Middle East

India and China have moved most of their frontline troops further from their disputed border in a remote region in the northern Himalayas, India’s defense minister said Thursday, some 10 days after the two countries reached a new pact on…

A senior Hamas official said Thursday that the group rejects any proposal for a temporary halt to more than a year of fighting in Gaza and insists on a lasting ceasefire. We have already stated our stance against the…

Dozens of women entrepreneurs from the Indian Women Network of the Confederation of Indian Industry will depart to the UAE next week to study AI governance in education and medical innovation. IWN was launched in 2013 by India’s largest…

Israeli airstrikes have intensified across the region, with new attacks in Lebanon's Baalbek area resulting in at least 19 deaths, including eight women. The strikes hit two towns in this historic region, adding to the mounting civilian…

DUBAI (Reuter) -  The International Monetary Fund stated on Thursday that growth in the Middle East and North Africa region is anticipated to rebound to 4% next year, although this depends on the end of oil production curbs and the…

New partnerships will be launched in the Middle East by Hang Seng Bank and two of its subsidiaries, the Hong Kong-based bank said. With the help of SAB Invest, the bank's asset management division, Hang Seng Investment, will introduce a…

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly involving Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, has escalated into a severe humanitarian crisis, marked by unprecedented levels of casualties and destruction. This conflict, rooted in longstanding…

On Monday, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainee Affairs, a Palestinian prisoner rights organisation, and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club issued statements alleging that Israeli prison staff had brutally assaulted Marwan Barghouti, a…

A top Hamas official has stated that the organization is "open to any deal or ideas" from mediators to end the war in Gaza, but that these must entail a complete Israeli military pullout from Palestinian land. In a televised speech on…

BEIRUT - Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group, chose Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday, but Israel declared his stay would be "temporary," an apparent threat after killing his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut more than a month…