Gaza massacre film earns rave reviews at Cannes

A "devastating" film about the massacre of an extended Palestinian family in Gaza by Israeli forces in 2009 has been hailed by critics at the Cannes f...

5 Civilians Killed By Syrian Regime Shelling Western Hama

Hama (Qasioun) – 5 Civilians were killed including women and children on Wednesday as the Syrian regime forces continue to bombard Mansoura village ou...

Syria Gas Attack Confirmed by Global Watchdog

small cargo plane crashed in Nepal, killing two pilots

A small cargo plane on Wednesday crashed in Nepal, killing both pilots onboard the aircraft, according to a media report.Deputy Director General at Ci...

The first day of Ramadan begin on Thursday in UAE

The first day of Ramadan 2018 will officially begin on Thursday, May 17.The UAE Moon Sighting Committee confirmed the news on Tuesday night after it w...

UAE leaders congratulate Arab, Islamic countries for holy month of Ramadan.

The President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent congratulatory messages to the Kings, Emirs and Presidents of Arab and Islami...

Ancient Greek Artifacts Uncovered in Slovakia

NITRA, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that bronze pieces of a Greek warrior’s breastplate have been unearthed near an ancient Celtic fortified ...

Putin opens bridge linking southern Russia with Crimea

MOSCOW –  Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a large construction truck to open the much-anticipated bridge linking southern Russia and ...

UN Security Council discusses violence along Gaza-Israeli border

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting last night to discuss the violence along the Gaza-Israeli border. The violence, whi...

N Korea cancels high-level talks with South Korea

North Korea has cancelled high-level talks with South Korea, scheduled for today, over Seoul's joint military exercises with the US. Some 100 war...

Bangladesh SC grants bail for former PM Khaleda Zia in corruption case

Bangladesh Supreme Court granted bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a graft case today. The apex court has upheld the High Court's orde...

It’s Not Just Hawaii: The U.S. Has 169 Volcanoes That Could Erupt

Volcanoes are full of tricks. They can build to a major eruption in a crescendo of shudders and spatters or explode with almost no warning. They can l...

Earthquake: 3.8 quake strikes near Oakland

A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Monday evening two miles from Oakland, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred a...

Ash cloud from Hawaii volcano sparks aviation red alert

North Korea threatens to cancel US summit

North Korea threatened Wednesday to cancel the forthcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump if Washington seeks to push Py...

Melania Trump undergoes surgery for 'benign kidney condition'

Washington: US First Lady Melania Trump has undergone surgery for what the White House described as a "benign kidney condition" and was expected to re...

US hedge fund eyes Bahrain as next distressed-debt target

Nakheel to open $217m Dubai waterfront project in Q4

Nakheel, a world-leading developer, said work on The Pointe, its Dh800-million ($217 million) waterfront dining and entertainment destination coming u...

Bahrain awards $390m construction, road tenders

Bahrain's Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Ministry had awarded a total of 34 projects worth more than BD148 million ($390 million) du...

Iran prepared to expand cooperation with Estonia

At a meeting with Estonian Ambassador Marin Mõttus in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Morteza Sarmadi expressed that Ira...

Mohammed bin Rashid pardons 700 prisoners ahead of Ramadan

DUBAI, 15th May, 2018 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered ...

Saudi Arabia 'rejects' US embassy transfer to Jerusalem

The Saudi Arabian government on Tuesday said it opposed the US decision to relocate its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. "The kingdom reject...

Deadly clashes in Gaza are ‘unacceptable and inhuman’, says MSF

Turkish coast guard says 7 Afghan migrants die on sea crossing to Greece

Turkey’s coast guard says seven Afghan nationals died, including three children, while trying to cross into Greece, but that it managed to rescue 13 p...

Kuwaiti firm unveil plans for Birmingham’s tallest office tower

Why is Iran winning and Saudi Arabia losing?

Watch: Korean Asiana Flight Grazes Turkish Airlines Plane, Slices Jet's Tail

Korean airline Asiana was taxing on a tarmac Sunday on Turkey’s Istanbul Ataturk Airport when one of its wings was damaged after it collided with the ...

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Qatar and the UAE face off over world's first "5G" network deployment

National security shouldn't be put at stake for political gains said Pakistan PM

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has called for an end to a debate that Nawaz Sharif sparked with his controversial remarks about Mumbai attacks.Ex...