Middle East Headlines

WASHINGTON, June 29 (KUNA) -- US real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Wednesday. The Department of ...

WASHINGTON, June 29 (KUNA) -- US President Joe Biden met Wednesday with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, during which Biden underscored the US' &#...

NEW DELHI, June 29 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's al-Kuwait reached final after defeating their compatriots Qadsia (20-25) in the semi final match of 24th Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship being held in India's Hyderabad. Al-Arabi of Qatar are...

WASHINGTON, June 29 (KUNA) -- US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday plans to enlarge US troops' deployment in European and strengthen the NATO allianceBiden made the announcement at the beginning of the NATO Summit in Madrid today following a ...

The teachers' union has announced that all classes will take place normally tomorrow throughout Israel....

Government offers dedicated funding to back population centers that attract fewer private developersGovernment offers dedicated funding to back population centers that attract fewer private developers...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) The son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be sworn in as president of the Philippines on Thursday, completing a stunning comeback for one of Asia's most famous political dynasties, 36 years after it was...

COLOGNO MONZESE, Italy (Reuters) MediaForEurope (MFE), controlled by the family of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, will look at Channel 4 when the British TV station is put on sale, MFE's finance chief Marco Giordani said on Wednesday...

MADRID (Reuters) The leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over North Korea's missile tests and said they would cooperate more closely to address the threat posed by Pyongyang....

Macron ally Yael Braun-Privet, descendant of refugees from Nazis, calls for compromise after her coalition loses majorityMacron ally Yael Braun-Privet, descendant of refugees from Nazis, calls for compromise after her coalition loses majority...

MADRID, June 29 (KUNA) -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that he and his peers within the alliance agreed that Russia poses "a direct threat to allies' states in Europe an the Atlantic."Speaking at a news conference ...

UN Watch calls for UNRWA teachers who advocate the murder of Jews to be fired instead of merely placed on administrative leave....

UN Watch calls for UNRWA teachers who advocate the murder of Jews to be fired instead of merely placed on administrative leave....

By Sabine Siebold MADRID (Reuters) NATO agreed on Wednesday to put over 300,000 troops at high readiness from 2023, up from 40,000 previously, a new military line-up designed to better counter Russia, the country the alliance has designated as posing the ...

By Julie Gordon and Rod Nickel OTTAWA/WINNIPEG (Reuters) Surging oil and wheat prices are allowing commodities exporter Canada to weather an economic storm threatening to tip many of its fellow G7 rich nations into recession....

LONDON (Reuters) British postal workers and train station staff have voted in favour of strike action, their trade unions said on Wednesday, as workers across the economy grapple with employers as surging inflation bites....

KUWAIT, June 29 (KUNA) -- Bahrain and Egypt signed on Wednesday a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding in various domain, within framework of the current visit by Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to Manama. Bahrain News Agency (BNA) s...

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not stand at the upcoming general election, his spokesperson said Wednesday evening, just hours ahead...

US officials are working to confirm identities of 53 people who died after a truck was abandoned in heat in south Texas....

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) News sources on Wednesday reported a powerful blast near Aden International Airport in Yemen's Lahij....

Party MK Nir Barkat says 'we need to sit down with the Americans and discuss the security requirements,' and not push through legislation right before Knesset dispersalParty MK Nir Barkat says 'we need to sit down with the Americans and discus...

Organizers claim Russia and Belarus withdrew four months ago, a day after UK's Jewish News highlighted website entry showing Russia to play Ukraine in women's beach volleyballOrganizers claim Russia and Belarus withdrew four months ago, a day afte...

SOFIA (Reuters) Bulgaria's Socialists, allies in the outgoing coalition government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, said on Wednesday they would not back a new Petkov-led Cabinet, angry with the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats....

By Balazs Koranyi SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) Bringing down high inflation around the world will be painful and could even crash growth but must be done quickly to prevent rapid price growth from becoming entrenched, the world's top central bank chiefs...

By Ilona Wissenbach and Jan Schwartz MUNICH (Reuters) The EU deal to phase out combustion engine cars in just over 12 years is challenging, but an more daunting obstacle will be making enough batteries to power the electric cars needed as a result, a seni...

Outgoing PM informs Yamina members he will not participate in the Knesset elections in the fall after coalition dissolves....

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has informed members of Yamina of his intention not to run in the next election. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will remain in his position as alternate prime minister. The Prime Minister will deliver a statement tonight at ...

In new Pew Research Center poll, 57% of Israelis said they would support strengthening economic relations with Beijing even if it meant ignoring human rights issues, a higher number than other democracies...

Legislation is designed to ease severe road congestion in central Israel and reduce negative economic impact of gridlockLegislation is designed to ease severe road congestion in central Israel and reduce negative economic impact of gridlock...

RIYADH, June 29 (KUNA) -- Officials of the electronic media in the GCC states have approved a five-year plan for cooperation in the realm of electronic information. The GCC Secretariat General said in a statement, released on Wednesday, that the blueprint...

KUWAIT, June 29 (KUNA) -- Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dr. Muhammad Kamal from Kuwait University, and Ear, Nose and Throat consultant Dr. Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, from the Ministry of Health, obtained a patent from the United States ...

MILAN (Reuters) Europe needs to speed up its efforts to diversify its energy sources because gas supplies from Russia could stop in a few months or in one year time, the Chief Executive of Italy's Eni Claudio Descalzi said on Wednesday....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine and the picture for the war there remains "pretty grim," the top U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday....

CHICAGO (Reuters) The lifting of COVID-19 curbs and bottled-up travel demand are translating into the strongest summer since the pandemic for U.S. carriers. However, frequent mass flight cancellations are creating chaos for their customers....

An 18-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured in a car accident on Blood of the Maccabees Street in Modi'in. MDA paramedics provided first aid and evacuated him to hospital care....

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) The first specialized exhibition of Iran and Pakistan will be held in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad with the participation of Iranian businessmen and craftsmen, and Iranian knowledge-based companies....

Police in North Macedonia say two migrants were killed in the south of the country early Wednesday when a freight train hit them as they slept next to the...

Senior army official survived the blast in Aden that killed six and wounded several others, military officials said....

GENEVA, June 28 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait on Wednesday expressed deep concern at the plight of missing people due to the conflict in Syria. According to the relevant international law and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2474, parties of...

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) A commemoration ceremony was held at Sacred Defense Garden Museum on Wednesday concurrent with the anniversary of brutal chemical bombing of Sardasht by the Iraqi Ba'athist regime in 1987....

Two Israelis have been approved by Hamas to enter Gaza and attempt to negotiate a prisoner exchange....

Two Israelis have been approved by Hamas to enter Gaza and attempt to negotiate a prisoner exchange....

Gush Etzion Regional Council Head Shlomo Ne"eman applauded today"s decision by Unilever International to continue Ben and Jerry"s ice cream sales in Judea and Samaria. Ne"eman said: "Unilever went back on its scandalous decision to...

European airline giant Lufthansa has warned of further disruption ahead, warning the situation will not improve any time soon as carriers and airports struggle to rebuild operations from the pandemic slump....

The Qatar Stock Exchange Wednesday declined 0.45% despite buying interests at the transport, telecom and insurance counters....

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) The grandmother of the Uvalde school shooter was released from a hospital on Tuesday, just over a month after her grandson shot her and later also killed 19 children and two teachers....

KYIV (Reuters) Ukraine on Wednesday carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended Mariupol's steelworkers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency s...