The Latest Breaking News from Middle East

The European Commission released this week an internal report including an action plan to confront the social, political and economic repercussions of the war in Ukraine on the countries neighboring Europe and beyond. It warned of short and medium-term deep crises in African and Middle Eastern countries. The report, seen…

The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly pandemic report

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seek new opportunities to bolster their power

From new biopic "Elvis" by Australian razzle-dazzle director Baz Luhrmann, to the "Toy Story" spinoff from Disney-Pixar that's been banned in a number of countries in the Middle East because of a same-sex kiss, critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news.

U.S. officials want to reset relations with Saudi Arabia and Israel amid rising gas prices and new security challenges

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held official talks in Cairo on Tuesday. They discussed the strategic bilateral relations that bind their countries and ways to develop them in various fields. They covered a number of Middle…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in Cairo on the first leg of a Middle East tour that comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the region next month

He was subject to reported transfer interest in the Middle East but rejected the chance of a big pay day to continue his journey with Rangers after extending his deal until next summer

It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic ever, originated is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. After all, the Black Death was the first wave of the second plague pandemic of the 14th to early…

Lebanon's Health Ministry said Monday authorities have detected the country's first case of monkeypox in a person who returned from abroad and is now isolating at home. The ministry said the person is stable and that authorities are tracking the person's contacts. According to The Associated Press, it did not…

Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker discussed with EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simpson ways to support and boost cooperation between the Egyptian electricity and renewable energy sector and the European Energy Commission. The Commission is interested in ​​the electrical linkage between the EU, Africa, and the…