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At Beirut airport, flights cancelled amid Hezbollah-Israel escalation
BEIRUT: Dozens of passengers at Lebanon's only international airport were anxiously checking announcement boards Sunday as more flights to the capital were cancelled or delayed amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.…
Thirteen dead after migrant boat sinks off Yemen: UN agency
DUBAI: At least 13 people have died when a migrant boat sank off Yemen, also leaving 14 missing, a UN agency said Sunday, in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route.
"Thirteen people have tragically lost their lives and 14…
Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south kill eight
BEIRUT: Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed eight people, including a child, in southern districts on Friday, with Hezbollah saying the other seven dead were fighters.
It was one of the highest single-day tolls for the Iran-backed group…
Blinken ends latest Mideast visit without a cease-fire
DOHA, Qatar: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began without securing any major breakthrough for a cease-fire deal, warning on Tuesday that “time is of the essence” even as…
Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on northern Israel
LEBANON: The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack early Monday on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two Israeli troops. The violence came amid fears of an all-out regional war following the…
Leave today, book any ticket: UK, US advise Lebanon’s people to evacuate
Beirut: The US embassy in Lebanon has urged its citizens to leave the country on "any ticket available" amid escalating fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah and a potential broader regional conflict. Despite ongoing flight…
Hamas leader Haniyeh to be buried in Qatar as terrorists prepare
DOHA: Mourners arrived at a Qatari mosque on Friday to farewell Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after his killing in Tehran, an attack blamed on Israel that deepened fears of wider war.
Haniyeh, the Palestinian armed group's political chief,…
Hezbollah says top commander Shukr was in Beirut building hit by Israel
BEIRUT: Hezbollah said Wednesday that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was inside a south Beirut building hit by Israel the previous day but that his fate remained unknown.
The strike, which was followed by another, hours later,…
Israeli airstrike hits Beirut, escalating tensions with Hezbollah
BEIRUT: Israel carried out a rare strike Tuesday on Beirut that killed at least one person and wounded others, raising the stakes in the escalating tensions with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The Israeli military said the strike…
Lebanon on alert as Israel takes Golan attack reaction
BEIRUT: Airlines suspended flights to Lebanon on Monday as diplomatic efforts were underway to contain soaring tensions between Hezbollah and Israel after deadly rocket fire in the annexed Golan Heights.
Mourners gathered in the Golan…
UN warns Iraq becoming major regional drug conduit
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities seized record quantities of the potent stimulant captagon last year, at an estimated value of up to $144 million, with the country increasingly a critical drug conduit, a UN report said Monday.
"Iraq has been…
Yemen’s Houthis promise ‘massive’ retaliation to Israel strike.
HODEIDA: On Sunday, Yemen's Houthi rebels threatened a "huge" reprisal against Israel after a deadly hit on Hodeida. The Gaza war has spawned regional instability.
Israel struck the Palestinian territory, Lebanon, and Yemen in quick…
Israeli military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv drone assaults.
SANAA: the Israeli army struck several Houthi sites in western Yemen on Saturday after a fatal drone strike in Tel Aviv the day before.
The first Israeli strikes on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October threatened to…
13 Indians among 16 crew missing after oil tanker capsizes off Oman coast
Search operations are underway, though concerns are mounting that the tanker has sunk.
Six killed, 30 wounded in rare Oman attack near Shiite mosque
The three gunmen behind the attack were killed and police officers have "concluded the procedures for dealing with the shooting.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels target US-flagged container ship in Gulf of Aden
The captain of the ship reported an explosion in close proximity to the vessel off the coast of Nishtun, Yemen, close to the country's border with Oman.
Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander
The attack by the Iran-backed militant group on Thursday was one of the largest in the months-long conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border
UN-sponsored Yemeni prisoner exchange talks begin in Oman
Aden (Yemen): A fresh round of negotiations between the Yemeni government and Houthi representatives began Sunday in Muscat, focusing on the exchange of prisoners and detainees.
The talks, held under the auspices of the…
Saudi Arabia registers 1,301 pilgrim deaths during Haj
Riyadh; Saudi Arabia has announced that it recorded 1,301 deaths among pilgrims during the Haj season, 83 per cent of whom were unregistered individuals.
The Saudi Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel said on Sunday that the kingdom's…
Death toll of Tunisian pilgrims in Mecca reaches 53
Tunis: The death toll among Tunisian pilgrims who performed Haj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 53, the media reported.
"Until this Saturday, the number of Tunisian pilgrims who died in holy places in Saudi Arabia while performing the…