Middle East

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it was not possible for NATO-member Turkey to support plans by Sweden and Finland to join the pact, saying the …

President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan – REUTERS One of the richest monarchs in the world, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, has died at …

A six-day slide in Turkey’s lira has left traders predicting that authorities are now targeting a new level, as weak as 15.5 to the dollar, in a months-long effort to …

Abu Akleh’s death has drawn widespread condemnation EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA Israeli forces resumed raids in the occupied West Bank area of Jenin on Friday, where a prominent Palestinian journalist was shot …

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that Israeli authorities were “fully responsible” for the killing of a veteran …

The Turkish lira eased a further 0.85 per cent against the dollar on Wednesday, weakening for a fifth session and bringing the currency back towards the lows it hit in …

Dubai’s main airport on Thursday reported its busiest quarter in two years as the rebound in international travel gains pace, with its chief executive predicting Dubai International could see pre-COVID …

Palestinians attend memorial service for slain journalist – Adel Hana/ 2022 The Associated Press Palestinians attended a memorial service on Thursday for journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed on …

Walid Al-Omari, Al Jazeera’s Palestine bureau Chief, holds the flak jacket that Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was wearing when she was killed by Israeli army gunfire An Al …

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran, Iran May 8, 2022. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS – THIRD PARTY. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his …