Qatar on Friday is due to hold funeral ceremonies for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after his killing in Tehran, an attack blamed on Israel that has deepened fears of a regional escalation.Haniyeh, the Palestinian armed group’s political chief, had resided in Doha along with other members of the Hamas political office.He will be buried at…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Ali Bagheri, the Saudi Press Agency said early Thursday. The call discussed bilateral relations and the latest regional developments.
TEHRAN: Funeral processions in Iran began on Thursday for Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an air strike in Tehran blamed on arch-foe Israel. Mourning crowds carrying posters of Haniyeh and Palestinian flags gathered at Tehran University in the city center, according to an AFP correspondent. Haniyeh’s death was announced on Wednesday by…
NAHARIYA, Israel: The war with Hezbollah that residents of northern Israel feared since the start of the Gaza conflict appeared more likely after a deadly rocket strike rocked the annexed Golan Heights.There, in the Golan Heights bordering Nahariya’s Galilee region and occupied by Israel since 1967, 12 youths were killed and dozens wounded Saturday by…
New policy eases family sponsorship for expatriates earning KD800 Dubai: Kuwait is now allowing expatriates without university degrees to sponsor their families provided they earn at least KD800 (Dh9,600) per month according to their work permit. The decision, under Article 29 of Ministerial Resolution No. 957/2019, was issued by Sheikh Fahad Yousuf Al Sabah, the…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s foreign minister urged NATO to expel Turkiye on Monday after its President Tayyip Erdogan threatened his country might enter Israel as it had entered Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh in the past.“In light of Turkish President Erdogan’s threats to invade Israel and his dangerous rhetoric, Foreign Minister Israel Katz instructed diplomats … to urgently engage…
BEIRUT: Lebanon on Sunday called for an international investigation into a strike that killed 12 people, including children, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, warning against a large-scale retaliation. Hezbollah rejected Israel’s accusation of bombing Majdal Shams on Saturday, saying in a statement that “the Islamic Resistance has nothing to do with the incident at all,…
BENGHAZI: Libya’s House of Representatives on Sunday announced the opening of nominations for the presidency of a new government, the Libyan News Agency reported. Those wishing to run are invited to submit their nomination documents at HoR headquarters in Benghazi starting on Sunday, until Aug. 11. House spokesperson Abdullah Balihaq, in an announcement on the…
BEIRUT: The Israeli military said that one of its missile ships had intercepted a drone launched from Lebanese territory toward Israel’s Karish gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean on Saturday. Israel’s Army Radio said: “The drone, which came from Lebanon and was downed by a military ship in cooperation with the Israeli Air Force, was…
Muscat: Southwesterly winds over large areas of the South Al Sharqiyah, Al Wusta, and Dhofar governorates may cause dust storms over desert and open areas, said the General Directorate of Meteorology said in its weather forecast. Some weather monitoring stations recorded wind speeds of up to 34 knots in Duqm and 30 knots in Thumrait….
