Qatar PM, Egypt intelligence chief meet Hamas in Doha
Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, has been engaged in months of negotiations over details for a ceasefire in...Geostrategy
Kuwait emir names former PM as new crown prince
Kuwait entered new political turbulence in May when the 83-year-old emir, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved parliament just six weeks...Geostrategy
Raisi vows to improve Iran economy, Covid-19 response
The pandemic has hit the worst in the Middle East and it grapples with a fifth and the strongest yet...Fewer than 6.5 million of Iran’s 83 million people have received a second vaccine dose, according to official figures.
Choked by US sanctions that have made it difficult to transfer money abroad, Iran says it has struggled to import vaccines.
Dozens die in Kabul airport blasts; Islamic State claims responsibility
Islamic State struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday, killing scores of civilians...The airport blasts came as the August 31 deadline looms for the United States to withdraw its troops.
US President Joe Biden has vowed to hunt down those responsible for the attack that reportedly dozens, including 13 US troops
Qatar gets first batch of Boeing F-15 fighter jets
They were produced by the United States and Boeing in partnership with Qatar itself.The rollout took place on Wednesday in a ceremony at Boeing’s headquarters in the US state of Missouri
Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah was in attendance
UAE helps 28,000 flee Afghanistan: official
The UAE and Qatar have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan...The UAE and Qatar have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan interpreters, journalists and others
Of the headline 28,000 to have passed through the Emirates, some 12,000 were evacuated by Britain, and 9,000 by the US
Israeli PM promises ‘new spirit’ in Biden meeting
Israeli Prime Minister is meeting with the US President at the White HouseIsraeli Prime Minister is meeting with the US President at the White House
He told reporters ahead of his first state visit that Biden was "an old and true friend of the State of Israel."
Emirates allows Beirut travelers 10kg extra baggage
Emirates said it had last year set up a humanitarian airbridge with Lebanon, dedicating flights to deliver much needed emergency...Increase in allowance to help people carry medical and other goods to Lebanon.
Shortage of supplies has hit Lebanon, which is undergoing one of the worst economic crises in history.
Iran to sell more electricity to Pakistan
Iran at the moment has electricity exchange with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.Pakistan is all set to increase its electricity import from Iran to 70 MW
It will use this power at its under-development Gwadar port
US warns of ‘terror threat’ as crowds throng Kabul airport
The US State Department warning is unusually specific, mentions several gates that should be vacated immediately.London warning reads: ‘If you can leave Afghanistan safely by other means, you should do so immediately.’
Washington and its allies have been flying thousands of Afghans out of the airport every day on hulking military transports.
‘Havana’ syndrome imperils US diplomats
The mysterious affliction has brought severe headaches, nausea and possible brain damage to US diplomats has many officials convinced they...Harris’ was the most recent of dozens of such cases reported by US diplomats and intelligence officers since 2016.
The State Department has carried out extensive medical checks on diplomats heading abroad.
Palestinians forge campaign against wildcat settlement
Protesters in the Palestinian town near Nablus insist their weeks-long campaign against the wildcat settlement of Eviatar is a grassroots...Protesters in the Palestinian town near Nablus insist their weeks-long campaign against the wildcat settlement of Eviatar is a grassroots movement
The Beita protests broke out in May as a group of hard-line settlers erected a Jewish community on a nearby hilltop
