Al-Araby

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of opening fire overnight on Friday, breaking a fragile ceasefire agreement that had brought the worst fighting between the two ex-Soviet countries since 2020 to a close last week. In statements issued by both …

Israel has agreed to sell an advanced air defence system to the United Arab Emirates, two sources familiar with the matter said, in the first such known deal between them since they forged ties in 2020. The deal reinforces how, for some Arab states, re…

“I’m a performer, a singer, I’m used to seeing people’s reactions when I’m on stage, but it’s good to push boundaries beyond our location,” begins Maya Al Khaldi. “I’ve always been interested in doing things that are not happening in my place so that I…

Iranian state television suggested that the death toll of protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody has risen to over two dozen, without providing more information as the unrest continues. An anchor on Iran’s state television sug…

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned on Wednesday that food insecurity is only getting worse in his country. At a global food security meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York, Mikati said Lebanon was sufferi…

The bodies of 53 people have been recovered off the coast of Syria, Lebanese transport minister Ali Hamiye told Reuters on Friday, increasing the death toll from an ill-fated migrant voyage from Lebanon. Syrian authorities began finding bodies in the s…

Saudi Arabia’s mission to the International Space Station next year aboard a SpaceX capsule will include a woman who would become the world’s first female Arab astronaut, according to Axiom Space, the US company arranging the mission for the kingdom. N…

The United States on Thursday announced over $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, including those outside the country such as in Bangladesh, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “With this new funding, o…

Meta Platforms Inc’s WhatsApp said on Thursday that it was working to keep users in Iran connected after the country restricted access to the app and social media platform Instagram. WhatsApp “will do anything” within its technical capacity to keep the…

Syrian regime authorities have found 34 dead and 14 survivors from a migrant boat near the coastal city of Tartous that survivors said had left from northern Lebanon, Samer Qubrusli, the director-general of ports, told Reuters. Qubrusli cited survivors…