Middle East

A long-abandoned fuel tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen poses a “grave threat” to millions of the impoverished country’s residents, potentially exacerbating its humanitarian crisis. Greenpeace warned in a report released on Thursday that an oil spill from the vessel would prevent access to the main ports of Hudaida …

Several rockets have landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base, damaging at least one disused civilian aeroplane. The police sources said on Friday that the damaged aircraft was an out-of-use Iraqi Airways plane. They did not report any other damage or any injuries.  …

Iran for the first time has said it is open to direct nuclear negotiations with the United States, which declared itself ready to hold talks “urgently” –– in a possible turning point in efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear accord. “If during the negotiation process we get to a point …

Turkey has launched an aid campaign to support the Afghan people in need of humanitarian aid due to hunger and cold winter conditions. The decision signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was given in accordance with Turkey’s Article 23 of Law No. 5902, Turkey’s Official Gazette announced on Saturday. Turkey’s …

Yemen has lost its connection to the internet nationwide after Saudi-led air strikes targeted a site in the contested city of Hudaida, plunging the war-torn nation offline. The disruption began around 1AM local on Friday and affected TeleYemen, the state-owned monopoly that controls internet access in the country, advocacy group …

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki has criticized US President Joe Biden for moving too slowly to reverse all of the Trump administration’s adverse policies against the Palestinians. Malki told the UN Security Council on Thursday there were hopes that the end of Donald Trump’s administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Several Afghan women’s rights activists have said they are going into hiding to escape a Taliban crackdown, just days after the group used pepper spray to break up a rally in the capital. At least one woman was arrested, in what appeared to be a series of raids on Wednesday night, four …

A powerful bomb went off in a crowded bazaar in Pakistan’s second largest city of Lahore, killing three people and wounding over 20 others. Abid Khan, a senior police official, said the dead and wounded had been transported to a nearby hospital after Thursday’s attack, where some were listed in …

The Lebanese government has denied media reports about an agreement to be supplied with gas from Israel. Israeli media reported on Sunday the country had reached an agreement with the United States to supply Lebanon with gas. However, the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water described the Israeli media report …

The company says the fire, the second to erupt at the Mina al Ahmadi oil refinery in three months, broke out at a gas liquefaction unit that had been out of service for maintenance work. A fire has erupted in Kuwait during maintenance work at a major oil refinery, killing …