Vienna Talks: Israel open to ‘good’ Iran nuke deal

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday said that Israel would not automatically oppose a nuclear deal with Iran but world powers must take a firmer position.
28 December 2021

Israel approves plan to double settlers

Israel’s government has approved a $317 million plan to double the Jewish settler population in the Golan Heights, 40 years after it annexed the territory captured from Syria.
27 December 2021

Iran, Hezbollah aid Yemen rebel strikes

The Saudi-led coalition yesterday accused Iran and Hezbollah of helping Yemen’s Huthi rebels to launch missiles and drones at the kingdom, where two people were killed.
27 December 2021

Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna

Iran said nuclear talks that are set to resume yesterday in Vienna should focus on lifting sanctions on the Islamic republic and “guarantees” the US will return to the fold.
27 December 2021

Man ‘planning attack under ISIS direction’ executed in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia today announced that a man had been executed in Riyadh for planning to target public civilian gatherings through a suicide mission under the direction of ISIS, reports Al Arabiya.
27 December 2021

Israel approves plan to double settlers in Golan

Israel’s government yesterday approved a $317 million plan to double the Jewish settler population in the Golan Heights, 40 years after it annexed the territory captured from Syria.
26 December 2021

Saudi-led coalition hits Yemen rebel camp

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen yesterday said it struck a Huthi rebel camp in the capital Sanaa, as it intensified an aerial bombing campaign against the Iran-backed insurgents.
26 December 2021

Ten killed in Iran road crash: state media

Ten people were killed and more than a dozen injured in Iran yesterday when a truck collided with a minibus transporting workers in southwestern Khuzestan province, state media said.
25 December 2021

Governor of Iraq’s Najaf resigns after protests

The governor of Iraq’s Najaf province resigned on Friday, a day after another governor also quit following demonstrations against living conditions and corruption.
25 December 2021

Iran: Drills in Gulf warning to Israel

War games conducted this week by Iran in the Gulf were intended to send a warning to Israel, the country’s top military commanders said on Friday, amid concerns over possible Israeli plans to target Iranian nuclear sites.
25 December 2021

Won’t enrich uranium beyond 60pc if talks fail

Iran has no plans to enrich uranium beyond 60 percent if nuclear talks in Vienna fail, the head of the country’s atomic agency said yesterday.
25 December 2021

Coalition launches ‘large-scale’ Yemen operation

The Saudi-led coalition yesterday launched a “large-scale” assault on Yemen after missiles fired by Iran-backed Huthi rebels killed two people in the kingdom, the first such deaths in three years.
25 December 2021

Prep for Omicron: Israel orders 100,000 Pfizer’s new Covid pill

Israel has ordered 100,000 units of Pfizer Inc’s anti-viral COVID 19 pill Paxlovid for people aged 12 and older at risk of severe illness, an Israeli official said on Saturday, confirming a television report.
25 December 2021

Iran nuclear talks to resume next week: EU

Talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume next Monday, the EU diplomat chairing the negotiations said on Thursday, urging a “picking up of the
24 December 2021

Iran nuclear talks to resume next week: EU chair

Talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume next Monday, the EU diplomat chairing the negotiations said yesterday, urging a “picking up of the pace”.
23 December 2021

Iraq pays final Kuwait war reparations

Iraq has paid its last war reparations to Kuwait more than 30 years since the invasion of the Gulf country by former autocrat Saddam Hussein,
23 December 2021

Saudi-led coalition rejects Iran charges on Yemen envoy

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen yesterday rejected accusations that it was slow to facilitate the evacuation from Sanaa of an Iranian diplomat who later died of coronavirus.
22 December 2021

Libya delays Friday election

Authorities overseeing war-torn Libya’s first presidential election have confirmed that holding it on Friday as scheduled is “impossible” and
22 December 2021

‘My children are cold’

Umm Raghad’s children don’t have proper clothes or a furnace at home to stay warm during Syria’s bitter winter so they burn scraps of garbage to keep the biting cold at bay.
22 December 2021

Saudi-led strikes halt aid flights into Yemen’s Sanaa

UN aid flights into Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa have been halted by air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition which supports the government, an airport official said yesterday.
21 December 2021