with Pakistan and to highlight the significance of Irans ties with India. Speaking to reporters at Islamabad International Airport, Araqchi noted that the relationship between...

Trump tariffs to increase Chinese car influx in UAE, Middle East, and Africa

The number of Chinese-made cars on the roads in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is projected to triple in the coming years, with their market share expected to rise from 10% in 2024 to 34% by 2030, according to a New York-based consulting firm. This shift comes as China continues to flex its...

Global military spending hits record $2.7 trillion in 2024, sharpest rise since Cold War

Global military expenditure soared to an all-time high of $2.7 trillion in 2024, marking the sharpest annual increase since the Cold War, according to a report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report highlighted rapid defense spending growth,...