Kuwait has announced temporary power cuts in some parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying it is struggling to meet increased demand spurred by extreme summer heat. In a statement on Wednesday, Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said
Iran condemned Canada's listing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as "unwise and unconventional", following the US in 2019
Aziz Dweik, 77, was re-arrested less than a week after photos of him looking frail following his release circulated online.
Friends and family continue to search for missing hajj pilgrims as the death toll at the annual rituals carried out in scorching heat, surged pass 1000.
In the sizzling Baghdad heat, Mussa Abdallah takes to the Tigris river during the day to cool off, while others opt for ice skating to escape the relentless temperatures. "At the end of the day, I'm sweaty and exhausted because of the sun," said Abdallah, a 21-year-old house
US officials told news agency Reuters said that the US built pier in Gaza will once again resume operations on Thursday to send much needed humanitarian aid.
Another town in northern Israel has been emptied of its residents as cross-border fighting continues to escalate with Lebanon's Hezbollah group.
The US military said on Wednesday that its forces destroyed two Houthi sites in Yemen after recent ship attacks, following recent ship attacks.
Fears of a regional war rose Thursday after Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement said none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict, and Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive. Experts are divided on the prospect of wider war, almost nine months
The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab
Dr Iyad Rantisi was detained in northern Gaza in November by Israeli forces, before being placed in a Shin Bet facility where he died six days later.
Nine Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike that hit a group of citizens and merchants in southern Gaza Strip as they waited for convoys of aid trucks.
Deadly heat that blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America recently was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists said on Thursday. The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of scientists also said that extreme
Four in every five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll of 75,000 participants published on Thursday. The survey by the UN Development Program, Oxford University and GeoPoll posed 15 questions by
U.S. officials believe that attacks in the Red Sea serve the political interests of the Houthis' leader, who seeks to advance his regional reputation while continuing to receive assistance from Iran
Fahd Ramadhan spent years building a life as a refugee in the Netherlands, only to have it unravel with his surprise arrest on a trip to his birthplace Saudi Arabia. The 44-year-old has been detained for more than six months in a case human rights activists say highlights a
A German court cancelled an arrest warrant against Riad Salameh since he is no longer in office, a spokesperson for the Munich public prosecutor's office said.
A German court cancelled an arrest warrant against Riad Salameh since he is no longer in office, a spokesperson for the Munich public prosecutor's office said.
Brussels has refused to host a Nations League match between Israel and Belgium on September 6 because it could spark demonstrations, city authorities said on Wednesday. They said holding such a match while the war in Gaza was continuing "will undoubtedly provoke large
In a televised address, Nasrallah also accused Cyprus of allowing the Israeli military to use its airports and bases for training
Israel's top army spokesman said Wednesday that Hamas cannot be eliminated, prompting a knee-jerk reaction from the government which quickly reiterated it remains committed to the Palestinian militant group's destruction. More than eight months of war, sparked by Hamas's
Israel's top army spokesman said Wednesday that Hamas cannot be defeated as an ideology, prompting the government to quickly re-assert that it remains committed to the Palestinian militant group's destruction. More than eight months of war, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday warned "no place" in Israel would be spared in case of full-blown war against the Lebanese group, and threatened Cyprus if it opened its airports to Israel. "The enemy knows well that we have prepared ourselves for the worst... and
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday warned "no place" in Israel would be spared in case of full-blown war against the Lebanese group, and threatened Cyprus if it opened its airports to Israel. "The enemy knows well that we have prepared ourselves for the worst... and
Israeli petitioners say that rights such as freedom of expression would be violated under a 2022 law granting extensive powers to extremist minister Ben-Gvir.
White House cancels key strategic meeting on Iran with Israel after Netanyahu accuses Biden of delaying arm shipments ■ Israel's state comptroller says PM's office asked him to delay probe into its conduct surrounding October 7 ■ Some 25 rockets fired from Lebanon at northern
Thousands of miles from Gaza, medical student Samar Alghoul is supposed to be living her dream in Cuba, where she and hundreds of other Palestinians have been given the opportunity to study for free. But, like the Palestinian diaspora all around the world, she is ridden with
The White House rejects Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that it has withheld weapons and ammunitions over the "past few months."
The White House rejects Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that it has withheld weapons and ammunitions over the "past few months."
His warning came to Cyprus came alongside a greater threat to open up the Mediterranean Sea into a battlefield if Israel started a full-scale war in Lebanon.
Many UK voters, particularly Muslims, are dissatisfied with how politicians have reacted to Israel's war on Gaza. Could this cause an electoral upset on 4 July?
The ADL will be banned as a source by Wikipedia editors for conflating criticism of Israel and support of Palestinians with antisemitism.
Qatar's prime minister has spoken with Hamas officials in Doha in an attempt to reach a deal to end the war on Gaza.
Emmanuel Macron's enabling of the far-right has backfired, with France's snap elections reflecting an appetite for authoritarianism, writes Yasser Louati.
Benjamin Netanyahu's eye-rolling video, in which he accused the Americans of holding up an arms shipment and yet again evoked Winston Churchill, is him playing politics – it's the only thing he knows how to do. His invite to address Congress in July should be delayed until
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said that 'whatever government comes to power' in the US will 'not be able to prevent Iranian oil exports'.
Germany has classified the pro-Palestinian BDS movement as an "extremist" group, based on a 2023 intelligence report.
A new investigation has found that the regime-allied NUSS took part in torturing students and suppressing peaceful protests.
Footage posted on social media showed activists spraying a cluster of the megalithic standing stones with the orange substance from a small canister.
An escalating cross-border tit-for-tat between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah raised fears Wednesday of a full-blown war, but experts are divided on the prospect of a wider conflict. The United States was working behind the scenes to ease tensions, a day after Israel's top
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a wave of rebellions in his government, as the Gaza war and domestic issues spark anger among his far-right allies.
The world's top shipping associations said it was 'deplorable' that 'innocent seafarers are being attacked while simply performing their jobs'.
Rabbi Eliyahu Mali said Jewish religious law requires the killing of everyone in the Gaza Strip including children and the elderly.
Israel's war on Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah exchanging fire on a near-daily basis.
Facing the raging “thirst uprising,” President Tebboune convened a council of ministers and ordered an urgent plan to end the water shortage crisis.
Book Club: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story reveals the impact of Israeli colonial violence through the Jaba bus tragedy and its aftermath.
Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmad Reza Jalali, who has been on death row in Iran for eight years, criticised Sweden's prime minister after being excluded from a prisoner swap, in an audio recording obtained by AFP on Wednesday. Two Swedes were released by Tehran on Saturday in
The alleged mass arrests and forced expulsions of Sudanese coincide with the raging war in Sudan, where fears of foreign interference are growing.
The Syrian regime's official SANA news agency said the 'Israeli enemy carried out an aggression using drones against two military positions'.