Middle East Headlines

Cabinet agrees to extend general mobilization until April 26...

A symbolic 60,000 tonne cargo of Russian wheat has set sail for Saudi Arabia from a Black Sea port seven months after conditions were set to allow the trade, three sources told Reuters Thursday....

ROME, April 9 (KUNA) -- Italy said Thursday 610 people died due to the novel coronavirus but the daily infections rate continued to drop coupled with further recoveries. Angelo Borrelli, head of the National Civil Protection Service, said at his daily pre...

Over a million Israelis have been fired or laid off due to the coronavirus crisis, and border closures have left farmers desperate for workers. In that void the pioneering 'Jewish labor' ethos is making a comeback...

The contrast could hardly have been starker -- an octogenarian Palestinian president giving a brief pre-recorded speech, and a prime minister talking in-depth and fielding questions about the coronavirus response....

Despite coronavirus lockdown, Israelis find way to share festive communal spirit on seder night....

Grim totals come as NY, other states see drop in hospitalisations, a sign social distancing, other measures are working....

The deadline for receiving requests from citizens to return to Saudi Arabia will be extended until April 14, according to Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry."...

Iranian lawmakers Ahmad Salek and Heidarali Abedi have been infected with coronavirus, according to state media.Salek and Abedi both represent the central...

Gantz halted talks on Wednesday after Netanyahu's Likud demanded that the body that appoints judges to Israeli courts would operate in coordination with a Likud minister representing the party in the panel...

TEHRAN, Apr.10 (MNA) World is witnessing independent human stances by international figures and bodies amid coronavirus outbreak defying the US Trump's unilateral and unjust sanction policy....

The pandemic sweeping the world will turn global economic growth "sharply negative" in 2020, triggering the worst fallout since the 1930s Great Depression, with only a partial recovery seen in 2021, the head of the International Monetary Fund said...

3 women in their 90s released from Nahariya hospital after recovering from COVID-19 virus....

Doctors must weigh risks of not doing surgeries, treatment with what coronavirus threat may mean if they do....

Seven new deaths from pathogen; 121 people on ventilators, while 1,011 have recoveredSeven new deaths from pathogen; 121 people on ventilators, while 1,011 have recovered...

2 police officers wounded when assailants open fire on patrol cars....

BRUSSELS, April 9 (KUNA) -- The European Union Thursday "strongly condemned" the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab Air Force as concluded in a report by Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). "Those identified re...

The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday its decision to extend the closure of mosques and places of worship until further notice, according to state...

Tehran, April 9, IRNA -- Head of Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi and Turkey's Minister of Finance and Treasury Berat Albayrak in a phone talk late on Thursday discussed fighting coronavirus and stressed mutual cooperation in the field....

Tehran, April 9, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that under these difficult circumstances, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must fulfill its duty without being affected by the mischievous acts of the Iranian nation's enemies....

Tehran, April 9, IRNA Some 400 Persian language professors and Iranologists from around the world joined 'No to Sanctions' campaign in fighting coronavirus pandemic....

Defense Minister opposes extension off lockdown past tomorrow morning as proposed by Health Ministry,...

Islamabad, April 9, IRNA -- The government of Pakistan on Thursday while reacting to the arrest of Aslam Farooqi, the leader of the Khorasan branch of Daesh terrorist group in Afghanistan called upon the Kabul government to extradite the terrorist to Paki...

KUWAIT, April 9 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Ministry of Interior said Thursday the measures to start extradition process of illegal residents of Bangladeshi nationality this Saturday and Indian nationality start from Thursday, April 16 to Monday, April 20. The...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has moved out of intensive care, a spokesman said on Thursday."The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from int...

AccsMarket is selling social media accounts for use of businesses and organizations...

An Iranian businessman says exports to Iraq topped $11 billion till February despite the pandemic....

The Arab Coalition's economic, development and humanitarian efforts outweigh its military role, said Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed al-Jaber,...

"American Zionist duplicity knows no bounds," American political analyst Dennis Etler has said....

Human Rights Comissioner says pandemic no 'blank check' for nations to violate civil libertiesHuman Rights Comissioner says pandemic no 'blank check' for nations to violate civil liberties...

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has criticized Israel's 'disproportionate use of force' but defended Gaza blockade; distant family said to have come to pre-state IsraelForeign Secretary Dominic Raab has criticized Israel's 'disproportio...

ADEN - SABAPrime Minister, the Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council, Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik, stressed the need to unite efforts to face the negative repercussions of the global outbreak of coronavirus on the national economy. He made the remarks while c...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (KUNA) -- The US Federal Reserve took Thursday additional actions to provide up to USD 2.3 trillion in loans to support the economy. "This funding will assist households and employers of all sizes and bolster the ability of state a...

KUWAIT, April 9 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Ministry of Health said Thursday it opened door for doctors and nurses working in private sector to volunteer, on April 12, to contribute to government's efforts confront spread of coronavirus. Due to ramifications of ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman congratulates Iraq on the nomination of a new prime minister-designate....