BEIRUT (REUTERS) – Lebanon’s new government won a vote of confidence from parliament on Tuesday (Feb 11) as protesters trying to block the session clashed with security forces, leaving hundreds injured. Smoke wafted through the city as riot police fired tear gas at the protesters, who were seeking to keep MPs from reaching the heavily […]

BEIRUT (NYTIMES) – A passenger plane with 172 people aboard made an emergency landing at a Russian military base in Syria on Thursday after drawing fire from Syrian air defences in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the area, Russian state news agencies reported Friday (Feb 7). A spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, […]

A passenger plane in Syria was forced to re-route after it was almost hit by the country’s missile defence system, Russia’s defence ministry says. According to a statement quoted by Russian media, the plane was about to land in Damascus when Syrian anti-aircraft fire responded to an alleged Israeli attack early on Thursday. The Airbus […]

DUBAI (REUTERS) – Iran’s civil aviation authority said on Tuesday (Feb 4) it would keep working with other countries investigating the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last month and it called on all parties to avoid politicising the issue. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot down the airliner on Jan 8, killing all 176 people onboard. […]

Iran has ceased co-operation with Ukraine in its investigation into the downing of Ukrainian passenger jet PS752 by Iranian missiles on 8 January. It comes after Ukrainian TV aired a leaked exchange between an Iranian pilot and air traffic control, apparently recorded at the time. The pilot allegedly states he saw a flash in the […]

JERUSALEM (AFP) – An Israeli Cabinet meeting on Sunday (Feb 2) during which officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would seek approval to annex parts of the occupied West Bank has been scrapped, his office said. After US President Donald Trump unveiled his controversial peace plan on Tuesday, questions surfaced on whether Israel would immediately […]

Residents along the Line of Control caught in the web of fever-pitch tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Chakothi, Pakistan-administered Kashmir – Shabnam Lone just wants to go home. The 22-year-old came to Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, three weeks ago to visit her uncle and aunt for a short trip, after waiting a year […]

Security camera footage shows the remains being carried inside the consul general’s residence, where the well is located. Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan says the United States is not confronting Saudi Arabia for a proper investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This, as a new report from Turkish police suggests Khashoggi’s remains might have […]

Adnan Gaith was among several other Fatah members in occupied East Jerusalem arrested in overnight raids. Israeli police arrested Adnan Ghaith, the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem, in a dawn raid on Wednesday, according to a local NGO and local media. “The governor was arrested in a raid on his home in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of […]

Media minister denies reported interest but confirms kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund held sponsorship talks with team. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman does not plan to buy Manchester United, the kingdom’s government has said, while confirming that its sovereign wealth fund held sponsorship talks with the English football team. British newspaper The Sun over the […]