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Arab states warn Israeli actions may have put an end to ceasefire talks, endanger Abraham Accords
Arab states are warning that Israel’s actions against Hamas in Qatar and plans to further annex lands in the Palestinian West Bank threaten to end ceasefire talks and could even undermine President Donald Trump’s signature Abraham Accords. Israeli...
Middle East peace remains distant as U.S. reaffirms support for Israel after Doha strike
(Xinhua) 09:01, September 17, 2025 DOHA/JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- An emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Qatar on Monday strongly condemned Israel's Sept. 9 strikes on Doha and pledged full solidarity with the Gulf state, while U.S. Secretary...

Middle East Oil, Gas and Geosciences Show opens
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, deputised Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister, to inaugurate the Middle East Oil, Gas and Geosciences Show (MEOS GEO), held under the...

Middle East conflict: Israel begins expanded operation in Gaza City
While Arab and Muslim nations denounced the strike at a summit Monday, they stopped short of any major action targeting Israel, highlighting the challenge of diplomatically pressuring any change in Israel’s conduct in the grinding Israel-Hamas war...
Israel supported India in recent conflict with Pakistan, says Dar
Published on: September 17, 2025 7:31 AM Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has said that Pakistan will respond and will not allow any breach of its territorial integrity, regardless of whether the country involved is the smallest or the largest. “We...

EditorialThe Middle East is changing, but not in the way Israel thinks
On June 22, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech praising his country’s wave of air strikes against Iran. “Two days after the war began, I said: ‘We will change the face of the Middle East’,” Mr Netanyahu stated. “That is...
New York Declaration: From US-Led Destabilization to Chinese-Led Development in the Middle East
Recently, a high-level UN conference urged Israel to commit to a Palestinian state and gave “unwavering support” to a two-state solution. The “New York Declaration” set out a phased plan to end the eight-decade conflict and the ongoing Gaza...
Co-Diagnostics, Inc. Signs Strategic MOU with Partner in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Introduce Co-Dx™ PCR Platform to Middle East
The Memorandum of Understanding includes the formation of a Joint Venture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for manufacturing and distribution of the Company's upcoming Co-Dx™ PCR platform and other Co-Dx IP SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 16, 2025 --...
Saudi Arabia emerges as Middle East private jet hub
Vision 2030 drives aviation liberalisation The surge in private aviation interest stems from Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Vision 2030 economic transformation plan, which includes liberalising the aviation sector to attract foreign expertise and...

World News | Royal Institute of British Architects Reveals 15 Ground-breaking Projects for Its Inaugural Middle East Award
Dubai [UAE], September 17 (ANI/WAM): The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) revealed the 15 finalists for the inaugural Middle East Award, showcasing the most transformative and socially impactful new architecture across the Gulf (GCC)....
‘Arsonist and firefighters at the same time’: Debate reignites over Qatar’s role in Middle East conflict
Research director at the Middle East Forum Dr Jonathan Spyer has warned Israel's recent strike on Doha was a "clear message" in what it claimed was a targeted operation against senior Hamas figures, including exiled Gaza chief and top negotiator...

Situation in Middle East extremely difficult — Russian security chief
BAGHDAD, September 17. /TASS/. The Iranian-Israeli confrontation has seriously escalated, with situation in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen also raising serious concerns, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said during a working visit to...

Israel, US deploy religious rhetoric to counter pro-Palestinian statehood moves
With European nations poised to symbolically recognise Palestinian statehood, Israel and the United States have ramped up their religious rhetoric, which analysts say is heightening tensions and deepening divisions across the West and Middle East...

Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel
2025-09-17T05:57:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Tehran Iran’s Judiciary on Wednesday executed citizen Babak Shahbazi following a final conviction for espionage on behalf of Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency. According to...

Israel committing genocide: UN report
Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today. The Commission...

Iran executes alleged Israeli spy that activists say was tortured into false confession
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with judiciary officials in Tehran on July 16, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said Wednesday it executed a man it alleges spied for Israel,...

Israel strikes Yemeni port of Hodeida as Houthi rebels activate air defenses
Israel on Tuesday launched airstrikes on the Yemeni city of Hodeida as Iranian-backed Houthi rebels activated air defenses.The Israeli military said in an update that it struck “military infrastructure” used by the Houthis at Hodeida port. Story...

Iran: Open civil society letter calling for life-saving medical treatment for Iran's longest serving female political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian
Zeinab Jalalian has been arbitrarily detained for most of her adult life. Her “crime”? Campaigning for women’s rights. She is Iran’s longest-held female political prisoner as she has spent 17 years in prison and is in need of life-saving medical...

Israel Is Orchestrating an Economic Collapse in the West Bank
HEBRON, WEST BANK—Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, Rauf, a Palestinian construction worker from the West Bank, has only returned to his job in Israel once, in July 2024. After climbing over the Israeli-built wall separating...
Iran executes man for ‘spying’ for Israel, but activists say he was tortured into false confession
Iran said on Wednesday it executed a man who “spied” for Israel, something disputed by activists who say he was tortured into a false confession. The judiciary's Mizan news agency identified the executed man as Babak Shahbazi, who it claimed had...