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Iran's rial hits new low against dollar as economy reels
The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the US dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and US sanctions. ...
Lebanon: Aoun blocks dismissal of arrested blast suspect officials
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has refused to sign decrees dismissing senior officials who have been arrested in a probe into the 4 August Beirut blast without a cabinet vote, his office said yesterday, Agence France Presse (AFP) reports. ...
"Iran won’t tolerate Azerbaijan, Armenia conflict spilling onto its borders":official
A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said his country will not tolerate the conflict between neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia spilling over onto its borders. ...
Turkey, Greece set up military hotline under NATO to prevent clashes in East Med
Turkey and Greece have set up a military hotline to prevent clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean where they have been conflicting over energy resources, marking a step closer towards negotiations between the two. ...
Beirut blast: Lebanon seeks arrest of ship owner and captain
Lebanon has requested the arrest of the foreign owner and captain of the ship which brought material which blew up at Beirut port causing devastation. ...
Iraqi military: 5 dead, 2 wounded in Baghdad rocket attack
Five Iraqi civilians were killed and two severely wounded Monday after a Katyusha rocket hit near Baghdad airport, Iraq's military said. It was the first time in months an attack caused civilian casualties. ...
Macron accuses Lebanese leaders of 'betrayal' over failure to form a government
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday accused Lebanon's leaders of betraying their promises over the failure to form a government in the wake of the Beirut port blast. He gave the country's political class four to six weeks to implement his roadmap but ruled out immediate sanctions. ...
Libya: 15 migrants die after boat sinks off Libyan coast
At least 15 people died when rubber boats carrying irregular migrants sank Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). ...
US continues to reinforce military bases in Syria
The US Army has sent 70 trucks to Syria through the Al-Waleed border crossing with Iraq, local sources said Friday. ...
Amman coordination meeting to support the Middle East peace process concluded
The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany on Thursday held talks here to maintain coordination and consultation on ways to support the Middle East peace process to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace. ...
US envoy : another Arab state will recognise Israel in 2 days
The US Ambassador to the UN said yesterday that another Arab state will recognise Israel within the next couple of days, following the recent normalisation agreements made by the UAE and Bahrain. ...
Rishi Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is "impossible" to predict how many jobs the government's new wage subsidy scheme will save. ...
Explosion rocks Hezbollah weapons cache in southern Lebanon
A Hezbollah-owned weapons cache in southern Lebanon exploded yesterday afternoon as a result of a “technical error”. ...
Large fire at dairy factory near Tehran
A massive fire broke out last night at an Iranian dairy factory in the city of Eslamshahr, south-west of the capital Tehran. An investigation is currently underway although authorities have said that there are no casualties. ...
Iraq Judicial Council demands details of corruption probe outcomes
The President of the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq, Judge Fayeq Zaidan, yesterday called on the government to disclose the outcomes of its investigations into corruption. ...
Lebanon on verge of crisis as medicines in short supply
Lebanon is facing a new crisis, as medicines are in short supply and supplies are taking more than four weeks to secure. ...
Lebanese patriarch points at Shia leaders for cabinet delay
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric took a swipe at leaders of the Shia Muslim community on Sunday for making demands he said were blocking the formation of a new government and causing political paralysis in a nation in deep crisis, Reuters reports. ...
Russia: US sanctions on Iran ‘will not work’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday criticised the US’ “demonisation” of Iran and stressed that US sanctions on the country “will not work”. ...
Syria war: US deploys reinforcements to Syria after Russia clashes
The US has ramped up its military presence in Syria after a number of skirmishes with Russian forces intensified tensions in the country.US officials said six Bradley Fighting Vehicles and about 100 troops were part of the deployment to north-east Syria. ...
US army denies helicopter crashed in Syria
The US army denied media reports claiming that one of its helicopters had crashed in northern Syria. ...
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